ASF boosts Brazil poultry production
Brazil’s poultry exports to China will be strong in 2019 and 2020 due to African swine fever. Poultry exports will grow 5%, setting a new…
China’s soybean meal imports dip to 5-year low
The soybean import forecast for China has been reduced to 80 million tonnes, the lowest since 2015. Soybean meal used in livestock feed is expected…
Thailand’s DLD declares Nakhon Panom village a ‘PRRS-infected area’
Thailand’s Department of Livestock Development last Friday declared a village in Nakhon Panom, near the border with Laos, to be a “porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome…
Vietnam developing African swine fever vaccine
Vietnam has begun clinical trials of a vaccine against African swine fever with some initial success, according to Nguyễn Xuân Cường, minister of Agriculture and…
China, US resume trade talks
President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have agreed to restart trade talks. Mr Trump will not lift existing import tariffs, and he will…
US meat exports to Vietnam soar
The African swine fever outbreak in Vietnam has given a big boost to American meat exports to Vietnam. US poultry exports to Vietnam surged 24%…
Philippines pegs inflation at 2-4% in 2019
A relatively mild El Niño drove inflation up 0.2% in May due to food price adjustments. Inflation in the Philippines, which has continued to decline…
China suspends pork and beef shipped from Canada
The Chinese government has suspended Canadian meat imports due to counterfeit veterinary health certificates attached to pork products. The government statement said it found ractopamine…
Livestock trade show postponed over ASF fears
The Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) has instructed Livestock Philippines to postpone to 2020, apparently out of fear that African swine fever might be brought…
African swine fever now in Salavane, Laos
Laos’ Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has confirmed the country’s first ASF outbreak in Toumlan district, Salavane province. On June 20, the country reported seven…