The discovery of African swine fever in the Western Hemisphere has heightened the importance of risk management for pork producers.
CHS Hedging director of producer brokerage Kent Beadle says ASF being as close as the Dominican Republic poses a major threat to the U.S. pork industry.
“Think about the fact that should African swine fever get to the U.S., for a period of time we are going to lose export markets.
