McLean County Farm Bureau

CHINA SOYBEAN IMPORTS IMPACTED BY ASF SPREAD –

The continued spread of African Swine Fever is having an impact on China’s soybean and soybean meal imports. The USDA’s Foreign Ag Service says soybean imports during the 2017/18 marketing year 94.095 million tons, but are expected to fall below 90 million this and next marketing year, 84 million for 2018/19 and 83 million for 2019/20, because of ASF, with soybean meal imports and use also declining as feed demand drops. (Brownfield)