China’s African swine fever outbreak is far more severe than previously thought and the full impact of the disease on animal feed producers has yet to be realized, U.S. agribusiness company Archer Daniels Midland Co said on Wednesday. The fatal pig disease has slashed China’s hog herd by as much as half since August 2018 and has already lifted margins for processing soybeans into animal feed, Ray Young, ADM’s chief financial officer, told the Stephens Nashville Investment Conference. Millions of pigs have died from or been culled to control African swine fever (ASF) in China and other Asian …read more
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