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BEIJING, Aug 17 (Reuters) – China’s pig herd on the finish of July was 31% bigger than a 12 months earlier, the nation’s state planning company stated on Tuesday, persevering with its sturdy restoration from a significant illness outbreak.
China has quickly rebuilt its pig herd following an epidemic of African swine fever, which lower its large hog shares by about half by late 2019.
China had a herd of 439 million pigs on the finish of June, an agriculture official stated just lately, equal to 99.4% of the extent on the finish of 2017, previous to the swine fever outbreak.
Its sow herd had reached 45.64 million head, 2% forward of the extent at finish of 2017.
Talking at an everyday press briefing, Nationwide Growth and Reform Fee spokesman Meng Wei stated the sow herd had additionally elevated 25% year-on-year by end-July.
Meng didn’t give detailed herd numbers.
(Reporting by Min Zhang, Shivani Singh and Dominique Patton; Modifying by Shri Navaratnam and Kenneth Maxwell)
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