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China will sell 10,000 tonnes of frozen pork from its state reserves on Friday 28 August.

Reuters has responded to reader questions regarding China’s recent spate of import suspensions from foreign meat processing plants with reported COVID-19 infections.

CME lean hog futures rose to their highest level in nearly three months on 25 August as pork supplies throughout the country shrank.

Red meat exports from the UK have had a solid start in 2020, with shipments totalling £733 million in the first six months and up nearly 3 percent on 2019.

On 24 August, the UK said it would start a consultation process on a potential new law that would force big companies to clean up their supply chains by fining them if they used products grown on illegally deforested land.…

The Trump administration will provide an additional $1 billion to a federal programme that provides food to American families dealing with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Top US and Chinese officials reaffirmed their commitment to the Phase 1 trade deal, with China agreeing to meet its obligations to buy American farm and manufactured goods.

US lean hog futures rose on 24 August as slaughter rates continue to stabilise.

The RSPCA has launched a petition urging the UK Government to keep its manifesto commitment regarding animal welfare as trade deals progress.

The comprehensive new policy authored by leading experts and vets have recommended over 65 ways to improve the welfare of animals at slaughter.

The European Union and Britain made scant progress towards a deal on futures ties in talks last week, with chief negotiators from both sides blaming each other for the stalemate.

Advisory service Pro Farmer says that chances of a record US corn crop have been dashed after severe derecho storm.

Hog market in July In the first two weeks of July, the hog market price has recorded a decrease of 5.3 cents per kg because of the strong turbulences that have shaken the northern European markets. The price then stabili…

US lean hog futures closed lower on 21 August, correcting after two days of positive movement.

China’s July pork imports have more than doubled to 430,000 tonnes from 2019.

The first critically-endangered Large Black piglets bred from frozen, imported semen were born in the United States this summer.

The Virtual Animal AgTech Innovation Summit will be broadcast on 14 September 2020 from 2 pm BST.

The National Farmers' Federation voices its support for the economy-wide goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

A recent study, conducted by Dr Scott Dee at Pipestone Applied Research Facility in the USA, has been undertaken to test the anti-viral efficacy of widely available feed additives.

Researchers at Iowa State University win grant to explore the genetic factors that influence pig growth.