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Thursday, March 22, 2018
Feed mill biosecurity plans: A systematic approach to prevent biological pathogens in swine feed
Development of a feed mill biosecurity plan can minimize risk of introduction of biologic hazards and limit potential economic losses from animal or human pathogens such as Salmonella and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. A biosecurity plan ...
Thursday, March 22, 2018
China Live Hog Weekly: Prices tumble 16% in three weeks (week ended Mar 16, 2018)
Pork carcass sales volume increased 3.2% to 8,512 tonnes over the week. However, that was not enough to stabilise hog prices, which dropped 2.7%. Over the past three weeks, hog prices have accumulatively plummeted 16% amid excess availabili ...
Monday, March 12, 2018
China Live Hog Weekly: Prices plunge to near three-year lows (week ended Mar 6, 2018)
Demand for pork was exceptionally weak, hence curtailing the sales of finishing hog. Prices plunged as a result even though supplies of hog were relatively low due to limited hog inventories. Small hog producers, who were incurring losses, ...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
China Whey Weekly: Market weakens amid tumbling hog prices (week ended Mar 6, 2018)
Tumbling hog prices dampened the buying interest for whey, hence further curtailing sales in conjunction with low piglet feed demand. Traders cut whey prices in efforts to stimulate sales while feed producers stayed prudent.
Monday, March 5, 2018
China Live Hog Weekly: Prices rebound on tight supply; demand stays weak (week ended Mar 1, 2018)
Weakened pork demand dragged wholesale volume of pork carcass to 8,152 tonnes, lower by a whopping 23% compared with the week before Chinese New Year holidays. Supplies of finishing hog were tight, as inventories have diminished prominently ...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Reoccurrences of highly pathogenic AI reported in Asia Global Animal Disease Update (February 23, 2018)
Reoccurrences of highly pathogenic AI were reported in Asia this week. The following report contains an overview of the disease situations.
Friday, February 16, 2018
China Live Hog Weekly: Sharp fall in prices as farmers hasten releases (week ended Feb 14, 2018)
Prices fell prominently. Hog quantity surged as farmers released even smaller hogs, worrying that prices would fall further after the Chinese New Year. Pork carcass volumes jumped a whopping 7.6% to 10,619 tonnes while slaughterhouses took ...
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
China Live Hog Weekly: Market shows no signs of stabilising (week ended Feb 8, 2018)
Prices dropped at a faster rate. Hog market weakened further as supplies increased prominently while farmers were eager to release stocks before Chinese New Year. With pork carcass volumes expanding 1% to 9,872 tonnes, prices dropped substa ...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Multiple pathogens prevalent in shrimp Penaeus vannamei cultured from greenhouse ponds in Jiangsu Province of China
In recent years, several pathogens have emerged and caused heavy mortality in Asia. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of pathogens in specimens of whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) collected from greenhouse ponds. In total, six ...
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
China Live Hog Weekly: Further price slide amid lacklustre pork demand (week ended Feb 1, 2018)
Hog market weakened further as demand for poor was sluggish while farmers released inventories eagerly amid concerns that prices would fall further after the Chinese New Year holidays. With pork carcass prices falling 1.27% to RB21.06/kg, h ...
Monday, January 29, 2018
Vietnam live hog prices dip in December
Vietnam's swine herd size was 27.4 million head, a reduction of 5.6%, and slaughter output reached 3.7 million tonnes, an increase of 1.9% compared to the same period of last year. Except for the strong recovery in July 2017, live hog price ...
Friday, January 26, 2018
China Live Hog Weekly: Increased supply lowers prices (week ended Jan 25, 2018)
China's climate improved, allowing farmers to release more hogs as transportation was smooth. Prices of hog weakened as result, lower by 0.81% on average. Pork carcass prices dropped 0.97% to RMB21.33/kg.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Canadian hog producers rejoice over conclusion of TPP trade negotiations
Canada's hog producers hailed the agreement reached Tuesday in Japan on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (now also known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP) trade deal by all 11 members. The US was origina ...
Friday, January 19, 2018
China Live Hog Weekly: Market strengthens on tight availability (week ended Jan 18, 2018)
Supplies of hog tightened as stormy weather in several regions continued to obstruct transportation. Meanwhile the demand for pork carcass strengthened, lifting prices significantly by 2.3% to RMB21.54/kg. Prices hog increased 1.7% on avera ...
Friday, January 12, 2018
China Live Hog Weekly: Delayed deliveries underpin prices (week ended Jan 11, 2018)
Heavy snows hampered deliveries of hog in several regions, particularly in the northern parts of China. Hence, even as pork demand was not particularly strong, prices of hog stabilised in most markets. Hog prices inched up 0.49% while those ...

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