National Ag News
Year of the Pig
Apr 10, 2019, 04:06 AM
by
Ann Gregson
Commentary.
“The Year of the Pig” in China took on an entirely different meaning in 2019 than most people in the country that finds culinary use for everything except the “oink” would prefer. In early August of last year, African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed in a northeastern city in China.
We’ve heard a lot of numbers bandied about, but even the
most conservative estimates are huge. Since this highly contagious and fatal
pig disease was confirmed in Shenyang, the number of outbreaks and the toll
taken on the pig population in China is enormous.
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