# Hwaseong City Activates Integrated Livestock Disease Response Headquarters to Block AI, ASF

> Hwaseong City in Gyeonggi Province activated an integrated livestock disease headquarters on October 26 to prevent highly pathogenic avian influenza and African swine fever. The move followed AI detection in wild bird droppings at Suncheon Bay on October 12 and an alert raised to the highest level on October 20.

- Date: 2026-11-02 · published 2026-11-03T00:14:17.128Z
- Category: disease · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/76487-hwaseong-city-activates-integrated-livestock-disease-response-headquarters-to
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md)

## Why it matters

Local preventive response to AI and ASF in South Korea signals heightened disease risk during migratory season, but it has no material effect on global feed grain or meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: neutral
- CHICKEN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HOGS | 2021-02-10 | [Is the Livestock Industry Prepared for a Foreign Animal Disease Outbreak? - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48494-is-the-livestock-industry-prepared-for-a-foreign-animal-disease-outbreak-pork.md) | +12.0% | +19.6% |
| HOGS | 2020-11-11 | [Long An steps up measures to control bird, pig diseases](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50032-long-an-steps-up-measures-to-control-bird-pig-diseases.md) | -0.6% | -3.0% |
| HOGS | 2018-09-10 | [U.S. Pork Response African Swine Fever Prevention – Swine Health Information Center](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62909-u-s-pork-response-african-swine-fever-prevention-swine-health-information-center.md) | +4.4% | +27.6% |
| HOGS | 2021-05-11 | [Pennsylvania’s $34.6 Billion Animal Ag Industry Relies on Quick, Coordinated Emergency Declaration and Response \| Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46974-pennsylvania-s-34-6-billion-animal-ag-industry-relies-on-quick-coordinated.md) | -0.2% | +7.1% |
| HOGS | 2025-08-08 | [U.S. livestock: Cattle futures fall hard, hogs mixed - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12276-u-s-livestock-cattle-futures-fall-hard-hogs-mixed-grainews.md) | +0.3% | -8.3% |

## Sources

- asiae.co.kr: https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2026110307192791213

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