How is COVID-19 affecting the pork and commodity markets?
Pork prices are declining due to lower demand from slaughterhouses affected by labor shortages and problems in foreign market access.
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How does COVID-19 affect world grain output estimates?
Will logistical challenges hinder grain trade? Will restrictions prevent crops from being planted? The International Grains Council asks.
EU: Compound feed production increases
In 2018 Spain continued to be the top producer of compound feed, with the pig sector as the second largest market.
Updated EU feed protein supply
The drought observed in 2018 in Europe had a significant impact on the overall feed supply for 2018/19.
Data sheets: Sorghum
Data sheet with nutritional values (table comparison) and most recent studies about sorghum.
Raw Material Biosecurity
What is the disease transmission risk that comes with importing raw materials? Many feed ingredients are produced in China.
New forecasts for global cereal production
FAO also released a new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, raising its July forecast for global cereal output by 22 million tonnes to 2 708 million tonnes, 2.1 percent above the 2018 outturn.
Reduction in China’s swine herd due to ASF drops meal consumption
Soybean imports in 2019/20 are set to be the lowest in five years.
Drought in Europe: Member States agree on support measures
Member States agreed to a series of support measures proposed by the Commissionto ease the financial difficulties faced by farmers due to adverse weather conditions, and increase the availability of feed for animals.
Argentina: record harvest for the 2018/19 season
The July report on agricultural estimations confirms the maximum historic volume. It also highlights the important production of maize and wheat.
Drought conditions that affected crop growing season could become the norm
A recent JRC article warns that the extreme drought conditions that affected central and northern Europe's 2018 spring/summer growing season could become the norm within 25 years, and calls for innovative adaptation measures to deal with extremes
The effects of supplementing gilts with omega-3 PUFA from microalgae
The microalgae supplementation in gilts may improve feed conversion and metabolic status from weaning and onwards.
Data sheets: Maize
Fact sheet with the nutritional value (comparison of tables), production, trade and the most recent studies on maize.
Argentina: Increase in soybean exports
Soybean exports grew by 6.5% with respect to the same period in 2018.
Data sheets: Common wheat
Fact sheet with nutritional value (table comparison), production, trade, and most recent studies about common wheat
Impacts of African Swine Fever on China's feed industry and soy demand
Rabobank expects China’s total feed/soybean demand to decline in 2019 – albeit significantly less than the decline in pork production – followed by a slight recovery in 2020. African swine fever will act as a catalyst to speed up feed industry upgrades – including, but not limited to, a diversified product mix, the higher adoption of commercial compound feed, and ongoing industry consolidation.