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VIV ASIA 2025: Technology exchange and opportunities to bring Vietnam’s livestock industry to international level

From March 12 to 14, 2025, IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand becomes the center of the Asian livestock industry with the event VIV ASIA 2025. This year’s event continues to affirm its strong appeal when gathering more than 1,500 leading brands in the field of livestock and aquaculture, including the notable participation of many Vietnamese enterprises. VIV ASIA 2025 welcomed a large number of visitors, including significant participation from delegations from Vietnam. At the opening ceremony, Mr. Prasert Chantararuangthong, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic and Social Affairs, outlined Thailand’s strategic vision for developing the food industry...

Pork supply will soon be guaranteed

In recent days, the price of live pigs has reached 83,000 VND/kg in the southern provinces, bringing great profits to farmers and businesses. However, the price is not expected to increase much more because there is imported meat and farmers who have restored their herds will be able to supply the market in the near future. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, as of February 2025, the total pig herd nationwide reached over 30 million, an increase of about 3.2% over the same period last year. A slaughterhouse owner in Dong Nai said that previously, the facility slaughtered..

China: Pork consumption will not increase in 2025

According to Reuters, citing Zhu Zengyong, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, pork consumption in China will not increase in the near future. Zhu Zengyong said that demand for pork in China – the world’s largest consumer market – has decreased in recent years due to a weakening economy, leading to a surplus supply that has put downward pressure on prices. Current demand in China is stable and unlikely to increase further. He said companies should not increase breeding sows this year, but instead focus on reducing costs and improving the efficiency of breeding sows. In 2024,..

Poultry feathers may play an important role in the transmission of HPAI

Understanding how the virus is transmitted between hosts and farms can help prevent its spread. Understanding the role of vectors – including dust, dander and feathers – and other factors in the transmission of HPAI in commercial poultry will be crucial to preventing the virus and ending the current outbreak. Research has shown that feathers – and especially feather meat – can contain high levels of HPAI. Several French studies are focusing on the link between HPAI transmission and feather meat. “During feather development, the cells inside the feather shaft are filled with virus,” said Erica Spackman, PhD, distinguished senior..

Pork prices increase sharply, farmers are excited

Currently, the price of live pigs in Tien Giang is increasing, farmers are very excited and have high profits. Pork prices increase sharply, farmers are excited. Photo: TTXVN Specifically, the price of live pigs that traders are purchasing fluctuates around 8.2 – 8.3 million VND/100 kg (100 kg), an increase of 2 – 2.5 million VND/100 kg compared to last year and a fairly strong increase in recent years. Mr. Duong Tan Si, the owner of a pig farm in Tan Phu Dong district, said that with this price, each pig weighing 120 kg when sold, farmers can make a..

Pork prices increase sharply

For the past 2 months, the price of live pigs in Thai Nguyen has been on an upward trend and has increased the most in the past week. Currently, the price of live pigs in the market is at 71-73 thousand VND/kg, an increase of 5-8 thousand VND/kg compared to the same period last year. The high price of live pigs has also led to a significant increase in the price of hogs. According to Ms. Trinh Thi Manh, a pork trader in Group 8, Hoang Van Thu Ward (Thai Nguyen City), for the past week, the price of pork..

Pork supply to wholesale markets has decreased sharply

At wholesale markets in the North and South, the number of live pigs is down 50-60% compared to before Tet, causing pork prices to skyrocket. Noting the recent sharp decline in supply, Mr. Hung – a trader in Dong Nai – said that last year he collected several hundred pigs a day, but now he only collects a few dozen. “Prices are high, but finding pigs of the right weight is not easy,” he said. In the North, the consequences of Typhoon Yagi have further exacerbated the shortage. Traders said that damage caused by natural disasters has prevented many farmers..

Pork prices increase, chicken prices decrease sharply

For about 2 months now, the price of live pigs nationwide in general and Bac Giang province in particular has increased sharply, at times reaching 72 thousand VND/kg, causing the price of piglets to also increase sharply. Meanwhile, the price of chickens is falling sharply, greatly affecting herd restoration. Specifically, the price of live pigs is fluctuating between 69 – 70 thousand VND/kg (up 15.8% compared to the same period last year). The price of imported piglets is 2.2 million VND/head from 6.5 – 8 kg (up 41%). Pig farming household in Nghia Trung commune (Viet Yen town). With the..

Hundreds of dog meat farms in South Korea close after dog meat ban

Hundreds of dog meat farms in South Korea have closed since August 2024, following a law banning dog meat and a policy to support closed farms, with support of up to 600,000 won (10.5 million VND)/dog. A dog meat farm in Pyeongtaek city in South Korea. Yonhap News Agency reported on February 10 that about 40 percent of dog farms in South Korea have voluntarily closed since last year, when the country enacted a law banning the consumption of dog meat. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 623 of the 1,537 dog meat farms nationwide have..

Foot and mouth disease is basically under control

Currently, two outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs in Khanh Yen town (Van Ban) and Bao Ha commune (Bao Yen) have been controlled. Spraying disinfectant to disinfect livestock barns in Khanh Yen town (Van Ban). Photo: Ha Phuong According to information from the Provincial Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, on February 3, 2025, foot-and-mouth disease was detected in livestock herds at some households in Khanh Yen town, Van Ban district, causing 44 pigs to become sick. On February 5, 2025, 27 pigs in Bao Ha commune (Bao Yen) were found to have symptoms of the disease. Test results..