China is breeding giant pigs the size of polar bears

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Some of the pigs, weighing up to 500kg, can sell for more than US$1,399. FMTNews

BEIJING: In a farm deep in the southern region of China lives a very big pig that’s as heavy as a polar bear.

While Pang’s pigs may be an extreme example of the lengths farmers are going to fill China’s swelling pork shortage problem, the idea that bigger is better has been spreading across the country, home to the world’s most voracious consumers of the meat. Big farms are focusing on boosting the heft by at least 14%, said Lin Guofa, a senior analyst with consulting firm Bric Agriculture Group.

The large swine are being bred during a desperate time for China. With African swine fever decimating the nation’s hog herd – in half, by some estimates – prices of pork have soared to record levels, leading the government to urge farmers to boost production to temper inflation.Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua warned that the supply situation will be “extremely severe” through to the first half of 2020.

 

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