Chinese herd recovery

The Structural Condition China’s domestic pork sector has completed its recovery from the African Swine Fever outbreak that began in 2018 and eliminated roughly 40% of the country’s sow inventory. The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Beijing post, in its Livestock and Products Annual (CH2025-0165, September 2025), forecasts Chinese pork production at approximately 59.5 million…