# China's pig fever outbreak a boon for chicken farmers

> African swine fever in China has driven chicken prices to two-and-a-half-year highs as consumers switch from pork. Beijing has slaughtered about 40,000 hogs and banned live hog transport from infected areas.

- Date: 2018-09-17 · published 2018-09-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region China · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62911-china-s-pig-fever-outbreak-a-boon-for-chicken-farmers
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Substitution toward chicken lifts poultry prices and may support poultry production and feed demand, while the hog cull reduces pork-related feed demand; the net effect is a shift in feed use from hogs to poultry.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| 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 | 2021-06-21 | [Swine Fever Variants Lead to Mass Outbreaks Across China - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46447-swine-fever-variants-lead-to-mass-outbreaks-across-china-caixin-global.md) | -5.4% | -3.6% |
| HOGS | 2018-09-06 | [China's vast pig market in lockdown as African swine fever spreads](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63014-china-s-vast-pig-market-in-lockdown-as-african-swine-fever-spreads.md) | +4.9% | +30.6% |
| HOGS | 2019-10-28 | [Chicken Producers Soar as China Signals End of U.S. Ban - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56715-chicken-producers-soar-as-china-signals-end-of-u-s-ban-bloomberg.md) | -2.0% | -5.1% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/chinas-pig-fever-outbreak-a-boon-for-chicken-farmers-idUSKCN1LX0O5/

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