This week's Feed Additive Focus, brought to you by Glowlit, takes a look at the latest price changes in L-Threonine 98.5% & Poultry By Product Meal, Pet Food Grade
Increased cost of shipping coupled with the ever increasing cost of corn feed stock has led to increased demand amid tightening supply, pushing prices of L-Threonine upward. Supply has been slow to arrive where demand is highest. The current global price is high and stable, with strong European and American market prices. To see the current market price in your region, visit Glowlit. -
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a recall of a pet food product called Sportmix manufactured by Midwestern Pet Foods because it is believed to contain potentially fatal levels of aflatoxin. This recall follows the death of at least 28 dogs. Aflatoxin is produced by the mold Aspergillus flavus which can grow on corn and other grains used in pet food. The unfortunate incident highlights the need for pet food grade products to be certified to ensure safety standards are met, adding a premium to the market price. The higher market price of pet food grade poultry by product, as opposed to animal feed grade, reflects exactly this premium.
Reuters reports that dryness over the next six months in Argentina is expected to reduce the size of the countrys two main cash crops, corn and soy, while complicating navigation of grain cargo ships on the Parana River, analysts said.
Reuters reports that Brazil’s meat lobby ABPA announced the strategy on 23 April. Francisco Turra, president of ABPAs advisory body, told Reuters that demand from meat processors, who provide feed to the farmers who raise the livestock, is driving a rise in wheat planting intentions in his native Rio Gr
China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has released guidelines on reducing the use of corn and soymeal in hog and poultry feed rations, a move seen accelerating what market forces have already started relative to the use of alternatives to corn such as wheat as corn prices have risen.
The scarcity of corn in view of the growing i