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Pork production in the first seven months of the year grew 2.3% compared to the same period in 2023.

Pork exports were well above year-ago levels in July, led by a value record for shipments to Mexico.

Argentina regains ground in the global soybean meal market, overcoming the effects of the 2023 drought. Consolidation of the sector is essential to maintain global competitiveness.

The import of pigs for slaughter decreased by 4.1% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.

In the first half of the year pig slaughter decreased by 0.83%.

Planting intentions for the new season continue to fall, discouraging early grain marketing. Futures prices are rebalancing on expectations of a higher proportion of early corn.

EU farmers will receive higher CAP advances to ease liquidity issues, up to 70% for direct payments and 85% for rural interventions.

In the first half of this year, Chinese pork and offal imports decreased by 28%.

On Wednesday, the Federal Cabinet passed an amendment to the Building Code with the law to strengthen integrated urban development.

The African swine fever situation is expected to improve in the second half of 2025.

Compared to the July report, cuts were made to corn production in the European Union and Ukraine, while estimates for the United States and Argentina improved slightly. Global soybean production, trade, and ending stock forecasts increased, supported by increases in the U.S. harvest and exports.

Massachusetts Question 3 bans the sale of pork from hogs born to sows raised in housing that doesn’t comply with the state’s prescriptive standards.

Shipments to most destinations decreased. Canada and South Korea show the greatest declines.

Global wheat and barley export prices fell month-on-month while maize, sorghum, and rice prices increased.

In the first half of 2024, Spain imported 1,130,148 piglets from the Netherlands.

The English breeding pig herd has fallen to its lowest figure ever recorded.