Foot and mouth disease in Hungary: Preventive culling of pigs
Preventive culling of 9,888 pigs on a neighboring farm after detection of the fifth outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
As reported last week, the Hungarian veterinary authorities confirmed a fifth outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the country.
According to data presented by Hungary during the meetings of the Animal Health and Welfare Committee of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF) on April 25, the detection of this latest outbreak on a cattle farm located in Rábapordány has led to the preventive culling of 9,888 pigs from a neighboring pig farm.
Pig farm where 9,888 pigs have been preventively culled.
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The Philippines: Livestock data analytics group to protect producers, consumers
The Livestock Data Analytics Group will be crucial for data-driven planning, forecasting, and the creation of policies.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it has revived the inter-agency Livestock Data Analytics Group (LDAG) to help protect both producers and consumers amid “market volatility and supply fluctuations.”
In a statement, DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the LDAG’s function will be crucial for data-driven planning, forecasting, and creation of policies under DA Special Order (SO) 599, in line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directives to ensure food security, accessibility, and affordability.
Under SO 599, the LDAG is expected to come up with supply and demand outlooks, trend analyses, and regular Livestock and Poultry Situationer covering reports on pork, chicken, egg, dairy, carabao, and milk.
The data analytics group, likewise, will collect and consolidate information on volume production, animal inventory, cold storage inventory, farmgate prices, and production costs.
The LDAG must coordinate with the Philippine Statistics Authority, commodity focal persons, as well as industry stakeholders and participants through regular consultation meetings, according to the SO.
Agriculture Undersecretary for Livestock Constante Palabrica and Assistant Secretary for Ruminant Livestock Benjamin Albarece will be LDAG co-chairpersons while National Livestock Program Deputy Director Noverlee Calub will be vice chairperson.
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How did Spanish pork exports perform in 2024?
Spanish exports of pork and pork products to third countries remained stable in 2024.
According to data from the EU Pigmeat Trade Data, Spanish exports of pork and pork products to countries outside the EU reached a total volume of 1,375,736 tons in carcass weight in 2024 (+0.25% compared to 2023), despite a slight drop in exports of frozen meat (-7.98%) which was offset by a notable 13% increase in the export of offal.
Evolution of Spanish exports to third countries of frozen pork, offal, and total (including all pork products). Source: 333 based on EU Pigmeat trade data.
Frozen pork, with 705,641 t, accounted for 51.3% of total exports in 2024, while offal, with 430,078 t, represented a significant 31.3% of the total.
Distribution of Spanish pork exports to third countries by product type in 2024. Source: 333 based on data from EU Pigmeat Trade Data.
Asia continues to drive international demand
China continues to be Spain's main trading partner in this area, with 238,130 tons of frozen pork and 278,248 tons of offal imported from Spain in 2024. Japan (193,421 t), South Korea (78,588 t), and the Philippines (48,859 t) complete the top partners in frozen meat. Serbia ranks sixth after the United Kingdom and ahead of Malaysia and Taiwan, with more than 25,000 t of frozen pork imported from Spain.
As for offal, in addition to China, with 278,248 t, the Philippines (93,723 t), South Korea (11,548 t), and Mexico (8,674 t) stand out, which shows an important demand from markets with a long tradition of consumption of pork products.
Main destinations of Spanish exports of frozen pork and offal to third countries in 2024. Source: 333 based on data from EU Pigmeat Trade Data.
