REPORTER: ASF in the Dominican Republic: What Does it Mean for Pork?
This article was originally featured in the Fall 2021 Edition of Urner Barry's Reporter magazine.
On July 29th, the USDA confirmed that African Swine Fever was discovered in samples from pigs in the Dominican Republic. Since the outbreak that began in China during the summer of 2018, this is the first set of cases that have hit the western hemisphere and the closest the virus has been to the United States. The initial reaction to this news was fear, and hog futures tumbled as a result...
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