# AI impact on the South African feed industry - Food & Agribusiness

> The chairman of the South African feed association AFMA discussed the sector's challenges, including drought-driven high maize and soybean prices, chicken dumping, and avian influenza. He noted that good rains later produced a record maize and soybean crop, pushing grain prices lower.

- Date: 2018-03-12 · published 2018-03-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66001-ai-impact-on-the-south-african-feed-industry-food-and-agribusiness
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower South African maize and soymeal prices after a record crop ease feed costs, but avian influenza losses reduce poultry feed demand in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-04-24 | [Impacts of African Swine Fever on China's Feed Industry and Soy Demand - Rabobank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59584-impacts-of-african-swine-fever-on-china-s-feed-industry-and-soy-demand-rabobank.md) | -1.5% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2019-05-15 | [US-China dispute and effects of ASF on feed - Food & Agribusiness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59077-us-china-dispute-and-effects-of-asf-on-feed-food-and-agribusiness.md) | +5.5% | +11.1% |
| CORN | 2017-03-24 | [Experts weigh in on the impact of Avian Influenza on the poultry industry \| WATTAgNet \| WATTPoultry.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72001-experts-weigh-in-on-the-impact-of-avian-influenza-on-the-poultry-industry.md) | +0.4% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2021-07-22 | [Bird flu: The Rs 90,000 cr poultry industry is in a fix - Rediff.com Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46082-bird-flu-the-rs-90-000-cr-poultry-industry-is-in-a-fix-rediff-com-business.md) | -2.8% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2019-05-31 | [ASF impacts on feed \| 2019-05-31  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59078-asf-impacts-on-feed-2019-05-31-meat-poultry.md) | -2.5% | +3.0% |
| SOY | 2019-04-24 | [Impacts of African Swine Fever on China's Feed Industry and Soy Demand - Rabobank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59584-impacts-of-african-swine-fever-on-china-s-feed-industry-and-soy-demand-rabobank.md) | -2.4% | -4.6% |
| SOY | 2019-05-15 | [US-China dispute and effects of ASF on feed - Food & Agribusiness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59077-us-china-dispute-and-effects-of-asf-on-feed-food-and-agribusiness.md) | +0.5% | +7.4% |
| SOY | 2019-05-31 | [ASF impacts on feed \| 2019-05-31  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59078-asf-impacts-on-feed-2019-05-31-meat-poultry.md) | -2.3% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/feed/ai-impact-on-the-south-african-feed-industry

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