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Thailand's CP Foods Expects Record Year For Profits As Pork Prices Soar

Thailand's largest agribusiness Charoen Pokphand Foods Pcl (CPF) expects to have its best year ever due to soaring pork prices and plans to expand in North...

China Q1 Pork Output Falls 29% After Pig Disease Decimates Herd

China's pork output in the first quarter fell 29.1% from a year ago to 10.38 million tonnes, official data has revealed, as the world's biggest producer co...

Swine Fever, Plant Protein To Shape EU Farming In Next Decade: Report

The African swine fever crisis in China and a shift towards plant-based protein in diets could reshape EU agricultural markets over the next ten years, lea...

Brazil's JBS Posts $86m Profit For Third Quarter

JBS SA, the world's largest meatpacker, on Thursday reported a quarterly net profit of $86 million as higher meat prices across its markets bolstered resul...

At Smithfield Foods' Slaughterhouse, China Brings Home US Bacon

Smithfield Foods' slaughterhouse in Virginia used to carve up pork for American sandwiches and holiday dinners. But workers now box up pig carcasses to shi...

Commodities Trader Louis Dreyfus Sees Tough 2019 After H1 Profits Slip

Louis Dreyfus' first-half net profits fell as it faced headwinds including international trade tensions and a swine disease epidemic, with the commodity me...

Hungary Finds African Swine Fever In Wild Boar Near Budapest

Hungary's national food safety authority Nebih has found five cases of African swine fever in wild boar carcasses near Budapest, it said on Sunda...

China Aug Pork Imports Jump 76% As Disease Decimates Local Supply

China's pork imports rose 76% in August from the same month a year earlier, customs data showed on Monday, as the world's top consumer of the meat stocked...