# China Focus: Pig farmers keen on expanding stock as China drums up pork production - Xinhua | English.news.cn

> Chinese authorities in Shandong are lifting the land-use cap on pig farms, letting a farmer enlarge his pigsty, as part of a broader set of policy and financial measures to boost output and stabilize pork prices. Pork prices have soared due to African swine fever and cyclical factors. The article describes the government's push to expand pig stock.

- Date: 2019-11-23 · published 2019-11-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56061-china-focus-pig-farmers-keen-on-expanding-stock-as-china-drums-up-pork
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Policies encouraging farm expansion point to rising future feed demand in China, a supportive factor for feed grains and meal over the medium term.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2023-11-24 | [China to Encourage "More Reasonable Level" of Pig Production - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33167-china-to-encourage-more-reasonable-level-of-pig-production-farm-policy-news.md) | -1.3% | -1.7% |
| HOGS | 2019-12-01 | [China must recover pig production, stabilise pork supply - vice premier](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55590-china-must-recover-pig-production-stabilise-pork-supply-vice-premier.md) | -0.4% | +8.4% |
| HOGS | 2024-01-23 | [China to Encourage Hog Farmers to Reduce Capacity After Price Slump - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32125-china-to-encourage-hog-farmers-to-reduce-capacity-after-price-slump-pork.md) | +4.4% | +14.7% |
| HOGS | 2025-10-21 | [China’s pork output jumps 7% as herd glut grows
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8803-china-s-pork-output-jumps-7-as-herd-glut-grows-the-pig-site.md) | -1.7% | -6.1% |
| HOGS | 2026-03-04 | [Beijing urges hog producers to focus on capacity control \| MarketScreener UK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20149-beijing-urges-hog-producers-to-focus-on-capacity-control-marketscreener-uk.md) | +0.8% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2019-09-28 | [Xinhua Headlines: China promotes large pig farms to ensure stable pork supply - Xinhua \| English.news.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57089-xinhua-headlines-china-promotes-large-pig-farms-to-ensure-stable-pork-supply.md) | -0.9% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2022-01-18 | [China: Focus on Domestic Production, as Soy, Pork Imports Fell in 2021; Corn Imports Hit Record- Meat Production Surges \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14964-china-focus-on-domestic-production-as-soy-pork-imports-fell-in-2021-corn.md) | +2.5% | +9.1% |
| CORN | 2019-08-29 | [CBOT corn futures rally amid hope for higher biofuel demand - Xinhua \| English.news.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57606-cbot-corn-futures-rally-amid-hope-for-higher-biofuel-demand-xinhua-english-news.md) | -3.0% | +1.1% |

## Sources

- xinhuanet.com: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-11/23/c_138578518.htm

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