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NewsVietnam's Hoa Phat Agriculture sells 212,000 pigs and 177,000 tonnes of feed in H1 2026
Second-quarter pig output rose 17% quarter on quarter as the company expanded its breeding herd, while feed volumes distributed to the market grew 9% year on year.
NewsChina opens market to Russian compound feed imports under new customs announcement
Approved Russian exporters must hold HACCP certification, comply with strict heat treatment standards and obtain registration with Chinese authorities before shipments can enter.
NewsCCPA Group adopts Sustell farm-gate modelling platform to drive livestock decarbonisation
The French animal nutrition cooperative is using life cycle assessment data to help feed manufacturers and livestock farmers quantify and reduce their carbon footprints.
NewsThailand's Thaifoods Group targets 10-15% revenue growth in 2026 on strong swine and poultry demand
A new Vietnam feed plant due to begin commercial operations in H2 2026 will direct more than 70% of its output to internal group use, supporting cost reduction across the integrated supply chain.
NewsSri Lanka lifts four-year ban on use of rice and paddy in animal feed production
The Consumer Affairs Authority has revoked a gazette restriction in place since June 2022, reopening rice and paddy for processing, sale, purchase, transport, storage and distribution as feed inputs.
NewsMarket Dynamics, Industry Resilience, and Intelligent Nutrition: A Regional Perspective from Novus
Southeast Asia's feed-to-meat value chain is navigating one of its most demanding periods in recent memory.
NewsIndonesia's corn harvest rebounds 19.8% in May as cumulative output tracks near year-ago levels through August
Harvested area and production gains provide some relief for the poultry feed sector, though June-August output potential is forecast slightly below the same period in 2025.
NewsGuinea launches US$563 million poultry strategy to cut imports and expand feed production by 2030
The five-year plan targets poultry self-sufficiency as chicken imports have risen 54% since 2020, with imported product entering the market at 40-60% below local production cost.
NewsThailand eyes blackchin tilapia as feed ingredient to tackle invasive species crisis
The Agriculture Ministry is in discussions with feed manufacturers to expand commercial uptake of the fast-growing invasive fish as a raw material, beyond current small-scale use in food and feed production.
NewsIndonesia's Agriculture Ministry seeks to triple egg consumption in school meals programme as farmgate prices collapse on Java
The ministry is also pushing for state food enterprises to absorb and redistribute eggs from oversupplied Java to higher-priced outer island regions, and has asked the Industry Ministry to restrict large corporate investment in poultry farming.
NewsFeed business outperforms broiler segment on margins as cost-plus model shields Indonesian poultry companies
Raw materials account for 70% of feed production costs, split roughly 50% corn and 20% imported soybean meal, with the cost-plus pricing model allowing producers to pass through commodity price movements to customers.
NewsThai parliament committee urges minimum corn price floor and tighter buying controls as AFTA import extension squeezes farmers
The Commerce and Intellectual Property Committee has submitted four formal proposals to the Commerce Minister, including a temporary minimum farmgate price referenced to the three-month average cost of production.
NewsVietnam's shrimp farmers squeezed by rising feed costs and falling farmgate prices
Fuel-driven cost pressures are pushing aquafeed prices up 7-10% even as a seasonal supply glut drives shrimp prices to record lows in the Mekong Delta.
NewsIndia's soybean imports surge to 700,000 tonnes as meal prices spike on weak monsoon concerns
A near-60% premium for domestic soybean meal over US origin prices has driven a return to import buying after India purchased negligible volumes in 2024/25 following a record domestic crop.
NewsBounty Fresh backs Philippines' proposed corn MAV hike to 500,000 tonnes as inflation hits 6.4%
The poultry major's CEO says cheaper feed is critical to containing food price pressures, and called for MAV allocations to be directed toward companies that actually produce chicken.
NewsThailand extends AFTA feed corn import window to August amid raw material shortage
A 49% drop in imports over February-April 2026 and a delayed domestic harvest have prompted the government to push the zero-tariff import deadline from 30 June to 31 August.
NewsVietnam's Mavin Group proposes 45,000-tonne feed mill and 90,000-head pig complex in Lai Chau province
The revised June 2026 proposal expands the planned site to 150 hectares and adds a dedicated breeding centre targeting 60,000 piglets annually, as the province moves to shift from smallholder to concentrated commercial livestock production.
