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A Farm Journal Pork explainer summarises African swine fever, confirmed in China in August 2018 and since spread to other countries, with no vaccine available. It cites a Kansas State study suggesting the virus can spread through feed and feed ingredients, and urges biosecurity and avoiding swill feeding.
Evidence that ASF spreads through feed ingredients raises the risk of feed-linked import restrictions and tighter ingredient sourcing, which could affect demand for meat meal and feed ingredients.
porkbusiness.comNov 19, 2020After 69 past neutral disease events, Lean Hogs moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (48% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.5%), and -1.6% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
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.
