LivestockUSDA urges travellers to clean shoes and gear after farm visits, leave pork products behind and declare animal products on return, to keep the deadly pig disease out of the country.
LivestockThe UKRI-backed programme starts in Sarawak, Malaysia, and will combine virology, epidemiology, economics and behavioural science to build open prediction tools.
LivestockThe Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board has appointed London Economics to update its assessment of the economic damage an African swine fever outbreak would do to Great Britain's pig sector, drawing on Spain's recent experience.
LivestockThe UK government and UK Research and Innovation have set out 18 projects worth £54m to prepare for animal disease outbreaks, build next-generation livestock vaccines and tackle antimicrobial resistance on farms.
LivestockAHDB says European finished pig prices have firmed after summer heat cut supply, but higher production, weaker Chinese demand and African swine fever may keep the market difficult into 2027.
SAPPO's 2026 AGM heard that since November 2025 the industry has handled the country's largest African swine fever outbreak and 17 FMD incidents in commercial piggeries; revised Section 9 controls came in July, 200,000 vaccine doses were logged on its World of Pork platform, global location numbers
LivestockUSDA's Economic Research Service said on 7 May 2026 that U.S. pork exports are projected to rise 8.6 percent, from an expected 7.2 billion pounds in 2026 to 7.8 billion pounds in 2035. In 2024 pork exports overtook chicken for the first time since 1976.
