Daily Memo: China’s African Swine Fever Outbreak, Iran’s Russia Connections

China's pork production is set to decline by 10 percent.

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Chinese outbreak. African swine fever infections are surging in China. The outbreak began during the Lunar New Year in February, and by March, the number of infections was higher than in all of 2022, according to China’s Huachuang Securities. About half the pig population in northern production areas like Shandong and Hebei provinces is expected […]

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