China’s 400 million pigs may soon be forced to go on a diet.
The China Feed Industry Association (CFIA) plans to reduce the protein content in animal feed due to the effects the Sino–U.S. trade war has had on China’s supply of soybeans.
China’s Soybean Shortage May Leave Millions of Pigs to Go Hungry
Large soybean demand goes to feeding China’s 400 million pigs, in addition to people
Due to the Sino-US trade war, which has affected China’s soybean imports, the country’s 400 million pigs are looking at going on diet. The China Feed Industry Association (CFIA) plans to reduce protein content in pig feed to reduce China’s reliance on soybeans.
This photo taken on shows a worker vaccinates a pig at a pig farm in Yiyang county, in China's central Henan Province on Aug. 10, 2018. GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images
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