# China reshapes poultry feed formulations - Poultry World

> China's agriculture ministry said rice, cassava, rice bran, barley and sorghum can replace corn in poultry feed. Rapeseed meal, cottonseed meal, peanut meal, sunflower meal, DDGS and other meals can replace soymeal. The guidance formalizes broader ingredient substitution.

- Date: 2021-05-05 · published 2021-05-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47205-china-reshapes-poultry-feed-formulations-poultry-world
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Wider use of alternative ingredients reduces China's reliance on corn and soymeal, which weighs on those prices. Demand for rapeseed, cottonseed and sunflower meals could rise as substitutes.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: bullish ▲
- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-04-21 | [Reshaping grain trade? China moves to change animal feed recipes \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47641-reshaping-grain-trade-china-moves-to-change-animal-feed-recipes-reuters.md) | +14.7% | +11.9% |
| CORN | 2021-05-04 | [China moves to cut corn, soy in feed rations - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47096-china-moves-to-cut-corn-soy-in-feed-rations-manitoba-co-operator.md) | +1.5% | -5.8% |
| CORN | 2025-08-07 | [China wants fewer pigs \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23299-china-wants-fewer-pigs-reuters.md) | -1.1% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2025-07-04 | [China Grain and Feed Outlook 2025 \| Paradigm Futures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14649-china-grain-and-feed-outlook-2025-paradigm-futures.md) | -6.0% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2019-02-25 | [Regulating for Globalization](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60549-regulating-for-globalization.md) | -1.0% | +2.4% |
| SBM | 2021-04-21 | [Reshaping grain trade? China moves to change animal feed recipes \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47641-reshaping-grain-trade-china-moves-to-change-animal-feed-recipes-reuters.md) | +3.5% | +0.1% |
| SBM | 2021-05-04 | [China moves to cut corn, soy in feed rations - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47096-china-moves-to-cut-corn-soy-in-feed-rations-manitoba-co-operator.md) | +6.2% | -5.0% |
| SBM | 2017-06-15 | [The case for feeding pigmeal to poultry - Poultry News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70613-the-case-for-feeding-pigmeal-to-poultry-poultry-news.md) | -1.3% | +5.0% |

## Sources

- poultryworld.net: https://www.poultryworld.net/health-nutrition/china-reshapes-poultry-feed-formulations/

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