A USDA-sponsored two-year pilot is developing a US Swine Health Improvement Plan modeled on the National Poultry Improvement Plan. It would certify pork operations as monitored for African swine fever and classical swine fever.
The program is a biosecurity and certification initiative that could later support export access, but it has no immediate effect on feed demand or hog prices.
After 122 past policy events, Lean Hogs moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -2.1% to +1.6%), and -0.3% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 734 past policy events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.9% to +1.6%), and -0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.