African swine fever has been detected in a surface swab sample collected at a Thailand slaughterhouse in Nakhon Pathom province, marking the country’s first official confirmation of the disease.

USDA will release several reports Wednesday, January 12, including Crop Production, Grain Stocks and WASDE. With declining outlooks for South America’s crop, Garrett Toay and Brian Splitt break down what to watch.

India has agreed to allow imports of U.S. pork and pork products into its country.

The USDA’s December Hogs and Pigs report places the Dec. 1 inventory of all hogs and pigs at 74.2 million head, down about 1% from last quarter and 4% lower than the same time last year.

Rising COVID-19 infections among U.S. workers have forced meat plants to slow production and the government to replace slaughterhouse inspectors, meat companies and union officials said.

Thailand’s livestock authorities vowed to investigate the death of a pet pig after a university lab test indicated it died from African swine fever, the first such such report in the country.