A doubling of pork prices last month sent Chinese consumer inflation to its highest level in nearly eight years, according to data from the National Bureau…
Year: 2019
This week’s Slaughtering Pig Summary, from Thames Valley Cambac, reported that with only six full week’s processing left before Christmas, most of the majors were still…
COFCO, China’s state-owned agriculture conglomerate, has agreed to buy US$100 million ($78.1m) of pork from European pork producer Danish Crown in 2020 to help ease its…
Something of a “two-tier” trade, with domestic prices being supported by an ongoing strong demand from China where millions of pigs have now been taken out…
Young pig farmers from Scotland and Northern Ireland explored the requirements of retail customers, farm efficiency and succession planning when the Next Generation group of Scottish…
An outbreak of African swine fever in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province has been detected by laboratory tests carried out after the deaths of thousands of pigs…
China’s pig herd will take ‘over five years’ to recover from the damage wreaked by African swine fever (ASF), according to Rabobank. However, when the herd…
Australia has been deporting tourists found to have brought pork products into the country as the authorities step up their African swine fever (ASF) controls. According…
The NPA has refreshed the African swine fever (ASF) information on its website. The association’s comprehensive ASF briefing, put together by NPA chief executive Zoe Davies,…
The first case of ASF in South Korea was announced in September 2019. Since then, 14 different locations in South Korea have confirmed cases of ASF…