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Concerns are growing in Britain about its ability to handle an African swine fever outbreak, as the Animal and Plant Health Agency is already stretched by the avian influenza epidemic. The warning highlights a possible double disease threat to the livestock sector.
A stretched veterinary agency raises the risk of slower response to ASF, which could trigger pork export restrictions and hog price weakness, while feed demand from the hog sector could be affected.
farmersguardian.comFarmers GuardianNov 8, 2022After 117 past bearish disease events, Lean Hogs moved a median -0.6% over 5 sessions (36% higher; middle half -2.2% to +1.6%), and +1.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
