Tyson Foods beats profit estimates but sees no benefits from China pig fever
Global pork shortfall expected
05 August 2019 - 17:30
Chicago/Bengaluru — Tyson Foods said on Monday it has not yet reaped major financial gains from a swine disease that has killed millions of hogs in China and is expected to create a global shortfall in pork.
The lack of profits linked to African swine fever in China keeps investors and American farmers waiting to benefit from the outbreak, as the US pork industry faces record numbers of hogs. The disease is fatal to pigs but harmless to humans...
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