# Spotlight on Economics: China’s Growing Demand for Meat — Extension and Ag Research News

> An NDSU column notes that Chinese grain consumption has fallen 50 percent since the 1980s while meat consumption has risen sharply in urban and rural areas. The growth in meat output has relied on domestic and imported soybeans and feedstuffs.

- Date: 2017-09-19 · published 2017-09-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68943-spotlight-on-economics-china-s-growing-demand-for-meat-extension-and-ag
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Long-run growth in Chinese meat demand sustains structural import demand for soybeans and feed ingredients, a supportive background factor for feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- ag.ndsu.edu: https://www.ag.ndsu.edu:444/news/columns/spotlight-on-economics/spotlight-on-economics-china2019s-growing-demand-for-meat-1

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