# Trade war shifts feed for U.S. hogs away from ethanol byproduct By Reuters

> A steep drop in U.S. ethanol output linked to the China trade war is tightening supplies of distillers dried grains and raising prices for livestock farmers. Many buyers are switching to soybean meal, whose price has eased since China halted U.S. soybean imports. The Maschhoffs, a large hog producer, roughly halved its DDGS use from autumn to December.

- Date: 2019-01-17 · published 2019-01-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61092-trade-war-shifts-feed-for-u-s-hogs-away-from-ethanol-byproduct-by-reuters
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced DDGS supply pushes feed costs up and shifts demand toward soybean meal, which weighs on soymeal prices while supporting DDGS.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2020-12-01 | [Trade War Shifts Feed for U.S. Hogs from DDGs \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49640-trade-war-shifts-feed-for-u-s-hogs-from-ddgs-feed-and-grain.md) | -1.7% | +8.6% |
| SBM | 2019-01-22 | [Trade War Shifting Feed Demand Amid Ethanol Production Cuts \| Hoosier Ag Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61094-trade-war-shifting-feed-demand-amid-ethanol-production-cuts-hoosier-ag-today.md) | -0.9% | -3.1% |
| SBM | 2024-05-14 | [What the US-China trade looks like by sector \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14751-what-the-us-china-trade-looks-like-by-sector-reuters.md) | +2.9% | +0.2% |
| SBM | 2018-01-16 | [For US Soybean Growers, Trade War Is Here](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66856-for-us-soybean-growers-trade-war-is-here.md) | +9.3% | +15.5% |
| SBM | 2025-03-04 | [Which U.S. agricultural products did China hit with tariffs? \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11141-which-u-s-agricultural-products-did-china-hit-with-tariffs-reuters.md) | +1.6% | +1.1% |

## Sources

- investing.com: https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/trade-war-shifts-feed-for-us-hogs-away-from-ethanol-byproduct-1749999

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