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China's pig farmers are raising fatter pigs to capture soaring pork prices, supporting soymeal demand despite a 38% drop in the herd in August. Analysts expect soymeal demand to fall 6-7% in the 2018/19 crop year before recovering, with consumption rising 2.8% to 66.3 million tonnes in 2019/20.
Heavier hogs partly cushion the feed demand loss from the herd collapse, so soymeal demand declines are smaller than the herd drop implies. This is mildly supportive for soybean meal prices and bearish for the imported soybean volume outlook.
reuters.comSep 27, 2019After 67 past bullish disease events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (46% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.9%), and +0.4% over 20.
After 50 past bearish disease events, Soybeans moved a median +0.5% over 5 sessions (58% higher; middle half -1.7% to +2.4%), and +0.0% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
