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Trends in Latin American swine production: 2025 overview and 2026 outlook

Trends in Latin American swine production: 2025 overview and 2026 outlook

In 2025, the Latin American swine industry established structural expansion, reaching historic milestones in production, exports, and domestic consumption. However, in 2026, the sector faces a highly complex scenario, where projected growth will have to contend with the volatility of an unstable geopolitical environment and mounting sanitary pressures that are testing regional efficiency and profitability.

Heat stress in sows: hidden consequences for sow and offspring performance

When foetuses develop in a heat-stressed gestation sow, a condition known as in utero heat stress occurs, and piglets may be born smaller with impaired gut microbiome and immune function. Additionally, these piglets show greater susceptibility to stress later in life. Although these consequences are not always immediately apparent, they are important to manage and prevent.

EU: action plan to ensure fertilizer supply

02-Apr-2026
Spain's Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has requested that the European Commission develop an action plan to ensure fertilizer supply, an essential input to guarantee the profitability of agricultural production, which is being affected by the war in the Middle East.