date:Jul 17, 2014
rea and Taiwan have also reported similar outbreaks.
Lean hog futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have climbed 36 per cent this year and traded at $1.16 a pound at 3.31 p.m. in Tokyo.
Japanese farmers raised a total of 9.54 million pigs as of 1 February, according the ministrys survey, released 1 July. Kagoshima is Japans biggest pork-producing prefecture, representing 14 per cent of the total Japanese herd. Miyazaki is the second-largest producer, with an 8.8-per-cent share.
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