{"id":148822,"date":"2026-03-30T11:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148822"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:30:08","slug":"chinas-massive-pig-farms-spark-a-supply-glut-as-hog-prices-hit-8-year-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148822","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s massive pig farms spark a supply glut as hog prices hit 8-year low"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s pig prices have plunged to their lowest level in nearly eight years, as the country struggles to deal with a persistent supply glut triggered by the spread of huge industrial farms and a post-holiday drop in meat consumption.<br \/>\nLive pigs were selling for 11.05 yuan (US$1.60) per kilogram on average during the third week of March, down 2.9 per cent from the previous week and 28 per cent from a year earlier, data from China\u2019s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs showed.<br \/>\nPrices are now&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3348423\/chinas-massive-pig-farms-spark-supply-glut-hog-prices-hit-8-year-low?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s pig prices have plunged to their lowest level in nearly eight years, as the country struggles to deal with a persistent supply glut&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148822"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}