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  • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
    Agricultural commodities
    China hog stocks shed $75bn after swine fever recovery and ‘peak pork’

    Consumers have switched to other proteins following price increases, say analysts

  • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
    Agricultural commodities
    Chinese piglet prices soar as swine fever raises supply fears

    Unapproved vaccines may have accelerated spread of new strains in world’s biggest pork market

  • Monday, 18 January, 2021
    Agricultural production
    Genus profit upgrade pushes shares to record high

    UK animal genetics group enjoys sustained Chinese demand for its pig and bull semen

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    Agricultural commodities
    China’s pork reserves running out as prices soar, analysts say

    Beijing sells down frozen meat after African swine fever causes supply shortfall

  • Friday, 6 March, 2020
    Agricultural commodities
    Chinese piglet prices jump on supply disruptions

    Coronavirus-linked glitches push cost to record high on surging demand from farmers

  • Monday, 17 February, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Coronavirus fears force China into mass chicken cull

    Beijing to import US birds as traffic shutdown leads to poultry feed shortages

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    Coronavirus sends China’s meat prices opposite ways

    Chicken has become cheaper during health crisis but pork is rising

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2020
    How swine fever is reshaping the global meat trade

    Booming Chinese demand fuels ‘profound’ changes to supply chains

  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
    Cargill Inc
    Cargill profits jump after pig cull causes meat shortage

    Agricultural trader diverts beef trimmings from US to China in wake of African swine fever

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
    3 min
    Why the spread of African swine fever is a human crisis

    FT's John Reed says the outbreak is radically altering the global meat trade

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
    News in-depth
    Year of the Pig brings devastation to Asian hog farms

    African Swine Fever has spread to China’s neighbours and is fuelling inflation in region

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Markets
    Food prices climb to two-year high as African swine fever bites

    Sharp rise in price of beef and poultry as disease devastates pig herds in China

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    Food & Beverage
    US food groups take plant-based burgers to China 

    Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat target country’s growing demand for protein

  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    Agricultural commodities
    African swine fever sparks global meat shortage fears

    Chinese imports of pork, beef and chicken jump, driving up prices around world

  • Sunday, 27 October, 2019
    News in-depth
    Soaring Chinese meat prices from swine fever threaten retail crisis

    A 159% rise in wholesale pork costs is more than double the increase passed on to consumers

  • Sunday, 20 October, 2019
    Food & Beverage
    African swine fever takes toll on China’s corn sector

    Prices tumble after steep decline in demand for hog feed

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    African swine fever drives up European pork prices

    Steep rise this year could mean more expensive bacon in Spain, Germany and Poland

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    News in-depth
    China swine fever outbreak threatens Communist party’s reputation

    Epidemic has sparked rapid rise in pork prices and pushed CPI to six-year high

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
    News in-depthChinese agriculture
    China swine fever hits small farmers and rural communities hard

    Disease has swept through the country accelerating a shift to big industrial producers

  • Friday, 7 June, 2019
    ExplainerChina
    No end in sight for China’s swine fever outbreak

    The virus is ravaging pig populations in the world’s biggest consumer of pork

  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2019
    Cranswick PLC
    Cranswick Far East pork exports jump amid swine fever outbreak

    Deadly disease has ravaged Chinese pig herds in recent months

  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2019
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    China’s African swine fever outbreak set to hit US farmers

    Dairy exports of whey powder to China for piglet feed could also be hit

  • Monday, 22 April, 2019
    News in-depthAgricultural trade
    Fatal swine fever ravages China’s pig farms and shakes global food markets

    Pork prices forecast to soar as deaths from disease expected to reach 130m

  • Thursday, 18 April, 2019
    Trade Secrets
    China’s soya purchases hog-tied by African swine flu Premium content

    New sow stats show the trade war wasn’t the only factor in import decline

  • Friday, 23 November, 2018
    China
    China reports first African swine fever cases in Beijing
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