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Cheap Grain, Dear Meal: Southeast Asia's Feed Bill Keeps Climbing

Cheap grain, dear meal: America is harvesting record crops, yet Southeast Asia's feed mills pay more for corn and up to 48% more for soybean meal. Exclusive EFL AG-DATA FarmMetrics analysis tracks corn and soybean meal costs in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Technical Focus on feed with papers from Dinnissen, AB Vista, Phytobiotics, Cargill and Evonik, covering commissioning risks in new feed production lines, gut health studies that support feed formulation decisions, natural active vitamin D with triterpenes for longer laying periods and thicker eggshells, portable NIR and connected nutrition from forage to formulation, and why feed uniformity drives animal performance and feed mill efficiency. An interview with Phodé's Dr Elisa A. Arnaud on why the pig's senses matter for heat stress, weaning and sow performance. China coverage on the weight-loss drug boom pulling whey away from piglet feed, soybean meal cuts split by species as broilers add it back, and a sow cull that runs ahead of the pig feed downturn. Company news from NOVUS, Adisseo, CPF, dsm-firmenich and Japfa Comfeed.