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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 such behaviour since 2019, said tougher measures were needed to “prevent hidden risks caused by fake...
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 department knows of 426 infections linked to the outbreak, including one death, spokesman Tom McMill...