One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swine fever in China

Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by xwowsersx on Thursday January 02, 2020 @03:22PM (#21939386)

Counterpoint would be that production of other proteins (beef and chicken) would increase to make up for the lost production of pork, but the arguments against that are

1. Have to look at how much feed those require vs pigs (clearly chickens require way less) and

2. Pork is a cultural thing in China. There's some substitution, but to an extent they will simply eat less protein in absolute terms.

These were the kinds of things we thought a lot about. Had to think through this very carefully.

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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by konschubert on Thursday January 02, 2020 @04:21PM (#21939982)

Why do you call „meat“ „protein“?

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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by xwowsersx on Thursday January 02, 2020 @04:43PM (#21940206)

Just habit. Beef, chicken and pork are collectively referred to as "proteins" within the investment community/people who follow Ag and Food companies.

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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by tptacek on Thursday January 02, 2020 @05:14PM (#21940526)

That's what restaurants (behind the scenes) call them, too.

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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by im3w1l on Thursday January 02, 2020 @05:21PM (#21940590)

I've seen them mentioned on menus under a "Proteins" heading in the context of a customizable meal.

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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by egdod on Thursday January 02, 2020 @06:36PM (#21941204)

That’s pretty common shorthand. For example, lots of people wouldn’t include fish as “meat” but would include it as a protein.

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