# African Swine Fever and Foot-and-Mouth Disease Developments Underscore Importance of Global Monitoring - Swineweb.com - Complete Swine News, Markets, Commentary, and Technical Info

> The Swine Health Information Center's February update reports continued African swine fever activity in Europe and Asia, including a major Latvian farm outbreak and four farm outbreaks in South Korea in January. It also flags emerging concerns about foot-and-mouth disease, while the Philippines reported a sharp decline in ASF cases.

- Date: 2026-02-20 · published 2026-02-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15932-african-swine-fever-and-foot-and-mouth-disease-developments-underscore
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Ongoing ASF pressure in exporting regions raises the risk of disease reaching US herds, which would be a significant supply shock for pork. The current impact on prices is limited because the news is a monitoring update rather than a new US outbreak.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-04-04 | [SHIC’s Global Swine Disease Monitoring Report Addresses FMD – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65385-shic-s-global-swine-disease-monitoring-report-addresses-fmd-american.md) | -0.3% | +19.3% |
| HOGS | 2021-06-11 | [Global Control of African swine fever. A GF-TADs initiative – 2020 annual report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46446-global-control-of-african-swine-fever-a-gf-tads-initiative-2020-annual-report.md) | -5.1% | -8.8% |
| HOGS | 2019-01-31 | [Combating African swine fever \| Center for Animal Health and Food Safety - University of Minnesota](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60975-combating-african-swine-fever-center-for-animal-health-and-food-safety.md) | -1.6% | -4.9% |
| HOGS | 2021-08-03 | [Biosecurity and Pig Health in Focus to Combat African Swine Fever \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45453-biosecurity-and-pig-health-in-focus-to-combat-african-swine-fever-farm-policy.md) | -0.5% | -12.1% |
| HOGS | 2022-07-14 | [African swine fever's global threat continues \| AGDAILY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16263-african-swine-fever-s-global-threat-continues-agdaily.md) | +1.5% | +7.0% |

## Sources

- swineweb.com: https://swineweb.com/african-swine-fever-and-foot-and-mouth-disease-developments-underscore-importance-of-global-monitoring/

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