# Coronavirus complicates ASF situation in China | Feed Strategy

> Rabobank says COVID-19 is complicating China's African swine fever situation, with chicken hit hardest by closures of wet markets and restaurants. It still expects overall animal feed consumption to rise 2.6% in 2020, though more slowly than previously forecast. China's soymeal use is expected to fall in the first half of 2020 before recovering.

- Date: 2020-03-04 · published 2020-03-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54125-coronavirus-complicates-asf-situation-in-china-feed-strategy
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Slower broiler and layer feed growth and a weaker first-half soymeal use outlook point to softer near-term demand for soybean meal from China.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2019-09-11 | [ASF drives Chinese soy meal consumption to 4-year low \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57087-asf-drives-chinese-soy-meal-consumption-to-4-year-low-feed-strategy.md) | +0.4% | +3.2% |
| SBM | 2019-10-03 | [Rabobank: China’s hog feed consumption to fall 40% \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56565-rabobank-china-s-hog-feed-consumption-to-fall-40-feed-strategy.md) | +1.7% | +0.6% |
| SBM | 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) | -2.5% | -1.6% |
| SBM | 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) | -0.5% | -2.9% |
| SBM | 2020-03-31 | [How coronavirus is affecting China’s poultry industry \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54277-how-coronavirus-is-affecting-china-s-poultry-industry-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | -8.8% | -13.4% |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2019-10-03 | [Rabobank: China’s hog feed consumption to fall 40% \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56565-rabobank-china-s-hog-feed-consumption-to-fall-40-feed-strategy.md) | +2.7% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 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) | -1.2% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- feedstrategy.com: https://www.feedstrategy.com/animal-health-veterinary/african-swine-fever/article/15441162/coronavirus-complicates-asf-situation-in-china

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