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 onlyrealcuzzo on Thursday January 02, 2020 @06:27PM (#21941125)

I read an article that people are purposefully spreading ASF in China to increase the price of pork. Is there any truth to this?

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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by gkanai on Thursday January 02, 2020 @07:09PM (#21941462)

there have been credible reports in China of Chinese farmers using drones to spread ASF for various reasons, so yes

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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by sterlind on Friday January 03, 2020 @03:20AM (#21944183)

Holy hell. I'd love to understand why.. could you dig up where you read that?

I wonder if it was affected farmers keeping their competitors from getting a leg up, or some flavor of domestic terrorism.

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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by Apfel on Friday January 03, 2020 @06:14AM (#21944941)

These should cover it. Most dystopian story I've read in years!

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