# Consumers shifted to chicken in mid-Sept. amid ASF outbreak, growers say – BusinessWorld Online

> Chicken farmgate prices in the Philippines are rising as consumers shift from pork to chicken after the African Swine Fever outbreak in the domestic hog herd. The United Broilers and Raisers Association said demand began climbing the week of Sept. 15-20, and regular-sized chicken averaged P97.33 per kilo on Sept. 27.

- Date: 2019-10-10 · published 2019-10-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Philippines · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56710-consumers-shifted-to-chicken-in-mid-sept-amid-asf-outbreak-growers-say
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Substitution from pork toward poultry lifts demand for chicken and its feed inputs, supporting local chicken prices even as supply is described as adequate.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2019-08-28 | [Poultry farmers see possible shift away from pork consumption if ASF fears spread - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57740-poultry-farmers-see-possible-shift-away-from-pork-consumption-if-asf-fears.md) | -0.2% | -7.9% |
| HOGS | 2018-08-29 | [ASF outbreaks in China: Effect on feed ingredients - Food & Agribusiness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63652-asf-outbreaks-in-china-effect-on-feed-ingredients-food-and-agribusiness.md) | -0.5% | +21.6% |
| HOGS | 2018-09-17 | [China's pig fever outbreak a boon for chicken farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62911-china-s-pig-fever-outbreak-a-boon-for-chicken-farmers.md) | +8.7% | +22.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-09-08 | [One year on, close to 5 million pigs lost to Asia’s swine fever outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56950-one-year-on-close-to-5-million-pigs-lost-to-asia-s-swine-fever-outbreak.md) | -1.1% | -3.9% |

## Sources

- bworldonline.com: https://bworldonline.com/economy/2019/10/10/258363/consumers-shifted-to-chicken-in-mid-sept-amid-asf-outbreak-growers-say/

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