Pork production in China reaches highest level in three years

Pork production in China reached its highest level in three years in the third quarter, as a result of investments being made by the country's farmers, especially since 2020, to rebuild the country's pig herd, decimated by the African swine fever. According to Reuters, which cites data from the Chinese government, production reached 12.02 million tonnes between July and September, an increase of 43% compared to the same period last year. It was the third best result for the quarter since 2018, before China began to feel the consequences of swine fever. From January to September, thus, the increase compared to the same period in 2020 was 38%, to 39.17 million tons, according to data from the statistics department of the Asian country highlighted by Reuters. Despite the advance, some analysts expected a bigger jump in the third quarter, to 13.46 million tons. The rise in pork production was led by large breeders, who invested billions of yuan in new farms during 2020 in an attempt ...