
Chinese typical hog feed contains about 20% soymeal and 70-75% corn, a higher soymeal share than in the U.S. A Reuters factbox calculates soybean demand implications from standard feed conversion and China's annual slaughter of 660 million pigs.
The factbox quantifies how much soymeal demand could shift if China lowers its soymeal ratio, which frames potential downside for U.S. soybean and meal export demand.
After 803 past bearish trade events, Soybeans moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.7%), and +0.9% over 20.
After 384 past bearish trade events, Soybean Meal moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (47% higher; middle half -1.7% to +1.6%), and -0.5% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.