Spain, Poland and Romania are expected to climb in the rankings of leading pork producers in Europe, says Rabobank in a note on the EU pork production sector.
Special Edition: livestock production and feed consumption trends
Global dairy supplies and a decrease in exports stemming from diminished demand along with the strong dollar have hit the US dairy market but domestic use is high.
ADM’s move to invest in soybean crushing capacity in Germany will incentivize more farmers to grow GM free soy, says the not-for-profit group behind ‘sustainable’ soy production in the Danube region.
Feed manufacturers will benefit from cheaper folic acid (vitamin B9) prices in Q4 as prices in China plunged 37.5% in August, said market intelligence firm CCM.
Early fears on the possibility of high mycotoxin levels in feed crops have not been realized in some Corn Belt states in the US, agricultural experts say.
Special Edition: livestock production and feed consumption trends
There is a now a huge momentum in Germany to convert all private label meat sectors to GM free soy, said the German Association of Food without Genetic Engineering (VLOG).
Dispatches from the Oilseed and Grain Trade Summit in Minneapolis
A change to weather patterns in late 2016 may mean a pause to bumper corn and soybean crops for the US, Brazil and Argentina, a meteorological expert says.
Prices for corn will go marginally higher in the US, while demand and supply levels return a steady price for soybean meal, predict officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
As China’s meat production industrializes, feed grain demand will jump significantly, and will require the Asian giant to source feedstocks, particularly maize, on the international market, forecasts Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC) in a new report.
Dispatches from the 10th Annual Oilseed and Grain Trade Summit, Minneapolis
Texas A&M and the UN’s Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) are training feed laboratory employees to develop quality lab practices and improve feed safety in developing countries.
The US soy sector’s new strategy aims at encouraging growers to increase the value of soybean meal and ensuring livestock industry recognition of soy’s “superiority” over other feedstuffs.
Expansion projects by the three largest poultry groups in Saudi Arabia will see an 8% hike in broiler meat output there against 2014 levels but the production costs involved, especially feed, remain high, said the latest USDA GAIN report on the Saudi...
The feed industry and agricultural sectors in Ghana are set to get help from the American Soybean Association (ASA) backed World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) program.
US chicken group, Perdue Farms, is to acquire Natural Food Holdings from private equity firm, LNK Partners, in a deal that includes the antibiotic-free Niman Ranch meat brand.
The production estimate for the 2015/16 global wheat crop is 720.3 metric tons (Mt), according to a report from the International Grains Council (IGC), released late last week.
Dutch feed company ForFarmers reported mixed results for the first half of 2015 with a drop in net revenue, bump in gross profit and with company officials predicting a higher annual net profit than last year.
With another good US harvest on the way, grain prices are expected to move lower, although weather conditions in the EU and Canada are likely to prevent them from falling far.
The National Chicken Council (NCC) supports moves to shrink the mandates on ethanol production in the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) as a way to avoid high feed corn prices and inelasticity in the feed market.
Experts say with more wheat potentially entering the US feed market, there are some hidden costs and factors to be aware of before using it as a feed source.
Cargill is starting production at a new canola-crush facility based in Canada to help it boost its production of canola products, including canola meal for use in feed, and further develop the market in the US, Asia and other countries.
The US market for distillers dried grains (DDGs) is not likely to see wild fluctuation even if less ethanol is produced domestically than once expected as a reaction to changes in biofuel policy.
The IFFO is backing the draft ASC Responsible Feed Standard but questions why there is such a focus on marine ingredients given the fact they only make up the minority of the aqua feed formulation.
Rabobank, in a note on protein meal supply, says stronger vertical integration will buffer feed, livestock or trading companies in times of high price volatility.
Prices for corn and soybeans may be about to rise, as some starting crop amounts are down from earlier expectations, said the USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE).
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) and Quality Liquid Feeds (QLF) are forming a joint venture in the US to provide liquid feed supplements for certain states and to build on buoyancy in the segment.
Fishmeal has moved from being a commodity to a high priced strategic ingredient in feed where other protein sources cannot be used, says Rabobank and the IFFO agrees.
The WWF is stepping up pressure on the feed industry to source soy responsibly following the release of a new research report, which found that 93% of the soy consumed in the EU is embedded in animal feed.
The US is exporting record levels of feed grains to South America, on the back of free trade agreements with Colombia and Peru, say latest figures from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.
The AsiaPacific and Central and South American regions, where usage rates remain lower than in North America and Europe, are the markets that offer the most growth opportunities for feed enzyme producers, said a market analyst.
Poultry industry feed demand will be under pressure for the remainder of 2015 and beyond given the increasing number of avian flu outbreaks globally and the impact of trade restrictions on breeding stock supply in several markets, said an analyst.
Speculative funds in agricultural commodities currently are said to be broadly short, and such positions benefit when grain prices fall, said an industry specialist.
The margin between world grain production and demand is far too narrow to call, making the market sensitive to weather - both good and bad, said a commodities analyst.
The Brazilian ministry of the environment has extended the deadline for soy farmers to complete the Rural Environmental Registration (CAR) by one more year.
There could be a weakness in inorganic feed phosphate (IFP) prices when an additional 250,000 tons capacity from a Middle Eastern player comes on stream in early 2017, said an analyst.
Chinese imports of maize are expected to be cut from three to two million tons in 2015/16, reports the grain market analysis division of a UK agriculture research agency.
