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China is killing a third of its pigs because of a gruesome and incurable fever
Business Insider ^ | 05/15/2019 | Alexandra Ma

Posted on 05/15/2019 10:16:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

* China is grappling with a widespread African swine flu (ASF) epidemic, a disease fatal to pigs but harmless to humans.

* ASF's effects on pigs are gruesome. Symptoms include diarrhea, depression, and miscarriages.

* The government is urging farmers to cull infected pigs to prevent the spread of the disease, which is in turn dramatically decreasing the country's pork production.

* Dutch bank Rabobank estimates that the country will kill 150 million to 200 million pigs — or one third of the country's supply — this year.

* China is the world's largest pork producer and consumer. The steep fall in pork production in China and likely rise in Chinese demand will likely drive up global pork prices, researchers say.

China is expected to kill about a third of all pigs in the country this year due to an outbreak of the gruesome and incurable disease, African swine flu (ASF), which will likely drive up pork prices around the world.

African swine flu has spread to almost every province in mainland China since Beijing's agriculture ministry confirmed the first outbreak in the northeastern Liaoning province, which borders North Korea, in August 2018.

The disease, which is deadly to pigs but harmless in humans, has since spread to the southern Chinese island of Hainan as well as to other Asian countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, and Mongolia, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Some 1.02 million pigs have been culled in China so far in an effort to prevent the spread of the disease, China's agriculture ministry reported last month.

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I guess vegetarians, Vegans, and those who eat Kosher and Halal don't have to worry about this....
1 posted on 05/15/2019 10:16:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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This could deter the Chicoms from slapping retaliatory tariffs on U.S. agricultural products.


2 posted on 05/15/2019 10:20:41 AM PDT by rfp1234 (I don't watch CNN for the same reason I don't drink from the toilet.)
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Might have to buy pigs from the USA...Charge them double


3 posted on 05/15/2019 10:23:56 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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* ASF's effects on pigs are gruesome. Symptoms include diarrhea, depression, and miscarriages.

Agreed. There's nothing more gruesome than a postpartum-depressed, bereaved pig who's sh*tting everywhere.

...how can they tell?

4 posted on 05/15/2019 10:26:36 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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That’s the question I had: what does this do to the ongoing trade war? At first glance, it seems like it puts China in an awkward spot for retaliation and removes a weapon they could use, but I’m not sure about domestic pork supply and how much we may import from China.


5 posted on 05/15/2019 10:26:51 AM PDT by Retrofitted
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Might have to buy pigs from the USA...Charge them double

They do already. A lot of that business will get transferred to Brazil, Canada, Netherlands, etc...

6 posted on 05/15/2019 10:28:32 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: SeekAndFind

By comparison, the US has about 70+ million hogs at any one time, and produces around 150 million hogs per year.

About 25% of US pork is exported. Mexico and Japan are largest export markets for US pork.


7 posted on 05/15/2019 10:28:52 AM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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“I guess vegetarians, Vegans, and those who eat Kosher and Halal don’t have to worry about this”

Yes, except ....http://theawkwardyeti.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/awkward-yeti-food-poisoning1.png


8 posted on 05/15/2019 10:30:04 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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Sounds like we need to save China’s bacon.


9 posted on 05/15/2019 10:30:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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They were just interviewing a hog Farmer on Fox News a few days ago. He was complaining about the tariffs, saying that it was killing him. Apparently China is a major importer of delicious pigs from America. What a coincidence, that Chinese pigs would get sick at at this crucial juncture when our farmers really need to sell their pigs!


10 posted on 05/15/2019 10:34:03 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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He doesn’t jig anymore.


11 posted on 05/15/2019 10:34:04 AM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOTI'm WEAR THE RIBBON8)
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“Agreed. There’s nothing more gruesome than a postpartum-depressed, bereaved pig who’s sh*tting everywhere.”

LOL!


12 posted on 05/15/2019 10:35:10 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: Hojczyk

Buy Pork Bellies.


13 posted on 05/15/2019 10:35:33 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: dfwgator

We have enough wild feral hogs in Texas and the Southeast to feed China.


14 posted on 05/15/2019 10:35:47 AM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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I also read that our soybeans are used to feed pigs, so demand for soybeans will be way down.


15 posted on 05/15/2019 10:35:51 AM PDT by Unassuaged (I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
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To: Colt1851Navy

The loss of any bacon is a tragedy.


16 posted on 05/15/2019 10:38:32 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Jusr brand it Halal and sell as veal to the muzzies.

Never let a crisis go to waste.


17 posted on 05/15/2019 10:38:41 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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18 posted on 05/15/2019 10:39:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Buy Pork Bellies.


19 posted on 05/15/2019 10:39:47 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: SeekAndFind

This probably won’t make much of an impact on Sinkiang Province, where, for obvious reasons, few pigs are likely to be found.


20 posted on 05/15/2019 10:41:34 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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