Insights and Stories on African Swine Fever

Ontario ag-gag appeal concludes, court ruling pending

Jun. 26, 2025 at 11:00 am CDT

Animal rights advocates challenge the constitutionality of Ontario’s Security from Trespass Act, arguing it stifles undercover exposés and infringes on Charter freedoms; government defends the law as targeting trespass, not speech.

Pork producers slated for $567M in case of African swine fever

Mar. 10, 2025 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Indonesia detects African swine fever in most of its provinces

Dec. 16, 2024 at 9:54 am CST

By Reuters

Ag ministers discuss BRM changes

Jul. 22, 2024 at 9:13 am CDT

By Karen Briere

WATCH: Quiet on ASF front doesn’t mean danger is gone

Jun. 5, 2024 at 5:14 pm CDT

Canadian pork sector receives $9.6 million to prepare for African swine fever

May. 17, 2024 at 2:37 pm CDT

The federal government has earmarked more than $9.6 million to help the Canadian pork sector prevent and prepare for African swine fever (ASF).

By Kristy Nudds

Feds announce $1.7 million for foreign animal disease prevention

Mar. 7, 2024 at 4:21 pm CST

The federal government has pledged up to $1.7 million toward foreign animal disease prevention, the federal agriculture minister announced today.

By Geralyn Wichers

China blocks pig, boar imports from Bangladesh due to African swine fever

Jan. 11, 2024 at 10:00 am CST

China has prohibited the import of pig, pig products and wild boars from Bangladesh after the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) reported an outbreak of African swine fever at a farm in the country's major port city of Chittagong.

By Mei Mei Chu Reuters

ASF compartmentalization moves a step forward

Oct. 31, 2023 at 7:26 pm CDT

Canada is one step closer to a compartmentalizing regime that hog farmers and the rest of the industry hope protects them against market impacts of African swine fever. Practical application can be developed now that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has released its National Standards and National Framework for the […]

By Ed White

Swine fever detected in Sweden for first time

Sep. 6, 2023 at 4:45 pm CDT

Stockholm | Reuters — A dead wild boar in Sweden has tested positive for African swine fever, Sweden’s Veterinary Institute said on Wednesday, the first such case in the country. African swine fever is harmless to humans but is highly contagious and deadly in domestic pigs and wild boars. It […]