# China Feed Mills Cut Corn As Substitutes Expand - RFD-TV

> Chinese feed mills are cutting corn use as wheat, barley and sorghum gain share in rations, according to USDA's Beijing office. The breeding sow herd fell 6.5% year on year to 37.8 million head at the end of the second quarter.

- Date: 2026-10-13 · published 2026-10-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17099-china-feed-mills-cut-corn-as-substitutes-expand-rfd-tv
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Substitution away from corn reduces China's import demand for US corn unless US prices become more competitive, weighing on corn export prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-07-16 | [Gro Expects Drop in China Pork Imports and Lower Corn Feed Use](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46076-gro-expects-drop-in-china-pork-imports-and-lower-corn-feed-use.md) | -0.1% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2023-12-04 | [Secretary Vilsack addresses decline in corn exports to China \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14792-secretary-vilsack-addresses-decline-in-corn-exports-to-china-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.7% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2022-11-03 | [Brazil moves closer to China corn exports as Beijing approves traders \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14886-brazil-moves-closer-to-china-corn-exports-as-beijing-approves-traders-reuters.md) | -0.6% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2023-08-04 | [China moves to further diversify corn supplies \| Miller Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14822-china-moves-to-further-diversify-corn-supplies-miller-magazine.md) | +0.6% | -3.1% |
| CORN | 2023-02-13 | [China’s higher feed corn use could hit barley price](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37398-china-s-higher-feed-corn-use-could-hit-barley-price.md) | -1.3% | -6.3% |

## Sources

- rfdtv.com: https://www.rfdtv.com/china-feed-mills-cut-corn-as-substitutes-expand

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