
The FAO launched EMPRES-i+, a web-based global animal disease information system. It is designed to improve disease intelligence, forecasting and early warning, and it replaces the 2004 EMPRES-i platform.
FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said stronger animal health systems are needed.
The launch is an institutional monitoring upgrade that does not change current supply or demand. Its effect on prices would only come through faster response to future outbreaks.
After 645 past disease events, Lean Hogs moved a median -0.1% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -1.8% to +2.1%), and +0.9% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 615 past disease events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.8% to +1.8%), and -0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.