NewsRising aquafeed costs force majority of fish farmers in Indonesia's Banjar City to halt operations
Feed prices have risen from Rp380,000 to Rp400,000 per 30kg sack, with fish farmer groups calling for government feed subsidies as thin margins push operators out of production.
NewsGlobal fishmeal output fell 28% in Q1 2026 as aquafeed industry accelerates search for alternatives
Climate volatility, El Niño risk in Peru and rising competition from Chinese feed and salmon producers are intensifying pressure on marine ingredient supplies, with fish oil volumes also declining.
NewsThailand's OAE warns El Nino and geopolitical shocks are eroding livestock feed chain competitiveness
The secretary-general of Thailand's Office of Agricultural Economics said heat stress is worsening feed conversion ratios across the livestock sector while import corn constraints and rising raw material costs continue to squeeze broiler producers.
NewsThailand's TFG commissions Vietnam feed mill and studies poultry entry as domestic pig prices recover
TFG's Vietnam operations are expanding beyond pig farming into feed production to cut costs, with a chicken business under study, as Thai farm-gate pig prices show early signs of recovery from April-May lows.
NewsIndonesia's broiler farmers in Lampung squeezed as feed prices rise Rp10,000 per sack in a month
Feed prices in Pesawaran Regency have risen from around Rp430,000 to Rp460,000 per sack, with some grades reaching Rp500,000, while farm-gate chicken prices have not risen proportionately.
NewsVietnam's egg prices edge up after herd reductions but farmers remain loss-making on high feed costs
Farm-gate egg prices in southern Vietnam have recovered VND300-400 per egg from June lows, but remain well below production costs as feed prices stay elevated.
NewsVietnam raises fines for banned feed additives to VND80 million under new livestock decree
Decree No. 211/2026/NĐ-CP, effective 5 August 2026, tightens penalties across feed production, trading and farming violations involving prohibited substances and antibiotics.
NewsIndonesia's SIG turns coconut beach waste into poultry feed ingredient, cutting costs 60% in Aceh
The Sakeladera programme processes around 60 tonnes of coconut waste per month into cocopeat as a feed mixture, reducing local poultry farmers' monthly feed costs by approximately IDR28.2 million.
NewsIndia's Andhra Pradesh secures aqua feed price cut as soybean import curbs squeeze manufacturers
Feed manufacturers cited restricted access to low-cost US soybean as a key driver of the price hike that prompted state intervention.
NewsSouth Korea's egg prices top 5,000 won as heatwave fuels food inflation concerns
A first-ever monthly average above the 5,000 won threshold follows mass culling after last winter's avian influenza outbreak, with the government moving to import over 21 million eggs to stabilise supply.
NewsSyngenta joins India's Annam.AI as strategic partner for crop intelligence platform
The agreement positions Syngenta to contribute agronomic expertise in crop health, pest forecasting and heat stress modelling to a nationwide open-data agricultural initiative.
NewsChulalongkorn researchers develop cocoa waste supplement that cuts cattle methane emissions and improves meat grade
Compounds including theobromine and tannins found in cocoa husks and low-grade cocoa reduced rumen methane by up to 44% in trials while lifting beef cattle to premium A3 and A4 grades and cutting dairy mastitis indicators by more than 70%.
NewsVietnam's Dong Nai opens bidding for VND30,500 billion integrated livestock and feed processing complex
The 1,500-hectare project targets full operation by Q2 2029, combining high-tech livestock farming with closed-chain feed and food processing.
NewsVietnam's major conglomerates step up agricultural push as sector modernises
From Hoa Phat's feed and livestock targets to Geleximco's $300 million high-tech project, large industrial groups are reshaping Vietnam's agricultural industry landscape.
NewsCAB Cakaran says feed cost pressures manageable as geopolitical tensions lift input prices
Malaysia's integrated poultry producer has sufficient feed raw materials secured through FY26, though spot feed prices have risen sharply since the Iran conflict escalated.
NewsIndonesia feed prices rise for second consecutive month, squeezing independent poultry farmers
Feed costs at Indonesian poultry farms have increased by IDR 200 per kilogram in both April and May 2026, with further hikes expected as major producers announce additional adjustments.