# USDA offers tips on preventing African Swine Fever

> USDA is promoting African swine fever prevention, including new web content, four infographics, and expanded detector dog teams at US ports. The agency cited a recent seizure of about 1 million pounds of smuggled Chinese pork.

- Date: 2019-03-20 · published 2019-03-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59964-usda-offers-tips-on-preventing-african-swine-fever
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Preventive measures reduce the risk of ASF reaching US hogs, which would be a major demand shock; for now the update is informational and has little immediate price effect.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2021-10-12 | [China: MARA Plan Aims to Manage Swine Sector and Scale \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44518-china-mara-plan-aims-to-manage-swine-sector-and-scale-usda-foreign-agricultural.md) | -8.5% | -13.4% |
| HOGS | 2018-12-17 | [17 Questions and Answers on the USDA Trade Retaliation Mitigation Payments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61572-17-questions-and-answers-on-the-usda-trade-retaliation-mitigation-payments.md) | +5.4% | +9.3% |
| HOGS | 2021-10-06 | [USDA’s CCC takes on big role as presidents look to fund priorities \| 2021-10-05  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44524-usda-s-ccc-takes-on-big-role-as-presidents-look-to-fund-priorities-2021-10-05.md) | -2.7% | -16.2% |
| HOGS | 2021-10-01 | [Biden v Big Meat: Can the US tackle rising beef prices?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44702-biden-v-big-meat-can-the-us-tackle-rising-beef-prices.md) | -1.1% | -14.9% |
| HOGS | 2018-10-11 | [China mulls cutting protein in animal feed as soybean supply tightens
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8562-china-mulls-cutting-protein-in-animal-feed-as-soybean-supply-tightens-the.md) | -11.6% | -13.6% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/animal-health/usda-offers-tips-on-preventing-african-swine-fever

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