# FAS report shares growing demand for feed in China | MEAT+POULTRY

> A USDA Foreign Agricultural Service report issued July 7 forecasts China's feed demand rising 4.5 million tonnes in marketing year 2022-23, led by hog feed. Rice has been substituting for corn and wheat, which are near record highs, though corn rations are expected to return.

- Date: 2022-07-11 · published 2022-07-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40470-fas-report-shares-growing-demand-for-feed-in-china-meat-poultry
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger Chinese feed demand supports import and domestic demand for corn and meal, while rice substitution caps corn prices. The net effect is firm grain demand with some competition from cheaper alternatives.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-10-09 | [USDA forecasts slight improvement in China’s feed demand \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27856-usda-forecasts-slight-improvement-in-china-s-feed-demand-meat-poultry.md) | -3.3% | -0.7% |
| CORN | 2022-09-06 | [China’s pork industry sees new cycle \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39573-china-s-pork-industry-sees-new-cycle-meat-poultry.md) | +4.7% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2021-01-28 | [China’s feed demand buoyed by recovering swine herd \| 2021-01-28  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49138-china-s-feed-demand-buoyed-by-recovering-swine-herd-2021-01-28-world-grain.md) | +2.7% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2019-12-12 | [China’s animal feed demand to rebound by 8% in 2020 \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55584-china-s-animal-feed-demand-to-rebound-by-8-in-2020-feed-strategy.md) | +5.5% | +5.7% |
| CORN | 2020-12-11 | [Chinese demand feeds feed price increases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49769-chinese-demand-feeds-feed-price-increases.md) | +1.9% | +11.2% |
| RICE | 2025-02-12 | [China's grain import dynamics shift as corn declines as rice rebounds \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14682-china-s-grain-import-dynamics-shift-as-corn-declines-as-rice-rebounds-feed-and.md) | +0.1% | -3.1% |
| RICE | 2025-04-30 | [Growing Demand for Broken Rice for Feed and Food: The Implications for Global Trade \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25195-growing-demand-for-broken-rice-for-feed-and-food-the-implications-for-global.md) | +1.0% | +8.2% |
| RICE | 2025-07-14 | [USDA forecasts lower corn supplies, higher biofuel demand in latest outlook \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23712-usda-forecasts-lower-corn-supplies-higher-biofuel-demand-in-latest-outlook-feed.md) | -0.6% | +2.2% |

## Sources

- meatpoultry.com: https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/26880-fas-report-shares-growing-demand-for-feed-in-china

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