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.
Europeans may have to pay more for barbecues this summer as African swine fever decimates hog herds around the world. Producers in the European Union are the big winners, with sales to China climbing 43% through May.
Uncertainty related to international trade and market access continues to be the top concern when farmers and ranchers meet with their members of Congress.
A delegation of South Dakota farmers have returned from a trade mission to Mexico to talk with their neighbor and customer to solidify this relationship.
Ask National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Vice President and Counsel Nick Giordano about the impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs on U.S. pork and his response is pointed and simple: “ouch!”
Despite trade obstacles, the U.S. pork industry will vigorously defend its share of Mexico's growing pork market and continue to pursue new opportunities for U.S. pork products in Mexico.
China is gobbling up supplies from abroad as African swine fever virus ravages their own herds. Prices in the European Union, which supplies more than half of China’s imports, are at a five-year high.
While still negotiating with Canada and the US, Mexico scored a separate victory over the weekend with a deal in principle to update a 17-year-old free-trade agreement with the European Union.
Despite not having a signed U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement yet, the U.S., Canada and Mexico are uniting to keep African swine fever out of North America’s borders.
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.
Talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) continued for the third straight week last week, as representatives from the U.S., Canada and Mexico pushed to finalize an updated deal.
In January, it looked like 2018 could be a banner year for pig farmers. Exports were at an all-time high in 2017, but tariffs and huge supplies have created rough seas for the pork industry.
U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) President and CEO Dan Halstrom will be addressing participants at the National Pork Industry Forum on Thursday, March 7.
