# China's pig farmers go north, upending world's top meat, grain market

> Chinese pig farmers are expanding hog production in the northeast provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia. Some researchers expect output in the region to reach nearly 120 million pigs a year, almost double last year's 69 million head.

- Date: 2017-11-23 · published 2017-11-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67972-china-s-pig-farmers-go-north-upending-world-s-top-meat-grain-market
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

A large shift of hog output northward would reshape Chinese demand for feed grains and meal, and alter pork import needs in the world's largest pork market. Bearish feed demand sentiment in traditional southern regions could be offset by new northern feed demand, with the net price impact on corn and soymeal uncertain.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- HOGS: neutral

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-06-12 | [How the World's Farmers Went to Work for China](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70350-how-the-world-s-farmers-went-to-work-for-china.md) | -0.6% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2022-09-22 | [U.S. Weekly Export Sales to China Notable in Wheat, Meats - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14904-u-s-weekly-export-sales-to-china-notable-in-wheat-meats-pro-farmer.md) | -2.8% | +1.3% |
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| CORN | 2020-07-30 | [China needs 'explosive' buying to meet U.S. farm import target](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51979-china-needs-explosive-buying-to-meet-u-s-farm-import-target.md) | -0.7% | +6.3% |
| CORN | 2018-05-23 | [U.S.-China trade row sows confusion in farmer planting plans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64914-u-s-china-trade-row-sows-confusion-in-farmer-planting-plans.md) | -0.5% | -8.5% |
| SBM | 2025-09-26 | [Grain Market Review: Oilseeds \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22993-grain-market-review-oilseeds-world-grain.md) | +0.4% | +7.4% |
| SBM | 2019-09-10 | [Crushing it: Argentine farmers cheer China soymeal deal while U.S. growers fret](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57091-crushing-it-argentine-farmers-cheer-china-soymeal-deal-while-u-s-growers-fret.md) | +2.3% | +3.1% |
| SBM | 2020-06-05 | [Analysts say China to continue buying US soybeans \| 2020-06-05  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52605-analysts-say-china-to-continue-buying-us-soybeans-2020-06-05-world-grain.md) | -0.0% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-farming-pigs/chinas-pig-farmers-go-north-upending-worlds-top-meat-grain-market-idUSKBN1DM12P/

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