As Global Agribusiness Partners reported in WPI’s China In-Country analysis yesterday, there is “uncertainty over the future outlook of China’s live hog” sector due to ASF “new limits by the central government on the transportation of live hogs.” China’s plan and forecast was to restore its hog herd and pork production this year. The new ASF incidence – or one or possibly two new variants – likely puts a lid on those plans and expectations. Production was forecast to be up 14 percent over 2020. As a result, pork imports were forecast to be down 15 percent to 4.5 MMT. The U.S. exports last year held a 16 percent market share, second behind the EU’s 41 percent market share (pr...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
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