In Africa’s growing cities, demand for more diverse and nutritious food is expected to triple within the next 20 years. Yet in Africa’s rural areas, farmers can barely produce enough food to feed themselves.
Global feed production is at an all-time high. In the 2019 Global Feed Survey, Alltech estimates a 3% growth to 1.068 billion metric tons of feed produced.
The National Pork Producers Council submitted comments recently as part of the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (USITC) investigation of U.S. trade with sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report from NPPC.
Growth in pork exports from the European Union will slow significantly as Germany faces trade restrictions following a swine fever outbreak and Chinese demand contracts, the EU's executive forecast on Monday.
Germany said any escalation of U.S. tariffs on metal imports into a full-blown trade war could cause tangible damage to the global recovery, although the tariffs themselves should have only a limited effect.
Vital nutrient level indicated by protein presence, say researchers at The Ohio State University and Cornell University. A new test will make it easier for farmers to monitor their soil.
China's ban on imports from Germany, its third largest supplier, comes as the world's top meat buyer faces a pork shortage of its own caused by a massive decline in hog numbers due to African swine fever.
German pork exports to China and some other non-European Union countries are temporarily not feasible and have stopped after a case of African swine fever was confirmed in a wild boar.
One more case of African swine fever has been confirmed in a wild boar in eastern Germany, and the government is considering aid to farmers if pork markets decline further.
Did news of Germany’s first confirmed case of African swine fever (ASF) throw gasoline on the fire? Len Steiner of Steiner Consulting Group thinks so. Here's why.
Germany's swine herd numbers are reaching near 20-year lows, resulting in a decline in pig feed demand. This causes challenges for the U.S. as it’s currently the top exporter of commodity soybeans to Germany.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari stated his intent to remove barriers to U.S. agricultural products in a meeting with President Trump at the White House last week,
Denmark began construction on a 50-mile fence along its border with Germany on Monday in an effort to control the migration of wild pigs from Germany into Denmark.
German meatpackers and slaughterhouses need to work longer hours to compensate for reduced processing capacity after the coronavirus crisis, a farming association said on Friday.
Europe’s top pork producer is taking measures to try to thwart the deadly African swine fever (ASF) that's roiled global meat trade and is moving ever closer to its borders.
