# LIVESTOCK MARKETS: Poultry poised to be king of proteins

> An article says poultry is positioned to become the world's most consumed meat protein as African swine fever continues to spread. The piece is a general livestock markets commentary without new quantitative data.

- Date: 2019-04-25 · published 2019-04-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59707-livestock-markets-poultry-poised-to-be-king-of-proteins
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

A shift toward poultry consumption would raise demand for chicken and feed grains and soymeal, while reducing relative pork demand.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2017-03-14 | [Bans on poultry product imports bear watching by U.S. livestock producers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72134-bans-on-poultry-product-imports-bear-watching-by-u-s-livestock-producers.md) | -1.5% | -9.1% |
| HOGS | 2024-05-01 | [LIVESTOCK-Bird-flu testing of US ground beef sinks CME cattle futures \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5411-livestock-bird-flu-testing-of-us-ground-beef-sinks-cme-cattle-futures.md) | -0.6% | -0.2% |
| HOGS | 2026-08-18 | [Ninh Binh proactively protects livestock from the risk of overlapping epidemics.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15884-ninh-binh-proactively-protects-livestock-from-the-risk-of-overlapping-epidemics.md) | -1.5% | -3.5% |
| HOGS | 2021-11-26 | [First Thing Today: Grain, livestock markets expected to face pressure from global risk-off trade after Thanksgiving - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11600-first-thing-today-grain-livestock-markets-expected-to-face-pressure-from-global.md) | -1.1% | +5.5% |
| HOGS | 2018-12-21 | [Best of 2018: African Swine Fever impacts global protein flows \| 2018-12-21  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61453-best-of-2018-african-swine-fever-impacts-global-protein-flows-2018-12-21-meat.md) | -1.8% | +1.2% |

## Sources

- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/livestock-and-poultry-market-news/livestock-markets-poultry-poised-to-be-king-of-proteins

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