Chinese Traders Affected by New Animal Feed Guidelines on Soy Demand

Chinese Traders Affected by New Animal Feed Guidelines on Soy Demand
Part of an automatic feeding system is seen inside Guangxi Yangxiang's high-rise pig farm at Yaji Mountain Forest Park in Guangxi Province, China on March 21, 2018. Thomas Suen/Reuters
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BEIJING—The Chinese regime on Oct. 29 rolled out new guidelines to lower the protein content in soymeal of animal feed, and oilseed traders expect soy consumption to be affected by it.

The nation has been pursuing multiple ways to reduce its consumption of feed ingredient soymeal, made from soybeans, amid a festering trade war with the United States, its second biggest supplier of beans.