European convergence. Will we see a busy autumn? ASF in China
Right now it all depends on the evolution of the situation in China.
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The packer-processor is the linchpin to success
As a producer, aligning with a packer-processor that is exhibiting the characteristics of a long-term successful and resilient player with access to the global market is critical for success regardless of how efficient you have become as a producer.
USDA assists farmers impacted by retaliation
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation.
Rabobank: Global pork trade facing unprecedented change
Escalating trade tensions between the US and China, and within North America, are expected to greatly impact global pork trade in 2H 2018, according to Rabobank’s latest Pork Quarterly report.
Polish delegation briefed the Council on the difficult situation in the pig meat market
The Commission considered it premature to introduce market management measures for the pig meat sector.
Italy: new single indicative price for piglets and slaughter pigs
The territorial prices disappear. There will only be a single reference price for all Italy.
FAO Meat Price Index in May marginally lower than in April
The small decline in the index in May reflected the easing of pig meat and ovine meat prices.
Vietnam pig prices appreciate
This is the result of herd reduction in the past year.
Your slaughterhouse is determining your future
Being a high performing farm is not a sufficient condition to future success.
Following the steps of 2015 or how to get ready for the worst
Europe has a surplus and needs to export. The USA has increased its production and needs to export. The Russian market is closed for Brazil, and Brazil needs to export…
Rabobank: Uncertainties threaten optimism in global pork trade
Uncertainty in global markets – due to disease risk, trade disputes, and feed availability – will create opportunities and challenges for the pork industry in the coming months.
Losses have arrived but the fundamentals will bring the panic stricken back to reality
The impact of Chinese tariffs on US pork, the pork exports picture, feed costs forecast and more...
Easter truce
Let’s hope that spring makes consumption grow. The foreign markets hesitate, and it will not be easy to sell the European surpluses.
2018 outlook for feed costs: soybean
Huge supplies, increasing production and an efficient, coordinated global chain fuels low cost soybean meal, cheap feed and high profits.
Poland requests aid for the pig sector
Poland encouraged the Commission to take action among others through: aid for private storage...
Whirlwhind of slaughterings. Uncertainty.
The threat of ASF in Germany causes that nobody wants to keep greats stocks because of the risk that they become ‘unsaleable’. This attitude of selling at all costs has caused a collapse of meat prices in Europe.