By Hallie Gu and Shivani Singh
BEIJING, July 20 (Reuters) – China’s use of wheat in feed is anticipated to remain excessive because the grain retains a worth benefit over corn, agriculture ministry official Track Danyang stated on Tuesday.
Wheat costs within the central province of Henan, a high producer of the grain, have been 2,520 yuan ($388.57) per tonne on Monday W-EXWXUZ-GEN, outstripping the worth of corn at 2,910 yuan JCI-CORN-ZHZH.
China’s 11 outbreaks of African swine fever this yr prompted it to cull 2,216 pigs, stated Xin Guochang, of the husbandry bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
There was a danger of the virus spreading from abroad, he added.
“The management and prevention scenario remains to be extreme and sophisticated,” Xin stated of the illness that reached China in August 2018, and warning that the chance of its rebound endured.
China’s herd of 439 million pigs on the finish of June was 99.4% of the extent on the finish of 2017, stated ministry official Zeng Yande, who heads growth and planning, because the nation rebuilds the herd decimated by the African swine fever.
The sow herd of 456.Four million at June-end was up 102% on the end-2017 determine.
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(Reporting by Hallie Gu and Shivani Singh; Modifying by Clarence Fernandez)
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