# China rebuilds swine herd; poultry, aqua demand grows | Feed Strategy

> CoBank's Will Sawyer discusses China's plan to restock its swine herd, with more than US$7 billion invested to place 22 million pigs with small producers over three years. Pork prices in China are at record highs while the government works to control African swine fever. Sawyer questions whether small-producer rebuilding is safe given biosecurity risks.

- Date: 2020-01-21 · published 2020-01-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55069-china-rebuilds-swine-herd-poultry-aqua-demand-grows-feed-strategy
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Herd rebuilding over time will lift feed demand and soybean meal use, but the pace and biosecurity risks determine how quickly import demand recovers.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- HOGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2021-07-30 | [ASF’s effects on feed demand in China, Germany \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46075-asf-s-effects-on-feed-demand-in-china-germany-feed-strategy.md) | +0.1% | -0.4% |
| SBM | 2021-03-05 | [New African swine fever variants kill millions of pigs in China, devastating herd rebuild plan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47988-new-african-swine-fever-variants-kill-millions-of-pigs-in-china-devastating.md) | -4.1% | -3.8% |
| SBM | 2019-07-10 | [China’s egg prices surge as swine fever boosts demand for chickens](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58097-china-s-egg-prices-surge-as-swine-fever-boosts-demand-for-chickens.md) | +0.2% | -4.2% |
| SBM | 2019-05-31 | [Global poultry demand strengthened by ASF - Pig World](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59230-global-poultry-demand-strengthened-by-asf-pig-world.md) | -3.5% | -4.6% |
| SBM | 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% | -2.5% |
| CORN | 2021-07-30 | [ASF’s effects on feed demand in China, Germany \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46075-asf-s-effects-on-feed-demand-in-china-germany-feed-strategy.md) | -0.1% | -1.1% |
| CORN | 2021-03-05 | [New African swine fever variants kill millions of pigs in China, devastating herd rebuild plan](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47988-new-african-swine-fever-variants-kill-millions-of-pigs-in-china-devastating.md) | +5.1% | +7.2% |
| CORN | 2019-07-10 | [China’s egg prices surge as swine fever boosts demand for chickens](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58097-china-s-egg-prices-surge-as-swine-fever-boosts-demand-for-chickens.md) | +0.4% | -5.9% |

## Sources

- feedstrategy.com: https://www.feedstrategy.com/blogs/animal-feed-for-thought/blog/15444693/china-rebuilds-swine-herd-poultry-aqua-demand-grows

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