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File photo of hogs in an outdoor pen on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. (EAGiven/iStock/Getty Images)
Hogs, Livestock

U.S. seeks to protect pork exports if swine fever hits territories

Policy would distinguish Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands from mainland

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Chicago | Reuters — The United States said on Thursday it is seeking to avoid disruptions to pork exports if the territories of Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands detect the fatal pig disease African swine fever. The risk for infections in the territories is higher after the Dominican Republic last month confirmed the
“From a zoning perspective, we’ve been doing a lot of preparation. We’ve been doing a lot of practising here in Canada.” – Egan Brockhoff, Canadian Pork Council.
Livestock, News

Hog sector tightens shield wall against ASF

Confirmed cases in the Dominican Republic have given new urgency to ASF prevention measures

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Canada’s pork industry and border authorities are double and triple checking their vigilance after African swine fever (ASF) officially broached the Western Hemisphere for the first time in four decades. In late July, the Dominican Republic confirmed ASF on backyard pig operations in two provinces. The Caribbean country announced that efforts were underway to isolate
China’s pork sector continues to grapple with new ASF outbreaks.
Livestock, Markets, News

African swine fever and China — it’s complicated

Even as the nation’s pork herd rebuilds, new outbreaks are happening and new variants are emerging

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China’s efforts to control African swine fever outbreaks among its pig herd remained complicated, with 11 outbreaks officially reported so far this year and new variants of the virus also present, an agriculture ministry official said recently. Beijing has been rebuilding its pig herd after the virus, first detected in China in 2018, slashed pig
Until now all cases of swine fever in Germany had been in the wild boar population.
News

First German swine fever cases on farms could complicate import ban talks

Finding comes at crucial time as country seeks market access

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The discovery July 16 of the first cases of African swine fever (ASF) in farm pigs in Germany could make negotiations about lifting existing import bans with China and other major buyers more difficult, but no major impact on the German pork market is immediately expected, experts said. ASF was confirmed on farm animals in
An electric fence along a road in Germany near its border with Poland — one of many measures taken to contain African swine fever.
Livestock

Human failings and deadly viruses are a bad mix

Despite their ‘superpowers,’ COVID and African swine fever rely on humans to spread, says vet

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Glacier FarmMedia – With the spread of both COVID-19 and African swine fever, humans can be their own worst enemies. That message was delivered by Ontario veterinarian during the recent virtual farm show. Dr. George Charbonneau outlined the “superpowers” of the two viruses and offered his take on where humans have been successful and not
With the Phase 1 deal in effect and trade relations patched up for the time being, it will certainly raise red flags if China does not start ramping up U.S. soybean purchases in a few months.
Comment, Markets

Further swine fever outbreaks threaten slow growth in China’s soy demand

Market watchers now worry the disease’s latest impact could be worse than it appears

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China is taking in record amounts of soybeans from the U.S. and Brazil as its hog population recovers from a deadly disease that began nearly three years ago, but import expansion into the next marketing year might be minimal. Additionally, China continues to report new outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF). Many market watchers are

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