In a strategic move to solidify national food security, SALIC completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in National Grain Company, securing full ownership before transferring it to SABIL. The restructuring connects Saudi Arabia's strategic silo infrastructure directly with international procurement channels to enhance long-term feed and grain supply continuity.
Prolonged coastal warming in Peru and extended fishing closures are projected to drive global fishmeal output below 4.6 million metric tons in 2026, the lowest level since the 2016 El Niño crisis. According to IFFO, the sharp contraction in marine raw materials is tightening global aquafeed supply chains and accelerating the shift toward alternative feed ingredients.
European farming and agri-cooperative federation Copa-Cogeca has strongly rejected the Council Presidency’s latest EU budget negotiating box. The proposal maintains a proposed reduction of over 20% to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), sparking warnings of severe food inflation and fragmented agricultural supply chains across the Single Market.
According to the Ministry of Health’s 2025 National Residue Research Plan (PNR) report, official monitoring across Italy's livestock and feed sector achieved a 99.98% compliance rate. Advanced multi-residue testing confirmed near-zero non-conformities, highlighting high standards in animal nutrition and feed safety.
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 final installment of our three-part technical series on energy efficiency, we expand our scope beyond grinding and pelleting to encompass the entire facility. Discover how optimizing steam networks, compressed air systems, and VFDs coupled with AI-driven analytics, EMS integration, and ISO 50001 frameworks can unlock 15% to 25% total energy savings across your feed mill.
Applying high heat and pressure via expander technology significantly enhances starch gelatinization, bypass protein levels, and overall nutrient digestibility in ruminant feeds. Beyond delivering 50–70 kcal/kg gains in metabolizable energy and improving herd productivity, advanced expander processing optimizes pellet durability and operational throughput for industrial feed mills.
Providing innovative solutions to farmers in Türkiye for many years in the light of scientific research, as it does worldwide, Trouw Nutrition demonstrates its power of innovation in calf nutrition with Sprayfo Ultimo. Developed with patented technology, Sprayfo Ultimo supports the healthy development of calves while contributing to farm productivity and sustainability. As the global leader in calf milk replacers, Trouw Nutrition is preparing to share the scientific and technological advantages of Sprayfo Ultimo with industry professionals at the 8th edition of its Ruminant Academy, taking place from October 26–29. Tanzer Kılcıoğlu, Commercial Director of Ruminant at Trouw Nutrition Türkiye, notes that the company will continue to serve major feed mills in Türkiye with higher capacity through its new factory investment, emphasizing that they have also strengthened their work in this field with the newly acquired calf research center in addition to their R&D infrastructure.
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.
Speaking exclusively to Feed Planet between London Grain Week and IDMA Istanbul in June, amid ongoing geopolitical tensions, Anis Alam, GAFTA Council Member and Chief Grain Procurement Officer at ARASCO, reveals how the Middle Eastern giant is mitigating rising logistical costs, managing vessel diversions to the West Coast, and why the global feed industry is eyeing Africa as its next strategic breadbasket.
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.
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.
Escalating security risks in the Black Sea basin have led to a logistical gridlock in grain trade, standing in sharp contrast to abundant field yields. As navigation risks at ports, surging freight costs, and unfulfilled contracts disrupt global supply chains, the geopolitical crisis in the region directly triggers food inflation and industrial cost pressures.
In this second installment of our three-part guide focusing on energy efficiency and low-cost manufacturing in feed mills, we examine the pelleting and conditioning processes, which account for the largest share of total energy consumption. Through empirical case studies, we analyze how technical parameters ranging from efficient steam conditioning and direct-drive presses to die-roller optimization and ration pelletability can yield improvements of 10–25% in electrical consumption and 5–25% in press throughput capacity.
We are zeroing in on pelleting and conditioning lines, the most energy-intensive stages in feed mills. In the second installment of our guide series authored by industry veteran Mustafa Yılmaz, we present concrete field solutions ranging from steam utilization to die-roll optimization and ration structure that can slash electricity consumption by 10–25%.
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