Anyone else thing there's something spoopy about Chinese viruses? We have a supposed "coronavirus" outbreak now affecting people but before that, do you remember the millions of dead Chinese hogs?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/16/terrible-pandemic-is-killing-pigs-around-world-us-pork-produce

How might the death/culling of so many hogs affect the Chinese economy and agricultural markets around the world?

https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/research-topics/agricultural-commodities/sep-2019/african-swine-fever

I wondered about the situation in the US. I think the Chinese own a lot of our hog producers.

https://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/markets/item/16544-chinese-state-owned-company-purchases-smithfield-foods

When Chinese tariffs kicked in Smithfield lost USDA funding meant for US farmers hit with tariffs.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-smithfield-foods-idUSKCN1NL2BZ

I did wonder if the Swine Fever outbreak was "caused" somehow, but that seems like a stretch, though I found one source that said the US government did research on transmission of Swine Fever via ticks at some point.