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China reshapes global meat markets as swine fever rages

By Nigel Hunt November 8, 2019

London | Beijing | Reuters – China is scouring the world for meat to replace the millions of pigs killed by African swine fever (ASF), boosting prices, business and profits for European and South American meatpackers as it re-shapes global markets for pork, beef and chicken. The European Union, the world’s second largest pork producer […] Read more

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China’s pork output to fall by at least 20 percent in 2019: FAO

By Sybille De La Hamaide November 7, 2019

Paris | Reuters – African swine fever (ASF) will cut pork output in China, the world’s largest producer, by at least 20 percent in 2019, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday, doubling the decline it had expected six months ago. The disease has slashed China’s hog herd since August 2018, pushing Chinese pork […] Read more

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No country immune to risk of African swine fever spreading: OIE

By Sybille De La Hamaide October 31, 2019

Paris | Reuters – African swine fever will spread further across Asia where it has devastated herds, and no country is immune from being hit by the deadly animal virus, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday. The disease, which has hit the world’s top pork producer China hard, […] Read more

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Bunge shares slide as China trade war, pig disease upset exports

By Arundhati Sarkar, Tom Polansek October 30, 2019

Reuters – Agricultural merchant Bunge Ltd warned on Wednesday of a drop in annual profits due to mounting challenges to its grain trading and processing business from the U.S.-China trade war and a fatal pig disease in Asia, sending shares down more than 4 percent. The company reported better-than-expected third-quarter profits, driven by higher margins […] Read more

This photo from the Canadian Border Services Agency website shows “Detector Dog Ambrose” with pork products discovered by the sniffer dog, which is deployed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.

Hogs, News

African swine fever: It’s not the ‘lazy’ virus — it’s unthinking people

African swine fever is spreading like wildfire in Asia, but it’s because people are bringing contaminated pork home

By Jennifer Blair October 7, 2019

African swine fever continues to cut a devastating swath across Asia as North American pork industry officials work to keep the deadly disease off our shores. “The African swine fever virus is spreading very quickly throughout the Southeast Asia region,” Dr. Egan Brockhoff, veterinary counsellor for the Canadian Pork Council said in a Sept. 20 […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

South Korea confirms new cases of African swine fever

By Reuters September 23, 2019

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea has confirmed new cases of African swine fever at hog farms in cities near the capital Seoul after the country’s first outbreak of the deadly virus last week, the agriculture ministry said on Monday. The new case occurred at a pig farm with about 1,800 pigs in the city […] Read more

A veterinarian with Alberta Agriculture says that any person raising pigs should be registered with Alberta Pork’s Swine Traceability system.

Hogs, News

Everyone needs to be on traceability system

Even if you have just one pig, you should be registered with Premises Identification

By Alexis Kienlen September 9, 2019

If you raise pigs — whether in a commercial setting, on a natural or organic operation or in the backyard — get a Premises Identification. “During the outbreak, we used it for tracing, and we used it for notifying farms in the risk area,” said Dr. Julia Keenliside, veterinary epidemiologist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Philippines checks for swine fever as pig deaths rise

By Reuters August 19, 2019

Manila | Reuters — The Philippines has set up a crisis management team to determine if the deadly African swine fever virus has reached the country after officials detected a rise in pig deaths in some areas. The Bureau of Animal Industry had reported an increased mortality of pigs “raised by farmers in their backyards” […] Read more

Hogs, Reuters

China June pork imports surge more than 62 per cent from previous year

By Hallie Gu, Shivani Singh July 23, 2019

Beijing | Reuters – China’s pork imports in June surged from the previous year, customs data showed on Tuesday, as the world’s top consumer of the meat stocked up on supplies after African swine fever has decimated domestic pig herds. China brought in 160,467 tonnes of pork in June, up 62.8 per cent from the […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

PigTrace tag price going up

By GFM Staff July 8, 2019

Hog producers will have to pay more for traceability in the near future. Canada’s PigTrace program will be raising ear tag prices as of Aug. 1. Prices will go up 20 cents for every small ear tag and 35 cents for every large ear tag, a release from the Manitoba Pork Council said. The Manitoba […] Read more

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China reshapes global meat markets as swine fever rages

China’s pork output to fall by at least 20 percent in 2019: FAO

No country immune to risk of African swine fever spreading: OIE

Bunge shares slide as China trade war, pig disease upset exports

African swine fever: It’s not the ‘lazy’ virus — it’s unthinking people

South Korea confirms new cases of African swine fever

Everyone needs to be on traceability system

Philippines checks for swine fever as pig deaths rise

China June pork imports surge more than 62 per cent from previous year

PigTrace tag price going up

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