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File photo of piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)

China encourages firms to raise pigs overseas

Officials aim to plug domestic pork shortage

By GFM Network News March 17, 2020

Beijing | Reuters — China said Monday it is encouraging companies to build pig farms overseas to plug a severe domestic pork shortage after a worse-than-ever African swine fever slashed almost half of its pig herd. China has urged local authorities to support qualified domestic firms to “go out,” and build hog farming bases in […] Read more

U.S. says it would ban pig shipments if swine fever detected

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 7, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it will prohibit shipments of all pigs for at least three days if the nation ever finds a case of a fatal hog disease that has ravaged China’s herd. The federal government is preparing to contain and eradicate African swine fever if it spreads […] Read more

Cartagena’s colonial walled section and fortress are a UNESCO World Heritage site in Colombia. (CIA.gov)

Livestock, Reuters

Colombia cleared of foot-and-mouth

Country now aims to double meat exports

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 6, 2020

Bogota | Reuters — Colombia will look to double its meat exports now it has regained its status as a country free of foot-and-mouth disease, President Ivan Duque said on Thursday. Foot-and-mouth is a highly contagious viral disease found in animals and is one of the most serious to affect livestock, including cattle, sheep and […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

‘Weak positive’ PED turns up in Alberta sample

By Glacier FarmMedia staff, GFM Network News January 28, 2020

A “weak positive” finding of the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus from ongoing sampling in Alberta offers a warning that the hog disease may not have yet left the province alone. The chief provincial veterinarian’s office (OCPV) on Monday reported that the agriculture department’s lab in Edmonton on Jan. 22 found a weak PED positive […] Read more

File photo of goats on display at the Hanover Agricultural Fair in Grunthal, Man. in August 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Livestock, Reuters

No turkeys, pigs, goats: U.S. to let airlines limit service animals

Miniature horses still up for discussion

By GFM Network News January 23, 2020

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed giving airlines the power to bar emotional support animals from cabins and limit the definition of a service animal to a trained dog. The proposed new rules are aimed at preventing passengers from falsely claiming their pets are service animals aboard U.S. airline flights. […] Read more

A macrophage (immune response) cell in early stages of infection with African swine fever virus, magnified about 1,000x. (Keith Weller photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock

VIDO-InterVac joins swine fever fight

By GFM Network News January 13, 2020

The University of Saskatchewan’s vaccine research and development arm is set to become Canada’s first non-government agency to work with the African swine fever virus. Saskatoon-based Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) will start work with the virus this month at its Containment Level 3-Agriculture (CL3-Ag) facility, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said […] Read more

File photo of a hog farmer with piglets in Poland. (Zuberka/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

African swine fever spreads near German border

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 9, 2020

Paris | Reuters — Poland recorded 55 outbreaks of African swine fever in wild boar near the German border last month, the world animal health body said on Thursday, in a sign the deadly virus is spreading near one of the European Union’s biggest pork exporters. A report posted on the World Organization for Animal […] Read more

Workers in protective suits at a checkpoint near a farm where African swine fever was detected, in Fangshan district of Beijing, China Nov. 23, 2018. The disease has spread rapidly to several countries in Southeast Asia with more countries likely to be hit in the coming months.
Photo: Reuters/File

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

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

By GFM Network News 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

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

South Korea confirms new cases of African swine fever

By Reuters, GFM Network News 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

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Chinese pork imports seen doubling over two years by 2020

By GFM Network News August 26, 2019

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Chinese pork meat imports are projected to sharply rise from 2.1 million tonnes in 2018 to 3.3 million tonnes in 2019 and 4.2 million tonnes in 2020, because of the African swine fever outbreak, broker and consultancy INTL FCStone said on Monday. FCStone estimated during a commodities outlook conference in […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rally, hogs slide

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African swine fever risk tightens feed ingredient trade rules with Taiwan

Tag Archives pigs

China encourages firms to raise pigs overseas

U.S. says it would ban pig shipments if swine fever detected

Colombia cleared of foot-and-mouth

‘Weak positive’ PED turns up in Alberta sample

No turkeys, pigs, goats: U.S. to let airlines limit service animals

VIDO-InterVac joins swine fever fight

African swine fever spreads near German border

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

South Korea confirms new cases of African swine fever

Chinese pork imports seen doubling over two years by 2020

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