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Farmers have been fattening hogs since late last year to almost double their normal weight — roughly the size of a pygmy hippo or a female polar bear — in the hope the animals will generate higher returns should prices rebound. Cao Tao, a pig trader in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, said many of the swine he’s buying weigh more than 200 kilograms, compared with their usual size of around 125 kilograms. “Some farmers are holding onto their larger pigs on hopes of a price rebound,” he said. Instead, Chinese wholesale pork prices have plunged more than 40% since mid-January am...

Scott Olson/Getty Images News Chinese officials move to split country into five regions and control the transport of live hogs across the regions. Bloomberg | Apr 26, 2021 By Bloomberg News China’s plan to control the transport of live hogs to rein in the spread of African swine fever is set to reshape the market and create regional price differences in the world’s biggest consumer and producer of pork. The country will be split into five regions from May, the agriculture ministry said last week, and live pigs will not be allowed across the boundaries. The move w...

By Dominique Patton BEIJING, April 22 (Reuters) - China's top pig producers are set to report a plunge in first-quarter profits from the huge gains of last year, after hog prices fell, and disease, more expensive feed and poorly performing sows further eroded earnings. The earnings declines began in the fourth quarter of 2020 and margins are still under pressure, said analysts, as companies face ongoing challenges and costs in recovering from African swine fever, which ravaged the country's hog herd in 2018 and 2019 and saw a resurgence this winter.

4/16/2021 By Dominique Patton BEIJING, April 16 (Reuters) - China's first-quarter pork production rose 31.9% from a year earlier to 13.69 million tonnes, data showed on Friday, the highest quarterly volume in two years. The surge comes after huge investments in rebuilding China's hog herd since the deadly African swine fever disease ravaged farms in 2018 and 2019. China's pig herd increased to 415.95 million head at the end of March, a 29.5% rise on the year, and up from 406.5 million at the end of December, the National Bureau of Statistics said. "The fundamental thing is there's more p...

Article content BEIJING — China’s first-quarter pork production rose 31.9% from a year earlier to 13.69 million tonnes, data showed on Friday, the highest quarterly volume in two years. The surge comes after huge investments in rebuilding China’s hog herd since the deadly African swine fever disease ravaged farms in 2018 and 2019. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or China Q1 pork output jumps 32% to highest in two years Back to video China’s pig herd increased to 415.95 million head at the end of March, a 29.5% rise on the year, and up fr...