# Soybean trade wars won't impact aquaculture immediately, but could lead to higher fishmeal prices - Undercurrent News

> Commentary indicates that the ongoing soybean trade dispute between the US and China will not immediately affect aquaculture feed use. It suggests that higher fishmeal prices could follow as soybean meal costs shift buyers toward fishmeal.

- Date: 2018-04-12 · published 2018-04-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65578-soybean-trade-wars-won-t-impact-aquaculture-immediately-but-could-lead-to
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

If soybean meal becomes more expensive, fishmeal substitution can lift fishmeal demand and prices, affecting aquafeed formulation costs.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2026-03-30 | [Seafood Media Group - Worldnews - Feed Costs Surge as Soybean Meal and Fishmeal Prices Hit New Highs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12865-seafood-media-group-worldnews-feed-costs-surge-as-soybean-meal-and-fishmeal.md) | -0.8% | +4.9% |
| SBM | 2021-11-12 | [Soybean meal leads beans, corn higher - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7050-soybean-meal-leads-beans-corn-higher-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +7.0% | +7.2% |
| SBM | 2025-04-07 | [China soybean meal prices surge amid U.S. trade war escalation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25198-china-soybean-meal-prices-surge-amid-u-s-trade-war-escalation.md) | +5.1% | +1.6% |
| SBM | 2021-12-03 | [Soybean meal pulls soybeans, corn higher – KORN News Radio](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11709-soybean-meal-pulls-soybeans-corn-higher-korn-news-radio.md) | +2.4% | +13.0% |
| SBM | 2018-05-24 | [Soybean meal: Dollars and trade talks drive prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65097-soybean-meal-dollars-and-trade-talks-drive-prices.md) | -1.4% | -12.8% |

## Sources

- undercurrentnews.com: https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2018/04/12/soybean-trade-wars-wont-impact-aquaculture-immediately-but-could-lead-to-higher-fishmeal-prices/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.