# Chicken is the top global protein thanks to ASF | WATTAgNet | WATTPoultry.com

> Paul Aho of Poultry Perspective told the National Chicken Council conference that chicken will become the world's top protein in 2020 due to African swine fever's decimation of China's pork herd. He expects ASF impacts to intensify in 2020 as China's cold-storage stocks run down.

- Date: 2019-11-30 · published 2019-11-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56214-chicken-is-the-top-global-protein-thanks-to-asf-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [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

Expected global shift toward chicken supports sustained poultry output growth and feed-grain demand, while pork supply losses reduce competing protein supply.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2018-12-21 | [Best of 2018: African Swine Fever impacts global protein flows \| 2018-12-21  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61453-best-of-2018-african-swine-fever-impacts-global-protein-flows-2018-12-21-meat.md) | -1.8% | +1.2% |
| HOGS | 2019-09-23 | [Chicken industry wary of oversupply in response to ASF - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57209-chicken-industry-wary-of-oversupply-in-response-to-asf-businessworld-online.md) | +2.9% | +11.0% |
| HOGS | 2019-01-11 | [The Year of the Pig Will Be a Pig of a Year for China's Hogs - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61088-the-year-of-the-pig-will-be-a-pig-of-a-year-for-china-s-hogs-caixin-global.md) | -1.4% | -7.7% |
| HOGS | 2019-11-25 | [African swine fever will influence 2020 global protein markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56002-african-swine-fever-will-influence-2020-global-protein-markets.md) | -2.8% | +6.8% |
| HOGS | 2024-02-28 | [Sharing practical ASF knowledge through global connections](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16114-sharing-practical-asf-knowledge-through-global-connections.md) | +0.4% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2020-01-14 | [ASF drives global poultry market in 2020 \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55242-asf-drives-global-poultry-market-in-2020-wattagnet-wattpoultry-com.md) | +0.5% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2020-10-06 | [ASF gap in China drives global protein inflation
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50592-asf-gap-in-china-drives-global-protein-inflation-the-pig-site.md) | +2.6% | +6.8% |
| CORN | 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) | -2.5% | +3.0% |

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/broilers-turkeys/article/15529807/chicken-is-the-top-global-protein-thanks-to-asf-wattagnet

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