China's animal husbandry and veterinary affairs bureau is stepping up investigation and punishment of illegal activity in the pig industry, said a statement published on the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs website on Jan. 4.

BEIJING—China has approved the import of all poultry products from the United States, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on its website on Feb. 17, including breeding birds in addition to poultry meat approved late last year.

An additional 1,629 pigs there showed symptoms of the disease, according to an online statement by China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Feb. 19.

With all else failing, China's National Development and Reform Commission issued a joint statement with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs to allow domestic banks to add live pigs to the list of eligible collateral for loans.

China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) confirmed its first ASF cases in Liaoning Province on Aug. 3, 2018. MARA subsequently confirmed 165 outbreaks in 32 Chinese provinces and regions.

According to data from China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China imported 1.91 million tons of rice in the first 10 months of 2019.

Citing information from the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, an agency under China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, state-run newspaper Beijing News reported that the FAW has invaded 11 provinces of southern China

According to China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the “highly pathogenic” disease has already killed 4,500 chickens in Hunan alone and the government has culled almost 18,000 chickens to prevent its spread.

(Reuters) New ASF Cases African swine fever was detected in seven dead wild boars in Shennongjia Forestry District in Hubei Province, China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced last month.

News Analysis China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) recently announced that about 40 million rural residents, including those that have moved back home from cities, are starting up new businesses.

On the same day, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced that the price of pork may increase by more than 70 percent in the second half of the year, setting a record high in China.

Food and Agricultural Organization reported on Sept. 20 that China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) has confirmed 157 ASF outbreaks detected in 32 provinces and autonomous regions.

The appearance of ants, or other insects, as a food source may become more common. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on April 17 that pork prices may rise over 70 percent in the second half of 2019.

In its latest report on the country’s hog business released on Aug. 16, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs stated that the quantity of living pigs in July was 32.2 percent less than in the same period last year.

China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs did not immediately respond to faxed questions on Friday, which was a public holiday in China. It is unclear what differences on the issue remain.

China's pig herd fell 13 percent in January compared with the same month in 2018, while the number of breeding sows was down 15 percent from the previous year, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

On Sept. 13, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs published an announcement to mandate a temporary nationwide suspension on the use of any type of pig blood products in swine feed.

In China, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced on April 17 that the price of pork may increase by more than 70 percent in the second half of the year, setting a record high in the country.

On Nov. 29, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced an outbreak of African swine fever on a pig farm in Tianjin. Of the farm’s 361 pigs, 67 died. African swine fever is presently not known to affect humans.

Pan Wenbo, head of the crop production department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said, “The floods in South China did not change the general trend of output increase.”

The researchers followed the treatment guidelines given to farmers by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Chan then recorded foraging and nesting behaviour after they introduced the bees in the summer of 2017.

Live markets will also be shut in the regions, according to a notice by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs dated Sept. 11, and sent to animal disease control centers in the areas.

China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs did not reply to a faxed request for comment on the case.

Some 4,686 pigs had been infected and 3,766 animals died, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said late on Jan. 2. All animals on infected farms must be culled under current rules.

On July 27, Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs organized a drill to wipe out locusts in Yunnan and estimated that more locusts would keep on entering China from Laos before late August.

And on Dec. 25, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that at a pig farm in Huizhou City, 11 pigs died from the disease, while 11 others had been infected.

Destroying China’s Crops Citing information from the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center, an agency under China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, state-run newspaper Beijing News reported that the FAW has invaded 11 provinces

But an announcement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Oct. 30 only reported ASF outbreaks in Hunan’s Yuanling County.

Meanwhile, in China, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs confirmed in a statement on April 4 that the outbreak has spread to Xinjiang, the 29th region out of China’s 31, to have ASF.

That means college students are among the 7.4 million people returning to the Chinese countryside, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.