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Pig farmers reduce soybean pulp consumption
    2018-07-24  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

PIG farmers in Central China’s Henan Province are reducing soybean pulp consumption in response to its rising price amid trade conflicts between China and the United States.

Ye Chuanlin is in charge of a company that specializes in producing pig feed in Henan, known for its large-scale pig industry.

In recent years, Ye’s company has been focusing on developing pig feed formulas that contain a lower proportion of soybean pulp. The ongoing trade dispute propelled the company to use those formulas.

“Traditional pig feed contains about 20 percent soybean pulp. But due to the recent trade conflict, we started to cut the amount used in our products by replacing it with desirable alternatives,” said Ye.

“Now my company produces a feed with only 10-percent soybean pulp,” added Ye.

Soybean pulp consists of insoluble parts of the soybean that remains after the oil is extracted. With multiple factors in play, the price of soybean pulp has recently experienced a slight increase.

According to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in the first week of July, the average price of soybean pulp rose 3.7 percent compared to the same period last year.

China has the largest livestock breeding industry in the world, and soybeans are a major source of protein in livestock feed. In 2017, China imported more than 32.85 million tons of soybeans from the United States, accounting for 34.4 percent of China’s total soybean imports.

Henan has the second largest number of slaughter pigs in China, with an annual pig slaughter of about 62 million in 2017.

Official statistics indicate that the 3.2 million tons of soybeans Henan imported from the United States in 2017 were able to produce 25 million tons of soybean pulp, which made up more than half of the total volume that the province needed to run the industry.(Xinhua)

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