Despite the threats posed by the dreaded African Swine Fever (ASF), the government is expecting a surge in local production of hogs.
“We are projecting that within the year, our production of hogs will surge that’s why we prepared an importation of 300,000 metric tons of corn because we might fall short due to what happened in our corn industry because of El Niño,” According Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said in a recent interview.
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