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African Swine Fever Would Spread Rapidly Through U.S. Pork Industry, Study Finds
Researchers are warning that, even with control measures quickly put in place, the U.S. pig industry would be impacted significantly by an outbreak of African swine fever, a disease likely to present a mortality rate of up to 100 percent among infected pigs. An outbreak could cost as much as $80 billion as it spreads through the southeastern U.S., the new study in Preventive Veterinary Medicine finds. Worse, because infected animals may be asymptomatic, the disease could quickly spread from farm to farm before it is detected.
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Ukraine farm sector has lost $38 bln since russian invasion
KYIV, March 2 (Reuters) — The Ukrainian agricultural sector has suffered almost $38 billion in direct and indirect losses from Russia’s invasion, analysts from the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) said on Thursday.
