Losing Count of Chinese Pigs Yesterday China announced a new African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in Sichuan Province, bringing the total now reported to more than 140. In the hog and pork world, it is ASF all day, every day. That is THE black swan event in the market for the world’s most consumed meat. Producers, packers, traders and analysts can’t get enough information, especially good updates, about what is happening ( click here for WPI’s special report by Williams and Lu that provided some valuable insights). For example, China’s National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Agriculture just this week issued two substantially varying reports, indicating the hog herd in the first half of 2019 was down 15 percent...
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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Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.