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Jun 2020
20m 48s

African Swine Fever: The Backseat Driver...

RABOBANK
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Although African swine fever (ASF) has taken a backseat to Covid-19 so far this year, it very much continues to result in reduced pork availability in China. Angus Gidley-Baird and Blake Holgate discuss Rabobank’s latest forecast, along with the impact ASF is having on the Australian and New Zealand red meat sectors.

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