WUXUAN COUNTY: Surrounded by mountains in a remote part of southwestern China, Xinguangan’s first large-scale, modern pig farm is getting ready to produce its first offspring. Higher output from these farms will tame China’s notorious pork price volatility, raise food safety standards, and improve the environment, say experts. In the long-term, it also could turn China’s pork producers into international competitors, offering quality, competitively priced meat to regional markets. INDUSTRY UPHEAVALModernising China’s pig farms is a massive undertaking. A nationwide crackdown on farm pollution intensified during 2017, forcing hundreds of thousands of pig farms to shut.

Source: New Strait Times February 07, 2018 01:30 UTC