The National Pork Producers Council is joining with more than 100 public- and private-sector U.S. organizations in a global initiative to create international standards and codes of practices to prevent…
Lower Pork Prices Helping Demand
Pork production is accelerating, prices are lower, and demand is improving. New Data from the Department of Agriculture shows that lower pork prices this year have encouraged domestic and foreign…
Rabobank: Global Poultry Prices Under Pressure
…Fever outbreaks in China may lead to an increase in pork supply because of herd liquidation through the end of the year. That may push all meat prices lower in…
Global Pork Production Shifting Because of Virus
…supplies. Surplus pork supplies are weighing the markets down as producers are rushing to market their healthy animals. Chinese pork prices have risen 40 percent since the country put the…
Farm Bureau Details Trade, Tariff Impacts on Agriculture
…percent. Livestock producers are feeling pinched too. U.S. pork exports by volume to China are 58 percent lower than they were at this time in 2017 and 80 percent lower…
ASF Found in Belgium and Spreading in China
…spread of the disease, especially into central China, where most of the nation’s pork farms are located. The moves have also pressured hog prices in northern China as hog supplies…
USDA Says Meat and Animal Product Exports up in 2018
…meats. Strong global demand, particularly from Asian markets, pushed beef and veal exports up 15 percent. First-half 2018 pork exports, more than six percent above a year ago, were driven…
Indonesia and Australia Commit to Trade Agreement
…The National Pork Producers Council says the organization is pushing for full access to the Australian market, noting that pork is the largest U.S. agricultural export to Australia. However, NPPC…
Hurricane Changes Fly-in Schedule for Ag Groups
Hurricane Florence is adding another wrinkle to the farm bill process as farmers are being asked to return home Wednesday (09.12.18) as part of the National Pork Producers Council legislative…
Swine Fever Spreads; FAO Calls Emergency Meeting
…contain the spread of the virus. The ASF virus was also identified by South Korea in pork products transported out of China. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
African Swine Fever Accelerating in China
…pigs and pork products from the provinces. Meanwhile, the National Pork Board in the U.S. is focusing on feed ingredients, a key area of potentially high risk of disease transport….
USDA Launches Trade Mitigation Programs
…Rate Est. Initial Payment** (in $1,000s) Cotton $0.06 / lb. $276,900 Corn $0.01 / bu. $96,000 Dairy (milk) $0.12 / cwt. $127,400 Pork (hogs) $8.00 / head $290,300 Soybeans $1.65…
China Suspends Hog Transportation Due to Swine Fever
…infected provinces. Pork is a staple meat in China, which has reported five cases of swine fever in five different provinces over the past month. The outbreak is prompting Chinese…
Agri View: Agriculture Feeling the Pain
…more U.S. pork than China. Listen carefully. In 2017 over 800 thousand tons of American pork went to Mexico. I wonder how many hogs that would be? They haven’t stopped…