September 6, 2018
Dermot Hayes, professor, was quoted in a Pork article on the pork industry's efforts to combat African Swine Fever.
According to Iowa State University economist Dermot Hayes, losses from ASF could total as much as $8 billion for the pork industry in year one alone. That doesn’t include related losses of $4 billion and $1.5 billion for the affected input commodities of corn and soybeans, respectively.