FEFAC market experts forecast continued stability in the EU compound feed production market for 2026. The total industrial compound feed production in the EU27 is expected to reach 152 million tonnes, marking a marginal decrease of 0.06% compared to 2025.
COCERAL, FEDIOL and FEFAC say the European Commission’s latest EUDR Simplification Package fails to provide the legal certainty and practical simplifications needed by operators across agricultural supply chains.
USDA’s latest WASDE report confirms a 6% decline in U.S. corn production for the 2026/27 season, signaling a tightening global supply and a more volatile pricing environment for the animal nutrition sector.
Adisseo has announced the release of its 2025 Sustainability Report, confirming the successful achievement of its environmental reduction targets and outlining a strategic shift toward data-driven transparency for the global feed value chain.
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.
To view the rising tensions in the Strait of Hormuz solely as an energy crisis is to overlook the true storm approaching the global agri-food system. Every fluctuation in energy prices reaches our tables directly through the fertilizer and feed sectors.
Global feed production reached a milestone of 1.44 billion metric tons in 2025, marking a 2.9% increase that signals a profound structural shift in the industry.
In an era where traditional feed raw materials are shaken by geopolitical risks, insect protein is shifting from a 'niche' alternative to a strategic necessity.
GAFTA’s new President Brian Arnold tells Miller Magazine the association will prioritize sustainability and the shift to digital trade documentation, highlighting progress on e-phyto certificates while urging wider legal recognition of electronic bills of lading and stricter contract discipline to reduce delays and disputes.
Türkiye’s feed industry grew above the national economic average in 2025, crossing the 30 million tonne threshold in compound feed production.
Smart automation is no longer a competitive advantage, it is the baseline. What separates truly high-performing feed mills today is not whether they have automated, but how deeply they understand, own, and integrate what they have built.
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.
Europe’s feed market is moving through the 2025/26 season under uncertainty, driven by regulatory developments, animal disease risks and shifting global supply dynamics.
Poultry performance is inseparable from the functional integrity of the gastrointestinal tract, yet the concept of “gut health” has expanded to a point where it no longer offers sufficient precision for modern production systems.
The international trade of agri-commodities is essential factor in food security in a world of incr...
A new industry network is taking shape across Africa and other emerging markets through the collaboration of IDMA, IAOM MEA and TÜRKİYEM-BİR. One of the first major outcomes of this collaboration will be the 36th Annual IAOM MEA Conference & Expo, which will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, on 23-26 November 2026.
IDMA and IAOM MEA have announced a strategic partnership to jointly expand feed and milling events, with a particular focus on Africa.
The XX. International "Compound Feed - 2026" Conference was held in Moscow, Russia, with extensive participation. The sectoral projections of Valery Afanasyev, President of the Russian Union of Compound Feed Producers, and the speech by IDMA representative Mustafa Yağmurlu emphasizing the Turkey-Russia strategic partnership were the most striking highlights of the conference.
Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape how feed companies manage formulation, procurement and mill operations. The real opportunity is not simply adopting new digital tools, but redesigning decision systems so that data from feed mills, ingredient markets and livestock performance can work together.
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D. Coffey K. Dawson P. Ferket A. Connolly The future focus of the feed industry will be to verify t...