# China pig breeders go high-tech in self-sufficiency push | Reuters

> Reuters reports that China's Best Genetics Group and other companies are working to improve domestic pig genetics to reduce reliance on foreign breeds. The effort is aimed at producing cheaper pork in the world's largest pork market.

- Date: 2022-05-27 · published 2022-05-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41393-china-pig-breeders-go-high-tech-in-self-sufficiency-push-reuters
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Longer-term genetic improvement could lift Chinese hog productivity and reduce import needs over time, but the effect on near-term feed and hog prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-06-04 | [FoodFarmNews: China’s pig farmers plan to produce mega hog-farms to meet demands of world’s biggest pork market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64512-foodfarmnews-china-s-pig-farmers-plan-to-produce-mega-hog-farms-to-meet-demands.md) | +3.9% | +10.6% |
| HOGS | 2022-10-19 | [Meat Values Stoke Revenues; Inflation Offers Pause, CoBank Says - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39276-meat-values-stoke-revenues-inflation-offers-pause-cobank-says-pork-business.md) | +1.4% | -3.0% |
| HOGS | 2020-10-27 | [Rabobank: Meat markets ‘tested’ in Q4 \| 2020-10-27  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50591-rabobank-meat-markets-tested-in-q4-2020-10-27-meat-poultry.md) | -4.0% | -7.4% |
| HOGS | 2020-04-01 | [Kay’s Korner: Industry looks to grilling season \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6291-kay-s-korner-industry-looks-to-grilling-season-western-livestock-journal.md) | -14.7% | -4.8% |
| HOGS | 2024-05-31 | [Cut Through the Noise: What Economists Want Producers to Know - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30397-cut-through-the-noise-what-economists-want-producers-to-know-pork-business.md) | -0.8% | -3.2% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-pig-breeders-go-high-tech-self-sufficiency-push-2022-05-27/

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