Weekly Overview: Looking Forward to 2013
ANALYSIS - What would this Chinese fortune cookie tell us about the prospects for the global pig industry in 2013? New funding for agriculture research and development should bring improvements for producers over time, as innovative gene technology is already bringing benefits. There remain many unknowns, however - pig meat production in the EU as the sow stall ban comes into effect, for example, and the continuing threat of the spread of African swine fever.