Source: FARM POLICY NEWS, UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, 8/18/21


Earlier this week, Reuters writers Min Zhang, Shivani Singh and Dominique Patton reported that, “China’s sow herd declined for the first time in nearly two years, contracting 0.5% in July from the previous month, state media said, after a plunge in hog prices pushed many farmers to get rid of unproductive sows. “In year-on-year terms, however, it was still up 25%, according to National Development and Reform Commission spokesman Meng Wei.

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