China’s third-quarter pork production surged to its highest in three years, pushing prices down during Q2 and Q3 and leading to a fall on imports after summer, especially in some cuts. Since March, China has significantly reduced its purchases of…
Pork prices in China have experienced a plunge in the first half of 2021 to levels lower that imported pork prices, which is having an impact in the global export pork market. Wholesale national pork prices closed July at 23.69…
During winter and early spring, China suffered from several reported outbreaks of ASF, some related to new variants that particularly affect breeding sows, increasing the mortality rate of piglets. Some of the reasons behind these new outbreaks were an exceptionally…
In mid-January, a new outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) was detected in southern China Guangdong province, the first reported case of the disease in China since late October 2020. It was closely followed by two reported outbreaks in Hong…
Since the first recorded African Swine Fever case in the country in August 2018, China’s pig herd has been severely decimated. During 2020, with fewer outbreaks, the Chinese government has been trying to push for the rapid recovery of the…
Since early June, floods have severely impacted large areas of Southern China, primarily around the Yangtze basin, which extended to central and Eastern China during July. These floods have been described as the worst since 1998, according to official news…
The first case of this African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak was reported by Chinese authorities in August 2018 as coming from Liaoning province. Since then, ASF has rapidly spread throughout China and Southeast Asia, affecting every country in the region….
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