Do not start by gaining experience elsewhere, but lead the troops immediately. That, in a nutshell, is the story of Sjoerd Derksen. Since mid-2021, this 20-year-old has been running a farm with 1,800 sows and a piglet farm. Since the age of 13, Derksen has known that he wants to work with sows and always …
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NAPERVILLE, Illinois, Nov 17 (Reuters) – China has been sporadic in the U.S. soybean market lately, although its buying last week was surprisingly large and likely much needed as supplies of beans from the main importer have become scarce . However, China’s pork industry, the world’s largest, could be on tough ground, as evidenced by …
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China is set to increase its pork imports in coming months, industry participants have said, after losses suffered by farmers last year in the world’s top pork producer caused a reduction in pig production which seems more important than the official data suggest. Pork is by far China’s favorite meat and soaring prices have driven …
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