The Agricultural Ministry of China has ordered a reduction in the inclusion level of soybean meal in poultry and swine diets.  In 2022, the maximum inclusion rate was 14.5 percent.  This will be reduced to 13 percent by 2025.  This directive will reduce soybean meal consumption by three million metric tons a year to a level of 82 million metric tons by 2025. 

Nutritionists will know have to source canola meal, sunflower meal and use a higher level of synthetic amino acid inclusions to satisfy nutritional requirements of flocks and herds.  Both Brazil and the U.S. will lose volume of sales as world demand contracts, influenced strongly by China. This should reduce the prices of soybeans and hence meal unless alternative markets for soybean meal and oil can be developed.