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The University of Minnesota's CAHFS describes its ASFWatch toolkit for educating producers about African swine fever. It notes China's first documented outbreak in August 2018 and 14 outbreaks by September with more than 38,000 pigs culled.
Heightened ASF awareness among US producers reflects the risk of spread that could eventually curb global pork output and shift feed demand.
cahfs.umn.eduCAHFS NewsJan 31, 2019After 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.
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.
