Impact of ASF on Chinese pig sector
The fifth most popular story this month was a spotlight on how Rabobank sees the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak changing the structure of the Chinese swine sector there, and accelerating a consolidation trend,
“China’s hog industry is fragmented, with 40% of hogs coming from small producers. Biosecurity has been a weakness of this segment, and most reported cases of ASF come from farms with fewer than 500 hogs, commonly using kitchen waste to feed hogs. Conversely, large-scale farms have very strict biosecurity, with standardized feed and have, so far, largely been unaffected by ASF. We expect ASF to catalyze widespread industry consolidation, with many small farmers becoming uncompetitive under the new market conditions.”
