# Reshaping grain trade? China moves to change animal feed recipes | Reuters

> China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued guidelines recommending lower corn and soymeal use in pig and poultry feed. The guidance encourages substitutes such as wheat, rice, barley and sorghum. Feed makers were already switching to cheaper alternatives.

- Date: 2021-04-21 · published 2021-04-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47641-reshaping-grain-trade-china-moves-to-change-animal-feed-recipes-reuters
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Lower corn and soymeal inclusion would reduce China's import demand from the world's largest buyers, weighing on corn and soybean meal prices. Substitution toward wheat and other grains would shift feed demand across grain markets.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2021-03-19 | [China looks to cut corn, soymeal content in animal feed \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48099-china-looks-to-cut-corn-soymeal-content-in-animal-feed-feed-strategy.md) | +11.4% | +14.1% |
| 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 | 2025-06-11 | [China Nudges Pig Farmers to Restrain Supply After Prices Slump](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24184-china-nudges-pig-farmers-to-restrain-supply-after-prices-slump.md) | -0.5% | -4.1% |
| CORN | 2021-08-04 | [China intervenes to manage commodity prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45860-china-intervenes-to-manage-commodity-prices-reuters.md) | -1.0% | -3.1% |
| SOY | 2023-04-14 | [Food security drives China to cut soymeal use in animal feed \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14849-food-security-drives-china-to-cut-soymeal-use-in-animal-feed-reuters.md) | -0.2% | -3.8% |
| SOY | 2020-12-01 | [Chinese Traders Downplay Impact of New Animal Feed Guidelines \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49773-chinese-traders-downplay-impact-of-new-animal-feed-guidelines-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.9% | +10.9% |
| SOY | 2019-02-05 | [The Global Miller: Troubled China opts to reduce protein in animal feed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60666-the-global-miller-troubled-china-opts-to-reduce-protein-in-animal-feed.md) | -1.5% | -1.9% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/reshaping-grain-trade-china-moves-change-animal-feed-recipes-2021-04-21/

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