Merger wave: Effect on crop seed prices The global seed industry has been reshaped by several mergers over the last years. What does this mean for seed...
Increase in FAO Cereal Price Index Global food prices held broadly stable in December, with rising international cereal prices offsetting declining...
Aussie farmers struggle with high feed prices Low raw material stock, due to the drought, has led to record feed prices in Australia.
Rebound of FAO Cereal Price Index International food commodity prices dipped in October, as falling dairy, meat and vegetable oils prices more...
Dramatic fall of soybean prices after Trump tweet China’s most actively traded soymeal futures fell by the maximum 5% after a phone call between US President...
Friday Feed Update: What did you miss? Again, a lot of things happened in the global animal feed sector. All About Feed wraps up the latest updates,...
Low harvest of Aussie winter crops The 2018/19 winter crop season will go down as one of the worst in eastern Australia’s history, according to...
China reduces protein levels in animal feed With soymeal prices soaring on trade war worries, analysts say Chinese farmers and feed producers will be more...
Drought causes drop in EU cereals Soaring hot temperatures and a distinct lack of rain this summer throughout Europe has caused an estimated 8%...
Local feed sourcing can be expensive If European dairy farmers only use European feed ingredients for their cattle, it can increase the feed costs...
Higher soy price partly due to trade war The trade war between the US and China is affecting the soybean market to a great extent.
Decline in FAO Food Price Index The International agricultural food commodity prices fell in June for the first time in 2018, as trade tensions...
All About Feed issue 5: Focus on plant extracts The June edition of All About Feed (issue 5) is now available to read online. In this issue we zoom in on plant...
Limited zinc supply: Effects on the feed business Due to limited supply over the last years, zinc prices have been relatively high over a long period. All About...
China and US battle on import duties: The effects A 25% duty on US soybeans is not yet a given, but the implications would be severe. This is according to a new...
Rabobank: Soy up and corn down in Brazil The outlook for soybeans looks bright for Brazil. At the same time, corn acreage is the lowest area since...
Is farmed fish becoming more expensive? Is the cost of feed the only factor driving up the price of farmed fish?
BLOG: What is in our fish feed and fish? A comment a Chinese jade perch farmer had made got me thinking. He was concerned about the fact that the jade...
The cost of progress In the western world food has never been as cheap as it is today and people just take it for granted. Here the...
Blame the wheat speculators Many environmental factors can reduce agriculture productivity, but drought is by far the most damaging. It is...
Food prices versus global biotech policies Recently, the issue on global biotechnology policies, in particular the EU policy of zero tolerance for...
SPACE: France facing the crisis After a fall of agricultural income in 2008 (-11% in real terms, after two years of exceptional growth), French...
High grain prices: what now? Feed costs have always been a dominant portion of the cost of producing animal products across the world. The...
Change is coming...also in the feed industry What a difference a few months make. Last October, it went relatively unnoticed that the US fat cattle market...
Future changes in the global dairy sector "We have come a long way", said Erich Erber, founder of Biomin in his opening speech at the World Nutrition...
Resistance against performance enhancers Developing nations cannot afford a total ban against traditional animal performance enhancers. For livestock...
South African feed industry accused of making excessive... In South Africa the animal feed industry has been accused of excessive profits they have realised over the last...
Only war, pandemics or chronic diseases can lower food... Do renewable fuels make our hamburger more expensive? Already since August 2006 public debate has intensified...
Got (no) milk? Oil is not the only product on the market for which record prices have to be paid. With the increased dairy...
The F word We all know the frequently used phrase: "from farm to fork" right? But I think we are missing another important...
Who profits from higher feed costs? The EU finally begins to understand that their rigid market policy is not benefiting the farmers in these times...
Worried about popcorn I am worried about popcorn. If I go to the US next year will I still be able to buy a family bucket of this...
European feed industry demands room to manoeuvre The European feed industry represents, with around 153 million tonnes per year, about 15% of the global animal...
Brazil: Opportunities for feed investments Brazil is on its way to overtake the USA as the world's largest producer of soy and is currently the second...
The volatility of the raw materials market Forty years ago, commodity price movements were relatively minor. Today though, these prices are far more...
How to engage better with chain partners Mixed farmer Lachlan Seears wants to be as transparent as possible by the way he manages his farm. "It all about...
Volatility in global milk and feed prices Milk prices and feed prices are for dairy farmers and their farm profits the most important drivers. Using the...
Supplementing piglets with dairy milk Piglets need high quality milk early on in life. In highly prolific sows, providing additional milk sources is...
Feed costs shift global dairy industry ‘Concerns for the future of the Russian dairy industry’, was one of the news headlines on AllAboutFeed this...
Poultry sector consumes the most feed Poultry held its position as the leading consumer of animal feed, with a 46% share of global production at 444...
Meat demand and future sources China’s need for animal protein is a fact which cannot be disregarded and insects could be a viable alternative...
ForFarmers aims for further growth and specialisation For Dutch feed company ForFarmers, 2013 was largely dominated by the integration of Nutreco's feed unit Hendrix...
Nutrigenomics to redefine nutrition An emerging discipline, known as nutrigenomics, shows promise of improving animal health and production and...
Algae aka ‘green coal’ and ‘green protein’ Marine microalgae encompass attractive properties for biofuel production. The fat extracted biomass that is left...
New generation of organic selenium The quest for animal nutrition companies is to make feed additives more digestible and more effective. A new...
Looking back on 'Future Woolscapes' My mind sometimes wanders off to the time when I did my internship at the University of Sydney (back in 1999)....
Feed companies don’t need a crystal ball Last Tuesday I attended a presentation on the annual results of Dutch feed company ForFarmers. When the CEO was...
A little bit more phytase please ‘High levels of phytase can save money’ was the header of one of the news items that was published this week on...