# Swine Fever Variants Lead to Mass Outbreaks Across China - Caixin Global

> New, hard-to-detect African swine fever variants have spread to pig herds across China in 2021, including provinces such as Henan, Shandong and Guangdong. Large producers such as Muyuan Foods reported losses of nearly 10,000 pigs at two farms.

- Date: 2021-06-21 · published 2021-06-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46447-swine-fever-variants-lead-to-mass-outbreaks-across-china-caixin-global
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Renewed mass outbreaks in China reduce hog numbers and slow herd rebuilding, which lowers feed grain and meal demand and pressures hog prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-07-30 | [Pig Stocks Are Dwindling, Pork Prices Are Rising as China Battles Swine Fever - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58085-pig-stocks-are-dwindling-pork-prices-are-rising-as-china-battles-swine-fever.md) | -2.8% | -17.2% |
| HOGS | 2021-03-10 | [Resurgence of African Swine Fever in China Threatens Global Grain Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48100-resurgence-of-african-swine-fever-in-china-threatens-global-grain-demand.md) | +4.4% | +14.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-09-08 | [One year on, close to 5 million pigs lost to Asia’s swine fever outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56950-one-year-on-close-to-5-million-pigs-lost-to-asia-s-swine-fever-outbreak.md) | -1.1% | -3.9% |
| HOGS | 2018-09-06 | [China's vast pig market in lockdown as African swine fever spreads](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63014-china-s-vast-pig-market-in-lockdown-as-african-swine-fever-spreads.md) | +4.9% | +30.6% |
| HOGS | 2019-01-11 | [The Year of the Pig Will Be a Pig of a Year for China's Hogs - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61088-the-year-of-the-pig-will-be-a-pig-of-a-year-for-china-s-hogs-caixin-global.md) | -1.4% | -7.7% |
| CORN | 2019-07-30 | [Pig Stocks Are Dwindling, Pork Prices Are Rising as China Battles Swine Fever - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58085-pig-stocks-are-dwindling-pork-prices-are-rising-as-china-battles-swine-fever.md) | -5.6% | -10.5% |
| CORN | 2019-06-06 | [China’s African swine fever outbreak is unprecedented \| Vox](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58463-china-s-african-swine-fever-outbreak-is-unprecedented-vox.md) | +2.8% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2021-03-10 | [Resurgence of African Swine Fever in China Threatens Global Grain Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48100-resurgence-of-african-swine-fever-in-china-threatens-global-grain-demand.md) | -9.5% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- caixinglobal.com: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-06-21/swine-flu-variants-lead-to-mass-outbreaks-across-china-101729775.html

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