# A Deadly Virus Threatens Millions Of Pigs In China

> NPR reports that African swine fever has spread across China since mid-August, with outbreaks hundreds of miles apart. Nearly 20,000 pigs have been culled and 897 have died in just over a month, and there is no vaccine.

- Date: 2018-09-13 · published 2018-09-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62910-a-deadly-virus-threatens-millions-of-pigs-in-china
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

China's hog losses cut domestic pork supply and reduce demand for feed grains and meal, while pushing buyers toward substitute meats, a bearish signal for feed ingredients and bullish for competing proteins.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- HOGS: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| HOGS | 2019-01-11 | [The Year of the Pig Will Be a Pig of a Year for China's Hogs - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61088-the-year-of-the-pig-will-be-a-pig-of-a-year-for-china-s-hogs-caixin-global.md) | -1.4% | -7.7% |
| HOGS | 2022-12-02 | [Two deadly viruses discovered in animals in the Czech Republic - Prague, Czech Republic](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16222-two-deadly-viruses-discovered-in-animals-in-the-czech-republic-prague-czech.md) | -0.5% | +2.2% |
| HOGS | 2019-06-06 | [China boosts beef imports as killer hog virus blights pork](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58567-china-boosts-beef-imports-as-killer-hog-virus-blights-pork.md) | -1.3% | -7.3% |
| HOGS | 2019-09-08 | [One year on, close to 5 million pigs lost to Asia’s swine fever outbreak](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56950-one-year-on-close-to-5-million-pigs-lost-to-asia-s-swine-fever-outbreak.md) | -1.1% | -3.9% |
| CORN | 2019-02-01 | [Year of the Pig: Swine fever threatens China’s pork industry \| CNN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60498-year-of-the-pig-swine-fever-threatens-china-s-pork-industry-cnn.md) | -0.3% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 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) | -9.5% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2020-02-18 | [China warns of sustained virus impact on poultry, eggs supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54615-china-warns-of-sustained-virus-impact-on-poultry-eggs-supply.md) | -1.7% | -3.5% |

## Sources

- text.npr.org: https://text.npr.org/646277592

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