# Global initiative launched to tackle ASF | Feed Strategy

> The FAO and OIE launched a global initiative to control African swine fever, calling it the biggest animal disease outbreak of the current generation. The agencies urged countries to cooperate on halting the spread and ultimately eradicating the disease.

- Date: 2020-10-29 · published 2020-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50526-global-initiative-launched-to-tackle-asf-feed-strategy
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Coordinated control efforts signal that ASF remains a persistent threat to global pig herds, supporting pork prices and sustaining demand for feed as producers respond to disease pressure.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- HOGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-05-28 | [Where will feed prices go if ASF bonanza materializes? \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59202-where-will-feed-prices-go-if-asf-bonanza-materializes-feed-strategy.md) | -4.2% | -10.4% |
| HOGS | 2020-04-22 | [ASF, COVID-19 shape 2020 pig and feed production \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53521-asf-covid-19-shape-2020-pig-and-feed-production-feed-strategy.md) | +15.2% | +30.9% |
| HOGS | 2019-06-18 | [China pork prices rise as ASF depletes herd \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58588-china-pork-prices-rise-as-asf-depletes-herd-feed-strategy.md) | -6.2% | -6.6% |
| HOGS | 2019-10-08 | [African swine fever returns to Kenya, Ivory Coast \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56455-african-swine-fever-returns-to-kenya-ivory-coast-feed-strategy.md) | +2.9% | +3.7% |
| HOGS | 2021-01-29 | [China confirms ASF outbreak, new virus strains \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49029-china-confirms-asf-outbreak-new-virus-strains-feed-strategy.md) | +1.8% | +22.1% |

## Sources

- feedstrategy.com: https://www.feedstrategy.com/animal-health-veterinary/african-swine-fever/article/15441749/global-initiative-launched-to-tackle-asf

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