Global Meat Output to Fall as Fever Ravages China Pig Farms
- Meat production to fall for the first time in two decades: UN
- Pork decline offsets growth in chicken, beef, report shows
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Meat production is likely to fall for the first time in two decades because of a deadly disease that’s wiping out Chinese hog herds.
That’s according a report from the United Nations, which said African swine fever will have far-reaching effects in food and agriculture markets around the world. As a whole, farmers will produce 0.2% less meat this year.