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US lean hog futures rose on 9 September, hitting a four-month high on firming cash hog prices and optimism about pork demand and technical buying.

With African swine fever nearing Australia’s shores and COVID-19 affecting pork processing overseas, there has perhaps never been a more anxious time for Australian pig producers.

Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer have both shown their support for the British farming industry today by wearing a Back British Farming Day wool and wheat pin badge during Prime Minister’s Questions.

Thailand Thailand’s live pig exports doubled. Live pig exports from Thailand to neighboring countries from January to July 2020 have doubled to 1.46 million heads valued at US$ 309 million year-on-year, according to offi…

USDA data shows Chinese buyers booking 664,000 tonnes of soybeans, the largest daily total since 22 July, for deliver in the 2020/21 marketing year.

As JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, reported second-quarter net profits that were twice as high as analysts expected, Reuters sheds a light how the company contended with COVID-19 outbreaks and deaths among its plant workers in Brazil.…

CME lean hog futures rose modestly on Tuesday 8 September, following signals in the cattle markets.

Britain will set out new details of its blueprint for life outside the European Union on 9 September when it publishes legislation that could potentially break international law.

The NFU calls for political leaders to put their words into actions and give Parliament a say on how future trade deals impact British food and farming.

Grow-finish farms are the last segment of hog production to enact strict biosecurity protocols. That needs to change, reports Mike Eisenmenger, DVM, Swine Vet Center, St. Peter, Minnesota.

Listen to the podcast What you will learn 1. Latest research from Australia; 2. Major research breakthroughs from the last decades; 3. How many diets do really need? 4. Biggest lessons on running a pork business; 5. Thou…

New meat industry campaign exposes glaring weaknesses in Brexit preparations that puts £1.2 billion in trade at risk.

The challenge for everyone involved in poultry production is to feed birds with balanced diet, at the lowest cost, yet still produce eggs and meat that meet the customers’ requirements and attract premium prices to maxim…

China is on course to produce 2 billion pigs per year while domestic consumption remains at 650 million pigs per year – raising concerns of a potential oversupply.

A government source reports that Vietnam has culled 43,150 pigs since the start of the year to curb the spread of African swine fever.

Canada's Agriculture Minister has earmarked $77.5 million for the Emergency Processing Fund, helping meat processing facilities provide additional protections for workers.

After the phenomenal success since its launch just two years ago, the NFU is opening its annual Farmvention competition to bring the world of food and farming into the classroom. This year the competition is focusing on the greatest global challenge of all – climate change.…

DVM, PhD, if they want to see the benefits of increased productivity, reduced secondary infections and antibiotic use, reduced influenza dissemination, decreased influenza diversity and reduced risk of zoonotic infection…

Brexit talks plunged into fresh crisis as the UK warns the European Union that it could undercut the divorce deal it signed unless the bloc agrees to a free trade deal by 15 October.

China imported 832,000 tonnes of meat in August, down almost 17 percent from July – but imports remain high as Beijing seeks to counteract a domestic shortfall in pork production.