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Kartal Kimya, a leader in feed additive sector, presented its critical Türkiye mycotoxin map for the first quarter of 2026. While co-contamination was detected in 70% of the samples, the Aegean (74%) and Marmara (68%) regions stood out as the highest-risk areas. The company’s holistic proactive approach offers producers a powerful decision support model by preventing performance losses that remain hidden in the field.

Sevda Kayhan Yılmaz, President of the Machinery Exporters’ Association (MAİB), announced that Turkish milling machinery manufacturers have secured the second global position by achieving a historic export record of $331 million within a $2.6 billion global market. Yılmaz emphasized that the IDMA Istanbul stands as the most powerful driving platform to showcase the Turkish machinery sector’s technological superiority and crown this outstanding global success.

As climate change intensifies global temperatures, heat stress poses a growing threat to poultry health, gut integrity, and overall productivity. Understanding the physiological mechanisms—from respiratory alkalosis to compromised immunity—is key to implementing effective housing and nutritional mitigation strategies that safeguard flock performance.

Despite minor statistical declines in hunger figures, a joint UN report underscores a lingering structural crisis affecting over a quarter of the global population with more than half of Africa’s population facing food insecurity. As animal-source foods represent the largest cost driver for healthy diets in severely impacted regions, the strategic role of efficient feed and livestock supply chains becomes ever more vital.

Addressing raw material variability with rapid, reliable NIR technology, AMINONIR® empowers feed manufacturers to eliminate costly margins, optimize animal nutrition precision, and secure a highly competitive, sustainable advantage in the global market.

Following a severe global supply shock triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, fertilizer markets are shifting toward a gradual rebalancing. Driven by the mid-June US-Iran MoU, a sharp correction in nitrogen prices has accelerated a bearish market outlook, while persistently high production costs and climate risks weigh on 2026 farmer fertilizer demand.

The two-day technical seminar organized by USSEC Turkey on April 2–3, 2026, in Istanbul brought together global experts and feed industry decision-makers around the shared denominators of raw material quality and next-generation technologies. This strategic gathering provided participants with a concrete roadmap for competitive advantage, spanning from the field to smart factory transformation. The formula for profitability was effectively rewritten across the core themes of sustainability, ration stability, and digitalization, highlighted in presentations by leading academics and consultants.

Global modelling predicts $39.94 billion annual losses from heat stress by the end of the century under a high emissions scenario, but with heat stress already having the potential to cost $1.5 billion annually in the US dairy sector, what can Europe do as it faces similar losses in yield, fertility, feed efficiency and health that are expected with rising Temperature Humidity Index (THI).

Rising seafood demand, sustainability pressures and rapid advances in feed technology are reshaping the global aquafeed industry.

While global agricultural markets witness the most aggressive production surge of the last nine seasons, they concurrently experience a convention-breaking procurement paradox driven by rising price charts.

One of the most important gatherings of Türkiye’s feed industry, the International Feed Congress and Feed Exhibition (TUYEM), once again brought together all major stakeholders of the sector in Antalya for its 16th edition. Organized by TÜRKİYEM-BİR, the event hosted representatives from public institutions, industry, academia and international organizations under one roof, while also delivering critical messages regarding the future of the feed industry. As the main sponsor of TUYEM16, IDMA emerged as one of the event’s most prominent actors through both its strong organizational presence and newly announced international partnerships.

Raw material quality control stands out as one of the most critical factors in preventing performance losses in feed mills. Long-standing issues in the industry, including poor performance and health problems, are often rooted in inadequate raw material inspection and control practices.