![Elsie Rankin, a chemist at Kemin Industries in Des Moines, evaluates egg characteristics. The company is working on a product that could reduce the risk of African swine fever coming into the U.S. via contaminated feed.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/52197/012319-am-african_swine_fever-elsie_rankin_0__medium.jpg)
U.S. Hog Farmers See A Real Threat As Deadly Pig Virus Races Through China, Europe
In January 2018, a handful of farmers at a major Iowa pork industry gathering attended a session on the threat of foreign animal diseases. A year later, several dozen people showed up, spurred by the march of African swine fever across China.