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Pig breeders in China who have managed to keep fatal African swine fever off their farms since outbreaks began a year ago are now set to reap rewards, with some in line for record profits of $200 per hog thanks to soaring prices.

China's WH Group on Tuesday reported a 16.9% fall in first-half profit as higher meat prices due to a devastating hog disease hurt margins at the world's top pork processor.

Japanese trading company Marubeni said on Tuesday it had set up a joint venture with Chinese logistics startup G7 to lease refrigerated trailers to Chinese customers seeking to meet fast-growing demand for fresh food.

China's pork prices are being kept in check even as pig production continues to drop, with tough new rules on slaughterhouses crimping trade and pushing frozen pork stocks onto the market, according to analysts.

Chinese pork producer WH Group on Monday report a 21 percent fall in first-quarter attributable profit, dragged down by weak fresh pork prices in all markets and lower sales volumes in the United States.

China's top pork processor Henan Shuanghui Investment and Development Co Ltd said on Monday its net profit in the first quarter rose 20.3 percent to 1.28 billion yuan ($190.16 million), after it slaughtered 4.7 million pigs in the reported period, about a fifth more compared...

China's WH Group said on Friday its fourth-quarter net profit fell 7 percent to $290 million, as low pig prices in China and the Sino-U.S. trade war hit the income of the world's top pork producer.

China's WH Group said on Friday its fourth-quarter net profit fell 7 percent to $290 million, as low pig prices in China and the Sino-U.S. trade war hit the income of the world's top pork producer.

WH Group, China's top pork processor, said on Thursday it was trying to verify a Taiwan government statement that the African swine fever virus was found in a sausage made by a subsidiary that was brought to the island by a traveler.

China's WH Group said on Thursday it was trying to verify a Taiwan government statement that the African swine fever virus was found in a sausage made by subsidiary imported to the island by a traveller.

China's WH Group Ltd said on Tuesday its third-quarter net profit plunged 31 percent to $199 million, as lower prices amid higher supplies and trade disputes dented the world's top pork producer's income in the United States.

China's WH Group Ltd said on Tuesday its third-quarter net profit plunged 30.9 percent to $199 million, as lower prices amid higher supplies and trade disputes dented the world's top pork producer's income in the United States.

China reported a new African swine fever case on a farm with nearly 20,000 pigs on Monday, the largest farm yet to report the highly contagious disease in the world's top pork producer.

China has ordered the world's top pork producer, WH Group Ltd, to shut a major slaughterhouse as authorities race to stop the spread of deadly African swine fever (ASF) after a second outbreak in the planet's biggest hog herd in two weeks.

* Stirs concerns about spread across world's largest pig herd

China found its second case of African swine fever (ASF) on Thursday at a slaughterhouse owned by WH Group Ltd's Chinese unit, stirring concerns about the spread of the deadly infection across the world's largest pig herd.

China's Heilongjiang province is investigating a suspected case of African swine fever (ASF), an official said on Thursday, stirring concern that the deadly pig infection may have spread after a first outbreak was reported earlier this month.

WH Group Ltd, the world's largest pork company, has boosted its U.S. exports to Japan, South Korea and Mexico to reduce the impact of the trade spat between Washington and Beijing, Chairman Wan Long said on Tuesday.

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