News Forum - “Pig Sandbox” to reopen farms in isolated areas to control the spread of African Swine Fever

[Thaiger]

We’ve all heard of the Sandbox entry programmes, designed to allow vaccinated travellers to roam freely in areas considered to be at low risk of Covid-19. But now authorities are discussing a so-called “Pig Sandbox” as a way to isolate farms from areas at high risk of the African Swine Fever, which is said to have caused a shortage of pigs leading pork prices to skyrocket. Yesterday, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives agreed to reopen local pig farms under the “Pig Sandbox.” This scheme will be a special controlled area allowing farmers to raise and sell pigs only within […]

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[Prosaap]

I sure its not only the flu in the lockdown a lot less pork was needed so they not want to feed them if they can not sell them so they downscale normal people see this one coming a year ago now they need them but it take time to scale up sure the flu not help but the great thai planing is the main problem they just can not look ahead  

[AlecT]

Poor farang should be able to do their 7 days in an "all inclusive" Pig Sandbox in Isaan instead of in Phuket - at 50 baht a day.

[Stonker]

2 hours ago, Prosaap said:

I sure its not only the flu in the lockdown a lot less pork was needed so they not want to feed them if they can not sell them so they downscale normal people see this one coming a year ago now they need them but it take time to scale up sure the flu not help but the great thai planing is the main problem they just can not look ahead  

 

3 hours ago, Thaiger said:

Livestock Development says data shows that the numbers of farm pigs and breeders are decreasing from former years

Part of the problem's simple - pig farms stink, and as villages grow the 'local' pig farm that was just acceptable outside the village isn't acceptable in the middle of it.

For a lot of smaller farmers it's just not worth the cost of re-locating.