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Monday, September 29, 2025
US hog inventory down 1%
As of September 1, there were 74.5 million hogs and pigs on US farms, down 1% from September 2024 but up 1% from June. 1, 2025, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today by the US Department of Agriculture's National A ...
Monday, August 18, 2025
Hog industry in Negros Occidental, Philippines gradually recovering from ASF
The hog-raising industry in the province of Negros Occidental, in the Philippines, is still recovering from the impacts of hog cholera and African Swine Fever (ASF), according to provincial veterinarian Dr Placeda Lemana on August 14.
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Smithfield Foods increases annual profit outlook on hog business recovery
Smithfield Foods increased its annual operating profit forecast on August 12 as its hog business recovered from losses.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Philippines injects US$27.3 million to boost hog production
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated ₱1.6 billion (US$27.3 million) to boost the country's hog production, which is still reeling from the effects of the local outbreak of African swine fever (ASF).
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Philippine hog industry recovery may take three years
With the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still holding off on giving commercial clearance for African swine fever (ASF) vaccines, the hog industry is left in limbo — and experts say it could take up to three years before ...
Monday, April 28, 2025
China's retaliatory tariffs on US soybean stir concerns of cost for Chinese hog farmers
Hog farmers are bracing for costs to soar after China slapped a 135% tariff on imports of US soybeans, a key ingredient of animal feed, even as Beijing looks to producers like Brazil to meet its demand for the legume amid a greater push for ...
Monday, April 21, 2025
Philippines to revive local hog numbers with US$17.86 million programme
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to roll out a ₱1-billion (US$17.86 million) swine repopulation programme as part of a broader effort to bring back hog population to pre-African swine fever (ASF) levels.
Monday, October 7, 2024
Philippine hog producers seek for emergency use authorisation of ASF vaccine
Hog farmers and swine industry groups in the Philippines asked the country's agriculture secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. to push for an emergency use authorization (EUA) of a Vietnamese African swine fever (ASF) vaccine.
Friday, October 4, 2024
Smithfield's hog production now lower by about 20% following reduction of farm operations in US
Smithfield Foods has reduced its hog production by about 20% by cutting farm operations in multiple US states, the world's largest pork processor said on September 27.
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
More than 70 million hogs, pigs in US as of June 1
There were 74.5 million hogs and pigs across US swine production systems as of June 1.
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Washington State University laboratory awarded US$1.5 million grant to track respiratory pathogens
The Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL) at Washington State University (WSU), US, has received a US$1.5 million grant to identify and monitor respiratory pathogens in the US Pacific Northwest that have the potential to s ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Floods in Brazil cause massive losses to hog, poultry farmers
Farm and meat lobbies in Brazil revealed on May 20 extensive losses of livestock from floods in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, likely leading to losses for farmers and processors and disruptions to meat production in one of the world's big ...
Monday, April 8, 2024
More than 70 million hogs and pigs on US farms as of March 1
There were 74.6 million hogs and pigs on US farms as of March 1, 2024, up 1% from March 2023 but down 2% from December 1, 2023, according to the latest US hog inventory report released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the ...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Philippines' agriculture agency commits to quickly get hog industry back on feet following ASF
The Philippines' hog industry will receive help from the country's Department of Agriculture (DA) to speed up its recovery from the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak, the DA said early this month.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
New US$47 million hog feed mill to be set up in central Pennsylvania, US
A new US$47 million feed mill is being constructed in central Pennsylvania, the United States, by Country View Family Farms.

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