On the heels of the landmark $3.5 billion mega-farm in Adrar, the world's largest integrated dairy facility, set to house 270,000 cows and cover half of Algeria's powdered milk needs, Qatar’s Baladna is preparing a second major expansion. The move underscores Algeria's aggressive drive toward food self-sufficiency and livestock infrastructure.
Turkish Grain Board (TMO) General Manager Ahmet Güldal announced that Turkey will not import any grains in 2026 due to historic crop yields. Backed by an all-time record procurement of 12.3 million tonnes, TMO has fulfilled domestic requirements and is now actively evaluating grain export opportunities.
The International Grains Council has updated its global outlook, projecting a contraction in animal feed usage while record food and industrial uptake push total grain consumption to 2,446 million tonnes. Despite a seven million tonne upward revision to 2026/27 global production, expanding overall demand will force end-season carryover stocks to tighten further.
Kyiv is conducting negotiations with Turkey, India, and Egypt to establish a mutual non-aggression framework for commercial shipping in the Black Sea. The joint initiative aims to secure maritime routes for agricultural exports amid escalating port strikes, addressing severe supply chain disruptions that have reduced Ukraine’s grain export capacity to fraction levels.
With more than 70% of the exhibition space already confirmed, the halls at BolognaFiere are filling up. In the meantime, Zoomark is already at work bringing international buyers and retailers from all over the world to the show.
Efficiency in modern feed manufacturing relies not on optimizing standalone machines, but on controlling the entire process chain as a unified system—from raw material intake and conditioning to pelleting and SCADA-driven data management. Minimizing process variation, ensuring equipment reliability, and maintaining consistent quality are only possible when data is transformed into an active tool for continuous operational improvement.
I always say I am a poop watcher because a diet can meet every specification on paper while the animals themselves tell a completely different story. Lowering crude protein and relying on synthetic amino acids offers clear benefits, but true performance depends on what happens between intake and manure. By looking closely at protein quality, peptide absorption, and nonessential amino acid balance, we can move beyond simple least-cost calculations to build diets that truly support animal biology.
A recent AMIS market analysis highlights how rising biodiesel mandates in Indonesia and Malaysia, paired with El Niño-driven production risks, are squeezing global palm oil export availability. As a pivotal feedstock for both the food and feed sectors and with Indonesia’s B50 mandate taking full effect in October 2026 tightening palm oil supplies and surging prices are directly shifting demand toward alternative vegetable oils like soy, sunflower, and rapeseed.
In the face of global infection pressure and raw material crises, the solution for the poultry sector does not lie in a single discipline. Answering Feed Planet’s questions, Prof. Dr. Pınar Saçaklı, President of the Turkish Poultry Veterinary Association, explains dynamic feeding strategies that do not merely feed the animal, but actively support its resistance to disease and overall health.
Expanding the scale of its Hosted Buyer program for 2026 to connect exhibitors directly with global purchasing decision-makers, PETZOO Eurasia will gather industry professionals in Istanbul from a wide geographic footprint spanning from Egypt to Germany, and Poland to China.
TÜRKİYEM-BİR President Ülkü Karakuş announced that thanks to their mega-partnership with IDMA and IAOM MEA, they will be bringing Turkish feed technology to South Africa. With the 36. IAOM MEA Conference & Expo taking place on November 23–26, 2026, as the first concrete milestone of this collaboration, Cape Town is set to become the industry’s strategic African route.
Speaking exclusively to Feed Planet to evaluate the insights from the IGC Grains Conference in London, IGC Director Arnaud Petit details how squeezed market margins are reshaping global planting choices and accelerating the shift toward AI-driven logistics. Highlighting global dynamics from paperless trade corridors to gene-editing tools, Petit also underscores Turkey’s strategic evolution from flour export dominance to a high-end milling technology hub as a major value-added success.
Endotoxin stress poses a hidden threat to poultry breeder operations, quietly undermining shell quality, hatchability, and overall profitability. Commercial field trial results reveal how a holistic nutritional approach can reduce mortality by up to 37% and safeguard genetic potential where every egg counts.
The major gathering of the grain and feed industry, IDMA Istanbul 2026 Exhibition, took place at the Istanbul Expo Center from June 25 to 27. During the fourth session of the concurrently held ‘IDMA Global Grain and Milling Forum,’ the feed sector was analyzed on global, regional, and national scales. Featuring high-level panelists, this critical session addressed key strategic topics ranging from global supply crises and new EU environmental regulations to Turkey’s biosecurity sensitivities and the practical realities of livestock production.
Bringing together thousands of professionals from over 120 countries for its 11th edition, IDMA Istanbul, the global summit for grain, feed, and pulses technologies, united the industry under one roof. Laying the groundwork for a massive $1 billion business volume, this monumental organization transformed into the global collective think tank for food supply security through its concurrent international forum, macro-strategies, and high-level producer alliances.
Geopolitics, regulation, animal health risks, and cost pressures are setting the tone for animal protein and animal nutrition markets in 2026. This market outlook explores how these forces are reshaping production, trade flows, feed economics, and sustainability strategies across global supply chains.
The materials we handle in feed mills and silos may appear harmless, but suspended dust clouds and equipment friction can trigger catastrophic explosions in seconds. Safety cannot be left to luck. To eliminate these hidden fire and explosion hazards, high-risk equipment, unseen ignition sources, and the protection systems required when prevention is not enough must be addressed through a comprehensive approach.
High-capacity milling, conveying, and storage operations in feed mills continuously generate highly combustible organic dust clouds. Ensuring structural integrity and operational resilience requires an integrated engineering approach based on three synchronized defense layers: preventing hazardous dust clouds and ignition sources, protecting process equipment from internal explosion pressure, and isolating interconnected systems to stop secondary flame propagation.
Grain processing and feed production facilities operate under constant airborne dust risks where a single ignition spark can cause catastrophic damage. In this issue’s cover story, we examine the engineering principles, ATEX standards, and active suppression technologies essential for safeguarding personnel and processing infrastructure.
We are navigating an era where food security is no longer confined to crop production in the field but has evolved into a strategic capacity deeply intertwined with logistics, technology, and geopolitics. The disruptions in the Black Sea, global supply chain risks, and Turkey’s position in this equation elevate grain storage systems from traditional machinery into the essential infrastructure of global food security.
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