# ASF, COVID-19 shape 2020 pig and feed production | Feed Strategy

> Feed Strategy reports that COVID-19 has disrupted animal protein supply chains, with processing plant closures, labor shortages, broiler depopulation, pig slaughter bottlenecks and dairy culling. Retail demand for proteins surged as foodservice demand collapsed. The article also notes ongoing African swine fever pressure on global meat supply.

- Date: 2020-04-22 · published 2020-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53521-asf-covid-19-shape-2020-pig-and-feed-production-feed-strategy
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Processing bottlenecks and herd culls reduce meat output while feed orders from integrators may fall, creating mixed price pressure across feed ingredients and livestock.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- HOGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 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% |
| 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 | 2019-06-07 | [African swine fever hits a third Polish pig farm \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58464-african-swine-fever-hits-a-third-polish-pig-farm-feed-strategy.md) | -0.6% | -8.3% |
| HOGS | 2020-10-29 | [Global initiative launched to tackle ASF \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50526-global-initiative-launched-to-tackle-asf-feed-strategy.md) | -2.7% | -4.7% |
| CORN | 2020-03-04 | [Coronavirus complicates ASF situation in China \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54125-coronavirus-complicates-asf-situation-in-china-feed-strategy.md) | +1.1% | -0.6% |
| CORN | 2019-01-29 | [China pig feed numbers stay strong in 2018; ASF could impact 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61086-china-pig-feed-numbers-stay-strong-in-2018-asf-could-impact-2019.md) | -0.4% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2019-11-15 | [ADM exec: ASF in China positively affecting margins \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56057-adm-exec-asf-in-china-positively-affecting-margins-feed-strategy.md) | -0.7% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- feedstrategy.com: https://www.feedstrategy.com/animal-health-veterinary/african-swine-fever/article/15441267/asf-covid19-shape-2020-pig-and-feed-production

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