Economics
How China Can Save Its Pigs From Annihilation: Be Like Russia
- Russian pork output has almost doubled despite swine fever
- China needs to prioritize biosecurity to control outbreak
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For Chinese authorities struggling with the rapid spread of a disease that’s threatening to devastate the world’s largest pig industry, Russia’s No. 1 pork producer has the answer -- get bigger and cleaner or get out.
Miratorg, which raises 3 million pigs annually, not only has strict quarantine measures at every level of its farms, but it also bans workers from rearing their own hogs and from hunting wild boar. Such biosecurity measures have enabled it to thrive in the face of one of the world’s most dangerous swine diseases.