The ongoing trade war between China and the U.S., along with the outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) in China, has huge potential to affect American soybean and pork producers, according to two economists.

African swine fever (ASF) virus could enter and be transmitted in the U.S. through animal feed and feed ingredients, but that is only one of the many potential vehicles for viral transmission, according to Cassandra Jones, undergraduate research coordinator in the Department of Animal Sciences & Industry at Kansas State University.

Three men who pleaded guilty this year in connection with a scheme to defraud the EU and Welsh governments while promising “to make Wales a world leader in the aquaculture industry” have been sentenced.

A new lawsuit says the four largest beef-packing companies in the U.S. conspired to lower the prices they paid ranchers for cattle, a violation of federal antitrust law, according to a Reuters report.

Taiwanese biotech company Excelsior Bio-System Inc. says it has developed a rapid test kit to detect African swine fever (ASF).

China’s Commerce Ministry said it has launched an anti-dumping investigation into methionine products imported from Singapore, Malaysia and Japan, according to reports. The investigation began April 10 and is expected to last a year.

An insurer for Koch Foods Inc. says the company “grossly understated” the value of its properties and has asked a court to find it not liable for an $85 million claim stemming from a 2016 feed mill explosion and fire.

Three men have pleaded guilty in Cardiff Crown Court in Wales in connection with a scheme to defraud the EU and Welsh governments while promising “to make Wales a world leader in the aquaculture industry.”

The Bangladesh High Court has ordered the closure of poultry feed plants in the country that use leather waste treated with toxic chemicals.

Cargill Inc. Chairman and CEO David MacLennan said the company could invest up to $1 billion in Latin America over the next five years, according to a Reuters report.

Consumers in the U.S. are looking for more nutrients in their diet, and what they want most is protein.

As parts of the Midwest cope with flooding from melting snow and heavy rains, Illinois-based commodity trader Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) said its first quarter results are likely to be negatively affected by weather woes.