China to cut corn and soybean meal in poultry and pig feed

The Chinese government has issued new directives on feed ingredients that will reduce the volume of corn and soybeans as prices and imports continue to rise, Feedlot reported. As informed by the Ministry of Agriculture of China, the department has issued recommendations to reduce the use of corn and soybean meal in the diets of pigs and poultry. At the same time, feed producers, due to the rise in corn prices, have already begun to use alternative feed ingredients to corn, such as wheat. The ministry indicated that the new recommendations were aimed at increasing the use of local raw materials and revising feed rations to adapt them to conditions in China. So, as an alternative to corn, the agrarian department suggested using rice, cassava, rice bran, barley and sorghum, as well as rapeseed meal, cotton meal, peanut meal, sunflower meal, dry fodder stillage, palm meal, flaxseed meal and sesame meal. In addition, feed formulations were also proposed, which varied ...