# Xinhua Headlines: China promotes large pig farms to ensure stable pork supply - Xinhua | English.news.cn

> Xinhua reports China is stepping up policy support for large-scale hog farming and removing farming bans to help rebuild production. The article notes the herd has shrunk substantially due to African swine fever and the prior low-price cycle, and that the weekly lean hog price in 16 regions has risen sharply.

- Date: 2019-09-28 · published 2019-09-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57089-xinhua-headlines-china-promotes-large-pig-farms-to-ensure-stable-pork-supply
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Policy support for herd recovery points to future feed demand growth, but near-term hog supply remains tight, supporting pork prices. Feed buyers should expect a gradual rebound in feed demand rather than an immediate one.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-06-26 | [China steps up policy support to stabilize pork supply: ministry - Xinhua \| English.news.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58589-china-steps-up-policy-support-to-stabilize-pork-supply-ministry-xinhua-english.md) | -2.8% | +7.7% |
| HOGS | 2025-06-11 | [China Nudges Pig Farmers to Restrain Supply After Prices Slump](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24184-china-nudges-pig-farmers-to-restrain-supply-after-prices-slump.md) | +6.1% | +4.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-06-03 | [China to offer financial support to sow farms to rebuild pig herd](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58592-china-to-offer-financial-support-to-sow-farms-to-rebuild-pig-herd.md) | -2.8% | -9.3% |
| HOGS | 2024-03-04 | [China tries to stabilise pig population as pork prices plunge](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31188-china-tries-to-stabilise-pig-population-as-pork-prices-plunge.md) | -1.7% | +0.9% |
| HOGS | 2019-09-12 | [China Vows to Ensure There’s Enough Pork to Eat - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57092-china-vows-to-ensure-there-s-enough-pork-to-eat-caixin-global.md) | +0.2% | +1.6% |
| SBM | 2019-11-23 | [China Focus: Pig farmers keen on expanding stock as China drums up pork production - Xinhua \| English.news.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56061-china-focus-pig-farmers-keen-on-expanding-stock-as-china-drums-up-pork.md) | -2.6% | +0.8% |
| SBM | 2019-12-30 | [Measures are taken to boost pork supply - Chinadaily.com.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55594-measures-are-taken-to-boost-pork-supply-chinadaily-com-cn.md) | +0.8% | +0.7% |
| SBM | 2019-11-18 | [China urges regions to speed up pig breeding ahead of Lunar New Year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56062-china-urges-regions-to-speed-up-pig-breeding-ahead-of-lunar-new-year.md) | -2.6% | -1.9% |

## Sources

- xinhuanet.com: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/28/c_138431378.htm

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