The Chinese government plans to reduce the use of soybean processing products in pigs' feed to reduce the country's dependence on imports of soybean, Zerno On-Line reported.
The share of soybean meal in the diet of pigs in China is, on average, about 20%. Corn is the basis of the diet at 70-75%. In the United States, the world's largest soybean producer, the share of this culture in the diet of pigs is less. This is due to the fact that American pig producers use cheaper and more affordable raw materials instead of soybean meal, for example, dry bard. European farmers also use less soybeans than Chinese farmers. In Germany, the proportion of protein components in feed is 20-25%, but in addition to soybean meal, rapeseed and sunflower meal is often added to feed.
According to researchers and experts, China can safely reduce the share of soybean meal in feeds by half. Reducing the share from 20% to 12% will lead to a sharp decline in demand for soybeans - up to 27 million tons, accounting for 82% of the total supply of American soybean to China last year.
So, the feed mill owned by Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group Co, plans to stop using US soybeans by October. It will be replaced by other sources of protein, incl. corn meal and soybean meal from soya grown in China. Changing the diet of pigs will be an additional measure that will limit the import of American soybean to China. Earlier, Beijing imposed a 25% duty on the supply of soy and many other goods from the US after the White House imposed the same duty on a number of Chinese goods.
