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Scientists warn that meat shortages caused by African swine fever across the Far East are pushing backyard poultry production higher. They say rapid expansion of poultry in areas with weak biosecurity raises the risk of an avian influenza pandemic.
The article is a feature built on expert interviews.
Pork shortages from ASF support demand for poultry and pork, and a shift toward backyard flocks adds disease risk to poultry supply.
scidev.netNov 25, 2019After 177 past bullish disease events, Lean Hogs moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (52% higher; middle half -1.8% to +2.7%), and +0.9% 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.
