China's Ministry of Agriculture is advising farmers to reduce pork production due to falling prices that have dropped below the cost of breeding. China, the world's largest pork producer, has a history of price volatility and cyclical pig production, exacerbated by the 2018 African swine fever outbreak. Average live pig prices have been decreasing for 11 consecutive weeks, reaching 16.3 yuan ($2.40) per kilogram, below the breeding price of 16.7 yuan. In contrast, Ukraine is restoring its pork market supply chains disrupted by the war through a project backed by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. The project aims to support Ukrainian producers and processors, with key market operators providing about 60% of the industrial pork supply and receiving 66% of the main sows in the industrial sector.