Quarterly update: Gloomy outlook for 2026

International pig market expert John Strak signals a further deterioration in the global pork market outlook. In his update for the fourth quarter of 2025, he noted that while prices have held up slightly better than expected in early 2026, the overall picture remains weak across key regions such as Europe and China. With rising supply, sluggish demand and mounting geopolitical uncertainty, the market is firmly in a downward cycle heading into the rest of 2026. The last quarterly update in Ja