A recent report from Rabobank projects half of China’s hog herd will be wiped out by African swine fever (ASF) by 2020. Dan Halstrom, with the U.S. Meat Export Federation, says China’s live hog industry is in liquidation mode and that will lead to a global pork shortage. “Today the shortage is only on hogs,” he says. “The freezers are pretty full, but it will be just a matter of time before they work through that. There will be a shortage of pork protein coming out of China – which will impact the whole world. “ASF has also spread to wild and/or domestic pigs in Asia, Europe and Africa.- Brownfield Ag News Read more…
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