# Supply Chain Issues Hit Pork Producers….Again | Radio 570 WNAX

> SDSU swine specialist Bob Thaler says tight lysine supplies have persisted for several weeks and nearly doubled lysine prices after imports from China were halted. Swine producers are reformulating rations with more DDGS and soybean meal, and the shortage is expected to last into spring. Less lysine in rations also means more nitrogen in manure, which helps offset high fertilizer prices.

- Date: 2021-11-30 · published 2021-11-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44368-supply-chain-issues-hit-pork-producers-again-radio-570-wnax
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Reformulation toward DDGS and soybean meal adds demand for those feeds while lysine stays scarce and expensive. The expected duration into spring keeps the supportive effect on soymeal and DDGS prices in place.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲
- LYSINE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2018-12-03 | [Soybeans jump after China agrees to buy 'substantial' US ag products in trade truce](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11522-soybeans-jump-after-china-agrees-to-buy-substantial-us-ag-products-in-trade.md) | -0.1% | +0.9% |
| SBM | 2018-02-06 | [China supersizes pig farms to cut costs in world's top pork market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66492-china-supersizes-pig-farms-to-cut-costs-in-world-s-top-pork-market.md) | +9.4% | +17.6% |
| SBM | 2026-05-12 | [Wheat sharply higher on big drop in winter wheat production - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10796-wheat-sharply-higher-on-big-drop-in-winter-wheat-production-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.6% | -9.5% |
| SBM | 2020-10-22 | [Grain FOB prices pushed higher by supply concerns; Soymeal lead the soy complex](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50711-grain-fob-prices-pushed-higher-by-supply-concerns-soymeal-lead-the-soy-complex.md) | -0.6% | +4.3% |
| SBM | 2022-03-25 | [China's hog farmers face long slog in return to profit \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42289-china-s-hog-farmers-face-long-slog-in-return-to-profit-reuters.md) | -3.8% | -5.5% |

## Sources

- wnax.com: https://wnax.com/news/180081-supply-chain-issues-hit-pork-producers-again/

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