Planes full of breeding pigs head to China

The golden age for breeding organisations appears to have started. The Chinese pig industry will leave no stone unturned to get back to business, which was halved due to African Swine Fever. Insatiable – that is how China’s current hunger for breeding pigs has been described. It is educated guesswork, but insiders speak of as many as 10 million F1 gilts needed. What can be said for sure, however, is that the repopulation of Chinese pig houses has definitely taken off – with France playing