Improved profitability is expected to support a temporary rebound of slaughter during the second half of this year. With the absence of a full recovery of pork sales to China, the sector is attempting to diversify exports and resetting its focus on the domestic market.

Following the expiration of restrictive measures on Ukrainian exports to the EU of cereals and other food products, Ukraine agrees to introduce measures to prevent a new spike in imports to the EU.

Today, the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus remains one of the most significant pathogens in the global pig industry. It is difficult to control due to its complex genetic diversity and ability to persist in pigs for a long time. 

The United States and Norway will pledge a total of $70m to launch a fund to help farmers and agricultural businesses in Africa, a US Agency for International Development (USAID) spokesperson said.

According to data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Brazil has emerged as the world’s leading corn exporter in the harvest year that concluded in August 2023, overtaking the former longstanding leader, the United States.

Researchers at a top Mexican agricultural university this week showed the progress they had made in producing more non-GM yellow corn seeds to help replace imported grain from the United States that is at the center of a major bilateral trade dispute.

Jim Long Pork Commentary – September 25, 2023

In 2023, the volume of imports of agricultural machinery to Ukraine continued to decline due to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, which took place on February 24, 2022. However, its pace has slowed down significantly, said Yaroslav Navrotskyi, Senior Researcher at the Department of Investment and Logistics of the National Research Center "Institute of Agrarian Economics", PhD in Economics.

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is one of the most costly diseases of pigs in the world. It entails a decrease in the reproductive capacity of sows, respiratory disorders, high piglet mortality, as well as additional costs for treatment and maintenance of animals.

The Congress "Profitable Pig Production" gives producers the opportunity to communicate on the topics that concern them the most today.

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Program:

Registration for the V module of the veterinary school starts, which the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) realizes under the grant cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Start on September 27, 12:45 am.

Although most domestic farms run feed trucks to the inner perimeter of the farm, there is a better practice — overloading in the demarcation zone. The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders filmed this process for an educational video as part of a technical support project with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Canadian cultured meat startup The Better Butchers has announced plans to open the world's first factory to produce exclusively cultured meat within the next two years.

The high level of radioactive contamination in wild boars in Germany has been attributed not only to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, as previously believed, but also to the mass detonation of atomic bombs in the planet's atmosphere in the 1960s. Radioactive particles that settled in the soil after the detonations are now actively consumed by boars in the form of mushrooms, including truffles. This information comes from an article in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, as reported on the Science magazine website.

A well-balanced feed strategy is critical to the quantity and quality of boar semen – and the future of the herd.

According to the Brazilian Association for Animal Protein (ABPA), pork production is projected to exceed 5 million tons. In all, the country is expected to produce 5.05 million tons of pork this year, up to 1.5% more than the 4.983 million tons produced in 2022.

Ammonia collection technology is being tested on pig farms as part of the PigProGrAm project to reduce the environmental impact of animal emissions.

Organized producers from Yucatan and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and presented the First International Sustainability Standard for the pork Industry, which establishes the highest parameters to achieve sustainable production and contribute to food security, job creation and care of the environment.

The US is working with Romania and Moldova to increase grain exports from Ukraine via the Danube River, exploring alternative routes after Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative.