# African swine fever reshaping global beef markets | Scoop News

> Rabobank's Q4 Beef Quarterly says ASF continues spreading across China, with more than 60 confirmed cases by November 19 across major pork provinces. Rabobank expects Chinese pork shortages to lift beef and other protein imports, including from New Zealand.

- Date: 2018-11-28 · published 2018-11-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61980-african-swine-fever-reshaping-global-beef-markets-scoop-news
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

A China pork shortage could raise beef and poultry import demand, supporting export prices for beef and protein feedstuffs and favoring meat over pork.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2019-11-25 | [African swine fever will influence 2020 global protein markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56002-african-swine-fever-will-influence-2020-global-protein-markets.md) | +2.2% | +3.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-11-18 | [African Swine Fever “overwhelms” global protein outlook, but Aus producers set to benefit - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56005-african-swine-fever-overwhelms-global-protein-outlook-but-aus-producers-set-to.md) | +0.1% | +3.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-10-09 | [Consumers face steeper meat prices as African Swine Fever bites \| BusinessDesk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56713-consumers-face-steeper-meat-prices-as-african-swine-fever-bites-businessdesk.md) | +2.2% | +7.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-12-01 | [Swine fever pushes up sheep and beef price \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55553-swine-fever-pushes-up-sheep-and-beef-price-farm-weekly-wa.md) | +0.5% | +3.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-03-14 | [China looms large over global beef trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54068-china-looms-large-over-global-beef-trade.md) | -0.4% | -6.0% |
| HOGS | 2019-11-25 | [African swine fever will influence 2020 global protein markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56002-african-swine-fever-will-influence-2020-global-protein-markets.md) | -2.8% | +6.8% |
| 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% |
| HOGS | 2021-03-10 | [Resurgence of African Swine Fever in China Threatens Global Grain Demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48100-resurgence-of-african-swine-fever-in-china-threatens-global-grain-demand.md) | +4.4% | +14.3% |

## Sources

- scoop.co.nz: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1811/S00887/african-swine-fever-reshaping-global-beef-markets.htm

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