China coronavirus putting more pressure on pork supplies, prices: official
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s coronavirus outbreak has delayed the launch of new pig breeding facilities and put even more pressure…
China to help key industries to return to work as soon as possible: CCTV
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s cabinet says workers in key industries must be helped to return to work as soon as…
China’s Hubei to cut costs for small firms to ease coronavirus burden
Community volunteers deliver donated vegetables to elderly residents at Furen community on the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of…
China allocates $10.26 billion to fight coronavirus
Medical workers in protective suits attend to novel coronavirus patients at the intensive care unit (ICU) of a designated hospital…
No box of chocolates: South Korea border town laid low by swine fever, not shells from North
PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) – For the first time in 10 years, Kong Ji-ye’s chocolate-making machines sit idle in Paju…
Trump says meetings, talks with China going well
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States is having meetings and discussions with China…
Going whole hog: U.S. tells exporters to report pig carcass sales as China buying soars
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday that commodity exporters must disclose sales of hog carcasses,…
Trump says administration to take ‘good look’ at Hong Kong rights bill
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a listening session on youth vaping and the electronic cigarette epidemic inside the Cabinet…
Vietnam culls 4.7 million pigs as African swine fever spreads
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has culled about 4.7 million pigs to contain an outbreak of African swine fever that has…
Trump, Abe say U.S. and Japan have agreed in principle on trade deal
BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) – The United States and Japan agreed in principle on Sunday to core elements of a trade…
Russia reports ASF outbreak near its border with China
MOSCOW (Reuters) – An outbreak African Swine Fever (ASF) has been detected at a small farm in Russia’s Primorsk region…
Greece bans pork imports from Bulgaria due to African swine fever
SOFIA (Reuters) – Greece has banned imports of pork from its northern Balkan neighbor Bulgaria due to outbreaks of African…
Swine fever toll in China may be twice as high as reported, industry insiders say
BEIJING (Reuters) – As many as half of China’s breeding pigs have either died from African swine fever or been…
As Mexico-U.S. talks progress, markets rise on hopes a deal could be close
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican and U.S. officials held a second day of talks on trade and migration on Thursday,…
Pence, Trudeau to discuss Huawei and China trade issues in Ottawa: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will discuss their countries’ joint dispute…
Disease to cut China pig meat output by at least 10 percent: FAO
LONDON (Reuters) – An African Swine Fever outbreak is expected to cut China’s pig meat output by at least 10…
China finds more cases of African swine fever on Hainan island
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has detected new cases of African swine fever in six farms across four locations in Hainan…
China reports first African swine fever outbreak in Tibet
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s agriculture ministry late on Sunday confirmed the first outbreak of African swine fever in the country’s…
U.S. Customs details China pork seizure; importers could pay fine
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. border agents said they have seized 1 million pounds (453,592 kg) of food products from China…
Trump asks China to lift tariffs on U.S. farm products
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he had asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on U.S. agricultural products…
New blow to China as African swine fever found in wild boar
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s efforts to stem the spread of African swine fever were dealt a fresh blow on Friday…
China reports new African swine fever outbreak in Guizhou province
BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported a new African swine fever outbreak in the province of Guizhou on Thursday. The new…
China’s Dabeinong reports suspected African swine fever case on related farm: media
BEIJING (Reuters) – One of China’s top animal feed producers said on Tuesday an affiliated firm has culled nearly 20,000…
China to lift restrictions where second African swine fever outbreak found
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is set to lift restrictions on an area in central Henan province, where the country’s second…
China says battling swine fever is ‘complex and challenging’
BEIJING (Reuters) – Battling the spread of African swine fever in China is “very complex and challenging”, the country’s agriculture…
China bans feeding of food waste to hogs in provinces with African swine fever
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has banned the use of food waste as pig feed in provinces that have reported African…
Russia says ASF might have come to China from the EU
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The African Swine Fever (ASF) virus may have came to China from the European Union, Russian agriculture…
China detects more African swine fever cases in cities already infected
BEIJING (Reuters) – China discovered three more outbreaks of the deadly African swine fever on Thursday in Heilongjiang and Anhui…
China finds second African swine fever case at WH Group plant
BEIJING (Reuters) – China found its second case of African swine fever (ASF) on Thursday at a slaughterhouse owned by…
Trade war puts the hoof into U.S. pig part exports to China
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Before the U.S.-China trade war, American pig processors exported nine out of every 10 pigs’ feet and…
German carmakers join American farmers on front line of U.S.-China trade war
WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT/BEIJING (Reuters) – An increasingly shrill exchange of words between the United States and China that is threatening to trigger…