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Exporters will have the opportunity to showcase high-quality pork from the UK in the valuable Chinese market next week, at Asia’s largest food and beverage show.

The Pig & Poultry Forums are exploring how farmers can balance consumer demands for higher animal welfare and lower carbon emissions with their own needs to improve productivity and reduce inputs.

US lean hog futures fell on 13 May, following broad declines in grain and livestock markets and weak export purchases.

Brazilian meatpackers JBS SA and BRF FA acknowledged that they are struggling to pass on higher feed costs to consumers in their home market, but JBS sounded had a more bullish tone given its big US exposure.

The EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) measures play an important role in supporting farm income, according to a newly-published report.

Mexico has voiced its disquiet in a 12 May letter sent to US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh over alleged failures to enforce labor laws in the US agriculture and meat packing industries.

The European Commission has approved €3.6 million in state aid to pig breeders in Slovenia and €13 million to pig farmers in Latvia as the sector contends with challenges from COVID-19.

US lean hog futures closed modestly higher on 12 May, , rebounding after a three-session slide on bargain-buying and tight US supplies that have lifted cash hog prices.

JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, returned to profitability in the first quarter thanks to the strong performance of its US meat operation, it said in an earnings statement on 12 May.

Dry weather and poorly timed planting are weighing on Brazil's second corn crop this year, reviving fears of another surge in feed prices like the one that battered big meatpackers after a 2016 drought.

Nick Allen from the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) writes that the post-Brexit meat export system threatens to cut off the UK's trade with the European Union and Northern Ireland.

The National Farmers Union has welcomed the recent raft of animal welfare measures proposed by the government, but says that the improved standards should apply to both imported and domestic goods.

Britain said on 12 May it would ban the live export of animals for slaughter and fattening, explore prohibiting the sale of foie gras and formally recognize animals as sentient beings as part of a post-Brexit welfare plan.…

Outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) have been reported in 12 regions and across 46 provinces in the Philippines since 2019.

US lean hog futures fell on 11 May for a third consecutive session after reaching a contract high last week.

American meat processing giant Tyson Foods expects that rising costs will hit profits in later quarters of 2021, even though the company raised its full-year revenue forecast due to higher meat prices and improving consumer demand.…

A new cross-organization campaign with AHDB, Nuffield Farming Scholarships and other key stakeholders hopes to raise awareness of pan-industry leadership training across the agricultural career spectrum.

I heard someone on the radio talk about June hogs being higher than June cattle. As I write this, hogs June hogs are $115 and June cattle are $114. However you have to remember that cattle are traded live and hogs are ca…

After seven months without an outbreak, animal health authorities in South Korea have confirmed two cases of African swine fever (ASF) at a pig farm in Yeongwol-gun.

US lean hog futures fell for a second consecutive session on 10 May, but the commodity remains near its recent highs.