# Cargill shuts China feed mills as swine fever spreads

> Cargill closed animal-feed mills in China, partly because African swine fever has cut demand for feed ingredients such as soymeal and premixes. Cargill executives say recovery could take 24 to 36 months and most closed plants will not reopen.

- Date: 2019-08-01 · published 2019-08-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58089-cargill-shuts-china-feed-mills-as-swine-fever-spreads
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lasting loss of Chinese feed production capacity reduces soymeal and feed ingredient demand, a bearish signal for meal prices over the medium term.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2018-09-06 | [China's vast pig market in lockdown as African swine fever spreads](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63014-china-s-vast-pig-market-in-lockdown-as-african-swine-fever-spreads.md) | +3.1% | +0.4% |
| SBM | 2019-05-13 | [Bangkok Post - Vietnam culls 1.2m pigs as African swine fever spreads](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58964-bangkok-post-vietnam-culls-1-2m-pigs-as-african-swine-fever-spreads.md) | +3.6% | +10.3% |
| SBM | 2019-06-06 | [China’s African swine fever outbreak is unprecedented \| Vox](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58463-china-s-african-swine-fever-outbreak-is-unprecedented-vox.md) | +0.6% | -3.7% |
| SBM | 2018-11-01 | [Effects from African swine fever may  reduce China's soybean needs.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62037-effects-from-african-swine-fever-may-reduce-china-s-soybean-needs.md) | +0.5% | +0.2% |
| SBM | 2019-06-21 | [Millions of pigs culled as swine fever spreads through Asia \| Science and Technology \| Al Jazeera](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58459-millions-of-pigs-culled-as-swine-fever-spreads-through-asia-science-and.md) | -3.3% | -3.7% |
| CORN | 2018-09-06 | [China's vast pig market in lockdown as African swine fever spreads](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63014-china-s-vast-pig-market-in-lockdown-as-african-swine-fever-spreads.md) | -2.1% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2019-05-13 | [Bangkok Post - Vietnam culls 1.2m pigs as African swine fever spreads](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58964-bangkok-post-vietnam-culls-1-2m-pigs-as-african-swine-fever-spreads.md) | +6.9% | +11.9% |
| CORN | 2019-06-06 | [China’s African swine fever outbreak is unprecedented \| Vox](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58463-china-s-african-swine-fever-outbreak-is-unprecedented-vox.md) | +2.8% | +4.2% |

## Sources

- farmtario.com: https://farmtario.com/daily/cargill-shuts-china-feed-mills-as-swine-fever-spreads/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.