# Poultry farmers see possible shift away from pork consumption if ASF fears spread - BusinessWorld Online

> Philippine poultry industry officials expect chicken prices to hold up if a hog disease spreads and shifts consumers away from pork. Chicken prices have recently slipped due to high imported inventories.

- Date: 2019-08-28 · published 2019-08-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57740-poultry-farmers-see-possible-shift-away-from-pork-consumption-if-asf-fears
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Possible substitution from pork to chicken supports poultry demand, but high import stocks cap near-term price gains and feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2019-10-10 | [Consumers shifted to chicken in mid-Sept. amid ASF outbreak, growers say – BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56710-consumers-shifted-to-chicken-in-mid-sept-amid-asf-outbreak-growers-say.md) | +7.4% | +1.6% |
| 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 | 2017-06-07 | [Pork producers preparing for possible deadly disease outbreak learned lessons from bird flu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70380-pork-producers-preparing-for-possible-deadly-disease-outbreak-learned-lessons.md) | +2.1% | +14.0% |
| HOGS | 2019-01-23 | [ASF Continues Spread in China and FMD on the Move in South Africa – American Association of Swine Veterinarians](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60978-asf-continues-spread-in-china-and-fmd-on-the-move-in-south-africa-american.md) | -4.4% | -6.6% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- bworldonline.com: https://bworldonline.com/editors-picks/2019/08/28/250607/poultry-farmers-see-possible-shift-away-from-pork-consumption-if-asf-fears-spread/

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