# China plans to supersize its hog production sector

> China is shifting much of its pork production from backyard pens to large automated intensive hog barns. A new large-scale farm in Guangxi will house 10,000 sows producing about 20,000 tonnes of pork annually, one of many such projects being built this year.

- Date: 2018-03-08 · published 2018-03-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65974-china-plans-to-supersize-its-hog-production-sector
- Commodities: [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Rapid expansion of industrial hog capacity raises future pork supply and could weigh on Chinese hog prices and import demand for feed and pork in coming years.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- HOGS: bearish ▼

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/livestock/china-plans-supersize-hog-production-sector/

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