Feed production in the EU, stable in 2021 and possible decrease in 2022

Published 2022년 5월 24일

Tridge summary

In 2021, the European Union-27's animal feed production for farm animals slightly increased by 0.03% to 150.2 Mt, despite COVID-19 pandemic challenges and global grain market disruptions. However, production decreases were noted in the pig feed sector due to high costs and disease outbreaks, while poultry and cattle feed sectors experienced minor increases. For 2022, a decrease in activities is anticipated for the pig and poultry sectors due to high costs and market demands, leading to a projected decrease in industrial compound feed production by 2.9%. The production levels remain uncertain due to potential disruptions in feed raw materials from Ukraine and Russia, and other factors such as animal diseases, economic uncertainties, and EU policies.
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Original content

Animal feed production in the EU-27 in 2021 for farm animals reached 150.2 Mt, an increase of 0.03% compared to 2020, according to data provided by members of the European Federation of Manufacturers of Animal Feed (FEFAC). With the exception of the pig feed sector, all other sectors managed to stabilize or slightly increase their production despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the global grain market rebound, supply chain disruptions and the spread of COVID-19. animal diseases in 2021. The critical situation for EU pork in 2021 with the challenges of reduced demand for meat in key export markets (sanitary ban on imports and the recovery of ASF in the Asia-Pacific regions), the high costs of feed grains, the impact of African swine fever and the significant increase in production in 2020, has caused the production of pig feed to decrease by 1.5% in 2021. The most affected countries were, in particular, Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Slovenia and Hungary. The ...
Source: Agrodigital

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