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by Tyler Durden Thursday, Apr 29, 2021 - 11:30 PM The African Swine Fever (ASF) decimated China's hog population in 2018 and has since been brought under control as the country rebuilds its hog herd. China released a novel plan to reshape the entire hog industry to mitigate future spreading, according to Bloomberg.  The Chinese agriculture ministry recently announced that the country would split into five regions from May. Pigs in each region will not be transported into other areas to mitigate the potential threat of ASF spreading.  Senior analyst Lin Guofa at consultancy Bric Agriculture ...

STR/AFP/Getty Images This aerial photo shows shipping containers at a port in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on March 7, 2021. Hog herds shrinking as winter diseases, including new strains of African swine fever, hit country's farms. Bloomberg | Apr 20, 2021 By Bloomberg News China’s pork imports jumped to an all-time high in March on supply concerns following a resurgence of African swine fever in the world’s biggest consumer and producer. Inbound shipments increased 16% from a year earlier to 460,000 tons, boosting overall meat imports to a re...

(March 9): African swine fever is reemerging in Asia, threatening to upend efforts to replenish national herds after the virus killed tens of millions of pigs in the region and created a huge shortage of meat protein. Fresh outbreaks have been reported in China and Vietnam this year, and the disease has even landed on Malaysia’s shores. While new cases are scattered and isolated, they’ve put governments on notice that the virus is alive and well, and there could be dire consequences if it’s not kept under control. African swine fever is deadly for pigs but not known to harm humans. With...

African swine fever is re-emerging in Asia, threatening to upend efforts to replenish national herds after the virus killed tens of millions of pigs in the region and created a huge shortage of meat protein.

China, home to half the world's hogs, is the hardest hit by African swine fever since reporting its first outbreak in 2018.- Reuters BEIJING/HANOI (Bloomberg): African swine fever is re-emerging in Asia, threatening to upend efforts to replenish national herds after the virus killed tens of millions of pigs in the region and created a huge shortage of meat protein. Fresh outbreaks have been reported in China and Vietnam this year, and the disease has even landed on Malaysia's shores. While new cases are scattered and isolated, they've put governments on notice that the virus is alive and well...