Max Armstrong shares some insight on the African Swine Fever issue in China and the trade war between the U.S. and China. The ASF outbreak has caused plenty of carnage on pig farms in China and its implication on the global market. Max shares that the hog population in that country has fallen by one-third from last year; and there are predictions that this number bay be get worse.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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