# Full ban on food waste pig feeding raises costs for Pingtung pork producers, who seek government help for exports

> 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.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-13T19:37:13.260Z
- Category: policy · region Taiwan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/98380-full-ban-on-food-waste-pig-feeding-raises-costs-for-pingtung-pork-producers-who
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2019-07-11 | [Government lowers export duties on products from regional economies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57928-government-lowers-export-duties-on-products-from-regional-economies.md) | -0.5% | -5.2% |
| SBM | 2020-06-18 | [Argentine farmers raise concerns over linking sovereign bonds to food exports
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52445-argentine-farmers-raise-concerns-over-linking-sovereign-bonds-to-food-exports.md) | -0.4% | -0.3% |
| SBM | 2022-03-14 | [Government suspends soybean exports as prices rise \| Buenos Aires Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14047-government-suspends-soybean-exports-as-prices-rise-buenos-aires-times.md) | -1.7% | -4.7% |
| SBM | 2019-12-24 | [Argentina raise taxes on corn, wheat and soybean exports \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55425-argentina-raise-taxes-on-corn-wheat-and-soybean-exports-farm-online-act.md) | -0.5% | -0.8% |
| SBM | 2019-11-23 | [China Focus: Pig farmers keen on expanding stock as China drums up pork production - Xinhua \| English.news.cn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56061-china-focus-pig-farmers-keen-on-expanding-stock-as-china-drums-up-pork.md) | -2.6% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- udn.com: https://udn.com/news/story/7327/9877435

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