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African swine fever roils markets, as food prices increase amid supply concerns
Story Date: 12/11/2019
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Source: Keith Good, FARM POLICY NEWS, UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, 12/9/19
Bloomberg News reported last week that, “China’s hog population has stopped shrinking and is starting to rise, after months of decline because of African swine fever, and the recovery should keep pork prices in check, a senior agriculture ministry official said. “Pig herds probably began to pick up in November after 12 provinces, including Henan, Shandong and Jilin, reported an increase in inventories, said Yang Zhenhai, head of the ministry’s animal husbandry bureau. The declines in some provinces in the south and southwest have also eased."
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