
Pingtung black pig farmers in Taiwan say that next year's full ban on feeding food waste to pigs will force them to switch to commercial feed, raising costs by at least half and extending rearing to 15 months. Farmers fear some will abandon production and ask for help developing overseas markets.
Switching from food waste to commercial feed shifts demand toward protein and feed ingredients, while the feed transition gap could tighten local supply of pork and the cost of production.
After 172 past bullish policy events, Soybean Meal moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -1.5% to +1.7%), and -0.8% over 20.
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