Pig prices [reposted in correct place]

RushesToo

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This article:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/10/donald-trump-and-swine-flu-have-a-lot-in-common/
offers those that like a risk some possibilities. A new swine fever has resulted in about a third of the 440 Million pigs in China being slaughtered. They aren't controlling the disease and it is not improving.

If you think you can keep the disease out with bio-security up then the risk may be low - there will be a shortage of pig meat and price rise. Meanwhile the price of soya may drop because there are no pigs to eat it.....

Industrial agriculture, once in a while, may help farms. It's not looking so good for pigs.
 
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