China's pig herd expands by 2% in November vs October - ministry

BEIJING — China’s pig herd increased by 2% in November compared with the prior month, the Agriculture Ministry said on Monday.

Sow stocks were up 4% on October, it said on its website.

The closely watched data comes after an epidemic of African swine fever devastated the world’s top hog herd, reducing it by 41% year on year by October. (Reporting by Dominique Patton; Editing by Edmund Blair)