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Malaysia plans to cull 3,000 wild and domestic pigs after an outbreak of African swine fever in wild boar and backyard pigs in the state of Sabah on Borneo island in mid-February.

4 Min Read BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Monday it will crack down further on illegal production and sales of African swine fever vaccines in a sign of the extent of a problem that is damaging the world’s largest pig industry. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Pigs are seen at a backyard farm on the outskirts of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China September 5, 2018. REUTERS/Hallie Gu/File Photo/File Photo The ministry, which has been warning against su...

British livestock genetics firm Genus sees potential short-term challenges in its drive to help restock China's massive pig farming industry which has faced a surge in disease outbreaks over the winter, the chief executive said on Thursday.

Speculators’ unusually bullish bets combined across Chicago-traded grains and oilseeds have been largely unchanged since late December based on thinning stockpiles and strong demand, especially for soybeans and corn.

Rod Nickel, Tom Polansek (Adds comment from farmer group, Canadian government, Maple Leaf Foods) WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Canada’s Olymel LP said on Friday it was shipping pigs to the United States to help clear a backlog of hogs after it had to temporarily close its Red Deer, Alberta, slaughter plant because of a coronavirus outbreak. Olymel shut the plant on Wednesday and declared force majeure - unforeseeable circumstances that prevent contract fulfilment. Alberta’s health ...

Hong Kong authorities ordered the culling of all 3,000 pigs in a herd after the African swine fever virus was discovered to be spreading for the first time in one of the city's farms.

2 Min Read SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s third-largest meat processor, Cooperativa Central Aurora Alimentos, plans to expand chicken processing and maintain the size of pork operations as it seeks to boost sales to markets such as China, its chief executive said on Wednesday. CEO Neivor Canton said in an interview with Reuters that Aurora, a privately held company competing with Brazil-based heavyweights JBS SA and BRF SA, wants to expand its poultry capacity by 20% in two years and will inv...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read MANILA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Philippines plans to increase pork imports this year to roughly 400,000 tonnes, more than double the initial proposal, as it seeks to cover a domestic shortfall that has pushed market prices higher, its farm minister said on Tuesday. A government advisory panel has endorsed the import volume for approval, which is much higher than the 162,000 tonnes planned earlier, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in a briefing. The Southeast Asia...

(Adds details and comments on stock market) BEIJING, Feb 8 (Reuters) - China’s most-active hog futures contract surged more than 4% on Monday and shares of the country’s biggest pig producer rallied after recent reports highlighted severe disease outbreaks in the world’s largest pig herd. The reports fuelled investor concerns about pig supply and bets that prices will rise. The hog futures contract closed 4.08% firmer at 26,900 yuan ($4,166.15) per tonne, its highest since trading on the ...

China's pork output fell in 2020, but recovered sharply from the year before as government support and industry investment helped revive a sector ravaged by disease in 2019, official data showed on Monday.