China, home to half the world s hogs, is the hardest hit by African swine fever since reporting its first outbreak in 2018.- Reuters
BEIJING/HANOI (Bloomberg): African swine fever is re-emerging in Asia, threatening to upend efforts to replenish national herds after the virus killed tens of millions of pigs in the region and created a huge shortage of meat protein.
Fresh outbreaks have been reported in China and Vietnam this year, and the disease has even landed on Malaysia s shores.
While new cases are scattered and isolated, they ve put governments on notice that the virus is alive and well and there could be dire consequences if it s not kept under control.
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Andrew Lyle holds up his bacon at the Ham, Bacon and Egg show Friday at Marion County Technical Center.
Photo by Sarah Marino
Hayley Ford shows off her eggs at the Ham, Bacon and Egg show Friday at Marion County Technical Center.
Photo by Sarah Marino
RACHEL â Itâs a process.
Thatâs what John Postlethwait, agriculture teacher and Future Farmers of America advisor said of the products available at the annual Ham, Bacon and Eggs show held Friday at marion County Technical Center.
The process is part of the supervised agricultural experience program and is a way to hone some of the skills the students learn in class in real world situations.
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An owner of a hog farm in Qiongjie county, Shannan, Tibet autonomous region, vaccinates a piglet on April 21, 2020. Photo:Xinhua Chinese legislators and political advisors have called for a higher level of self-sufficiency in seed supply and the improved breeding of livestock and poultry to reduce the risk of supply cuts, given the current reliance on foreign countries.
Li Yuncai, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and inspector of the Hunan Supply and Marketing Cooperative Association, called for the seed industry s development to be a major strategy for the safe and high-quality overall development of China s
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