# Why Do Black Pigs Depend on Food Waste? Council Launches Transition Subsidies Against African Swine Fever

> Taiwan's Council of Agriculture will guide swill-feeding farms to switch to commercial feed, offering feed price subsidies up to NT$2,200 per head and voluntary exit payments. Industry members are divided, and the EPA notes about 440,000 tonnes of food waste go to pig farms annually.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-02T19:37:57.508Z
- Category: disease · region Taiwan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/75677-why-do-black-pigs-depend-on-food-waste-council-launches-transition-subsidies
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

A forced move from swill to commercial feed would add modest demand for feed ingredients in Taiwan, though the volume effect on global commodity prices is small.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-01-14 | [African swine fever ten years on: the lessons learned and the way forward](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54964-african-swine-fever-ten-years-on-the-lessons-learned-and-the-way-forward.md) | +0.5% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2019-08-08 | [Analysts question African swine fever recovery \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57569-analysts-question-african-swine-fever-recovery-the-western-producer.md) | -7.3% | -7.5% |
| CORN | 2019-09-16 | [China corn industry also hit by African swine fever as demand for pig feed drops \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57090-china-corn-industry-also-hit-by-african-swine-fever-as-demand-for-pig-feed.md) | +3.4% | +8.3% |
| CORN | 2018-07-09 | [Asian countries warned that deadly African Swine Fever is ‘here to stay’ – utmost diligence required to avoid major damage to food security and livelihoods](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63902-asian-countries-warned-that-deadly-african-swine-fever-is-here-to-stay-utmost.md) | -5.2% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2019-01-01 | [African Swine Fever in China: An Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60974-african-swine-fever-in-china-an-update.md) | +1.4% | +1.8% |
| SBM | 2021-07-29 | [African swine fever confirmed in Dominican Republic pigs -USDA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45944-african-swine-fever-confirmed-in-dominican-republic-pigs-usda.md) | -0.7% | -1.2% |
| SBM | 2020-01-14 | [African swine fever ten years on: the lessons learned and the way forward](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54964-african-swine-fever-ten-years-on-the-lessons-learned-and-the-way-forward.md) | +0.0% | -2.7% |
| SBM | 2019-08-08 | [Analysts question African swine fever recovery \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57569-analysts-question-african-swine-fever-recovery-the-western-producer.md) | 0.0% | -1.5% |

## Sources

- nongxun.net: https://www.nongxun.net/wdd911418

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