# China’s New Feed Standards May Bring Radical Changes to Soybeans, Feed, and Livestock-Farming - Rabobank

> Rabobank says China's Feed Industry Association approved new standards on October 26 lowering crude protein by 1.5 points for swine feed and 1 point for poultry feed. The aim is to reduce dependence on U.S. soybeans, with larger northern farms most affected.

- Date: 2018-11-26 · published 2018-11-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62039-china-s-new-feed-standards-may-bring-radical-changes-to-soybeans-feed-and
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower soymeal inclusion reduces soybean and soymeal demand, while substitutes such as rapeseed meal may gain share.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- SOY: bearish ▼
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2022-09-22 | [China to Cut Soybean Meal in Livestock Feed \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39574-china-to-cut-soybean-meal-in-livestock-feed-feed-and-grain.md) | -3.6% | -6.1% |
| SOY | 2018-10-29 | [China says new animal feed standards will cut chunk out of appetite for soy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62544-china-says-new-animal-feed-standards-will-cut-chunk-out-of-appetite-for-soy.md) | +3.6% | +2.0% |
| SOY | 2021-04-21 | [Reshaping grain trade? China moves to change animal feed recipes \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47641-reshaping-grain-trade-china-moves-to-change-animal-feed-recipes-reuters.md) | +5.3% | +6.9% |
| SOY | 2025-06-18 | [China's big feed shift to curb soybean imports, strain small farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14653-china-s-big-feed-shift-to-curb-soybean-imports-strain-small-farmers.md) | -4.5% | -4.9% |
| SOY | 2018-05-11 | [China looking to rely less on US for soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64916-china-looking-to-rely-less-on-us-for-soybeans.md) | -1.8% | -4.3% |
| SBM | 2022-09-22 | [China to Cut Soybean Meal in Livestock Feed \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39574-china-to-cut-soybean-meal-in-livestock-feed-feed-and-grain.md) | -6.3% | -9.1% |
| SBM | 2018-11-14 | [China's top pig farming firm to follow new lower protein feed standards
						 \| The Pig Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62041-china-s-top-pig-farming-firm-to-follow-new-lower-protein-feed-standards-the-pig.md) | +1.1% | +1.8% |
| SBM | 2021-04-21 | [China Seeking Alternatives to Corn and Soybean Meal \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47709-china-seeking-alternatives-to-corn-and-soybean-meal-red-river-farm-network.md) | +3.5% | +0.1% |

## Sources

- rabobank.com: https://www.rabobank.com/knowledge/q011333830-chinas-new-feed-standards-may-bring-radical-changes-to-soybeans-feed-and-livestock-farming

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