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dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health has updated its Digital SalmoFan™ platform with a specialized algorithm dedicated to trout fillet color assessment. The software expansion brings standardized digital metrics to trout producers, processors, and feed manufacturers, building on its established footprint in global salmon farming.

Processing nearly three-quarters of a million birds daily, Turkish integrator Şenpiliç relies on a tightly managed network of feed mills, hatcheries, and processing plants. To sustain this 450,000-tonne annual capacity, the company is deploying IoT microclimate monitoring, AI-driven flock diagnostics, and feather-to-keratin R&D.

Relentless summer heatwaves across Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe have severely damaged forage reserves and summer crops, triggering an acute feed supply deficit. The European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) warns that the block's maize import needs could surge past 26 million tons, urging Brussels to enact emergency crisis mitigation measures and suspend pending regulatory hurdles to avert widespread supply disruptions.

While Russia and Türkiye celebrate near-record domestic field yields, escalating security risks and paralyzed shipping lines in the Azov-Black Sea basin are choking global agricultural trade. Facing surging raw material costs and stalled contracts, Turkish grain and feed industries are urging an immediate diplomatic intervention, just as Ankara unveils a new framework plan to restore safe maritime passage.

Russia’s ongoing grain harvest surpassed 100.5 million tons in late August 2026, up 12.5% year-on-year, driven by strong yields across key growing regions. However, escalating security tensions in the Azov-Black Sea basin and Ukraine-related shipping disruptions are creating severe logistics bottlenecks, preventing high production volumes from translating smoothly into global market supply.

Following the near-completion of the 2026 crop purchasing campaign, Turkish Grain Board (TMO) has officially transitioned to its market stabilization strategy. Starting 1 September 2026, the state grain board will offer its licensed warehouse stocks on the Turkish Mercantile Exchange (TMEX - TÜRİB) without buyer restrictions.

Imas, a leading Turkish brand in grain and feed milling systems, has completed a 10 tph turnkey feed milling facility for Agri-Milling Stockfeeds in Zimbabwe. The opening ceremony of the country's first fully automated feed plant was attended by Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Türkiye has revised the application window for its reduced 12% customs duty on oilseed sunflower imports, advancing the autumn start date to October 1.

Faced with Black Sea logistical bottlenecks and shrinking farmer margins, Russia’s Agriculture Ministry is evaluating a temporary moratorium on floating export taxes for wheat, barley, and corn to sustain export competitiveness. If approved, the policy shift is expected to reshape price dynamics across global grain and feed ingredient markets.

A historic Salmonella outbreak in Belgium affecting over 300 people has escalated into an international biosecurity crisis following the distribution of contaminated eggs across eight European nations. The rapid spread of contamination from a single poultry house to the entire facility underscores the vital importance of internal biosecurity barriers, environmental hygiene, and feed safety protocols.

Corn futures have surged following downgraded US crop estimates and compounding supply chain disruptions across key export regions. Weather-related yield losses and persistent geopolitical bottlenecks continue to tighten global balance sheets.

The 19th International Feed Regulators Meeting in Foz do Iguaçu brought together more than 80 global leaders and regulatory officials to align trade and safety frameworks. High on the agenda were strategies for scaling sustainable circular feed ingredients and leveraging animal nutrition to reduce reliance on antimicrobials across the global livestock chain.