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...
Rabobank: Fishmeal prices to stabilise The price of fishmeal is expected to stabilise, due to improved supply. This is according the Animal Protein...
Sustained margin pressure for most crop farmers In 2018, the prices for global agricultural commodities are expected to rise marginally, compared to this year....
Steady growth for China’s feed industry Even the output of China’s feed industry went down slightly in H1 2017, the overall trend is marked by...
Rapid growth of US hay exports Due to lower availability and the willingness of foreign countries to pay premium prices, US dairy farmers need...
Wheat and meat push FAO Food Price Index The latest FAO Food Price Index averaged 175.2 points in June, up 1.4% from May and 7.0% from a year earlier....
Maize crop record for South Africa This year’s maize harvest in South Africa is expected to be the highest produced in the country since 1981...
FAO: Global food prices decline Global food prices monitored by FAO fell in March amid large available supplies and expectations of strong...
China’s corn imports to go through seamless drop China’s increased corn imports from the USA, which was mainly for the reason that Chinese corn supply may be...
Canola: The crop of choice in Australia Across Australia, the canola futures price is sitting well above $500/tonne. That compares to about $250/tonne...
China to import 50% less DDGS from US Affected by the huge price decrease of corn and anti-dumping on imported DDGS from the USA, import volume of...
"End of high agricultural prices" The recent period of high agricultural commodity prices is most likely over, say the OECD and FAO in their...
Global soybean output falls Global soybean production is slightly lower this month as a result of reduced estimates for India and China that...
High US wheat prices drive exports to 44-year low The 2015/16 marketing year exports (June-May) are forecast to drop to the lowest level since 1971/72 because of...
Pressure on grain prices to persist In the past two months, prices in the grains market reacted mainly to changing sentiment. After a short price...
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...