First of all, Merry Christmas to all my subscribers and a huge thank you for all paying ones, your support is greatly appreciated. Let my Substack serve as a stepping stone for all of you to get ready for a rather… uncommon 2022. First things first.
Back in late 2020, early October, I started getting a constant signal of a possible flu epidemic going on, so by sheer instinct and mental framework alone, I decided to start tracking. The reader should scroll down both of these thread to get an idea of where I am coming from. The second one is a really extensive one.
What impact will African Swine Fever have in 2022?
“The ability to get finance has become a lot more difficult in recent times, Evergrande has been a good example of that – those problems are undermining market confidence.” 1
“New variants came about because of black-market vaccinations that were put into the general hog population in a desperate attempt to control ASF,” he said.
“Those variants were a mild version of the virus, but they were harder to detect and as a result the country saw many more pig losses.”
“Our expectation is that demand for beef will continue.”
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The stakes are high for the U.S. pork industry. In 2020, pork producers marketed over 131 million hogs, which provided total cash receipts of more than $19 billion, and provided about 28 billion pounds of meat to consumers worldwide. 4
https://www.beefcentral.com/news/what-impact-will-african-swine-fever-have-in-2022/
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2021/12/25/2003770163
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/wild-boar-cull-key-fight-african-swine-fever-germany-minister-2021-12-16/
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/swine-fever/126622/