# Poultry prices up amid swine fever in China

> Chicken prices in China have jumped nearly 50% to record highs as African swine fever has killed millions of pigs and consumers shift to alternative meats. Rabobank and TS Lombard expect poultry prices to keep rising through the second half of 2019.

- Date: 2019-08-01 · published 2019-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57732-poultry-prices-up-amid-swine-fever-in-china
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Pork shortages in China are pushing buyers toward poultry, lifting global chicken demand and export prices for major exporters. This supports chicken prices and feed demand for poultry rations.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-08-26 | [Poultry Prices and China’s African Swine Fever - EMERGING](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57742-poultry-prices-and-china-s-african-swine-fever-emerging.md) | -0.4% | -9.1% |
| HOGS | 2019-03-28 | [African Swine Fever in China Helps Boost U.S. Hog Prices - Farm Policy News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60239-african-swine-fever-in-china-helps-boost-u-s-hog-prices-farm-policy-news.md) | +2.1% | +12.7% |
| HOGS | 2018-10-24 | [African swine fever, trade war pain points for China \| 2018-10-24  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62546-african-swine-fever-trade-war-pain-points-for-china-2018-10-24-meat-poultry.md) | +3.1% | -0.5% |
| HOGS | 2023-03-17 | [China’s Latest Battle With African Swine Fever to Push Up Pork Prices - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36846-china-s-latest-battle-with-african-swine-fever-to-push-up-pork-prices-bloomberg.md) | -3.8% | -9.2% |
| HOGS | 2018-10-19 | [China says hog prices to rise ahead of Lunar New Year amid swine fever outbreaks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62543-china-says-hog-prices-to-rise-ahead-of-lunar-new-year-amid-swine-fever-outbreaks.md) | +2.4% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- cnbc.com: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/01/poultry-prices-up-amid-swine-fever-in-china.html

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