IFIF members represent over 80% of total compound animal feed production worldwide.

National and Regional Associations

Corporate Members

Feed Related Organisations

IFIF Executive Committee 2022 — 2023

Ruud Tijssens

Chairman, International Feed Industry Federation, The Netherlands

Adriano Marcon

President & Group Leader, Cargill Animal Nutrition, USA

Alexandra de Athayde

Executive Director, International Feed Industry Federation, Germany

Asbjørn Børsting / Pedro Cordero (from June 2023)

President, European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation, Belgium

Dr. Bruno Kaesler

Managing Director, Kaesler Nutrition GmbH & Treasurer, International Feed Industry Federation, Germany

Constance Cullman

President & CEO, American Feed Industry Association

De Wet Boshoff (until January 2023)

Executive Director, Animal Feed Manufactures Association, South Africa

Roberto Betancourt

Board Member, Brazilian Feed Industry Association, Brazil

Zongli Wang

Secretary General, China Feed Industry Association, China

IFIF Board Members 2022 — 2023

Ruud Tijssens

Chairman, International Feed Industry Federation, The Netherlands

Adriano Marcon

President & Group Leader, Cargill Animal Nutrition, USA

Alexandra de Athayde

Executive Director, International Feed Industry Federation, Germany

Asbjørn Børsting / Pedro Cordero (from June 2023)

President, European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation, Belgium

Dr. Bruno Kaesler

Managing Director, Kaesler Nutrition GmbH, Germany

Dr. Colm Moran

Director European Regulatory Affairs, Alltech, France

Constance Cullman

President & CEO, American Feed Industry Association (AFIA)

Daniela Calleri

VP Business Management Animal Nutrition, BASF SE, Germany

David Bray

President, Stock Feed Manufacturers’ Council of Australia, Australia

Dr. David Nickell

Vice President Sustainability and Business Solutions, dsm-firmenich, Switzerland

De Wet Boshoff (until January 2023)

Executive Director, Animal Feed Manufactures Association, South Africa

Frédérique Clusel

Managing Director, Phileo Lesaffre Animal Care, France

Dr. Frank Chmitelin

Executive Vice President Strategy, Sustainability and Safety, Adisseo, France

Jesse J. Sevcik

Senior Director Global Government Affairs, Elanco Animal Health, USA

Joerg Seifert

Secretary General, EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures, Belgium

Melissa Dumont

Executive Director, Animal Nutrition Association of Canada, Canada

Dr. Michael Binder / Andrea Simon (from July 2023)

Vice President Sustainability Development, Evonik Industries AG, Germany

Nicolas Martin

Sustainability and Public Affairs Director, METEX NØØVISTAGO, France

Dr. Reinder Sijtsma

Government Relations & Regulatory Affairs Director, Nutreco & Treasurer, International Feed Industry Federation, Netherlands

Roberto Betancourt

Board Member, Brazilian Feed Industry Association, Brazil

Zongli Wang

Secretary General, China Feed Industry Association, China

IFIF Structure

IFIF is registered as a non-profit organization in Luxembourg and was founded on December 1, 1987.

IFIF Regulatory Committee

Members 2022 – 2023

Chair: Leah Wilkinson, Vice President, Public Policy and Education, AFIA

• Alexandra de Athayde, Executive Director, IFIF
• Alessandra Tossoli, Global  Regulatory Affairs / Animal Nutrition – LATAM, IFF
• Alicia Juárez Pallarés, Consortia and Regulatory Manager, FEFANA
• Allen Bridges, Government Affairs, Elanco
• Ana Paula Henrique, Regulatory Director, AB Vista
• Andressa Caliman, Head of Regulatory Affairs (hN&B), IFF
• Annie Bailey, Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Chr. Hansen A/S
• Ariovaldo Zani, CEO, Sindirações
• Arnaud Bouxin, Director Feed Safety and Regulatory Affairs, FEFAC
• Bente Tvede Lund, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Novozymes A/S
• Bernadette Okeke, Global Director and Senior Adviser Regulatory Affairs and Compliance, Lallemand
• Bruno Caputi, Regulatory / Quality Coordinator, Sindirações
• Caroline Bertein, Regulatory Affairs, Phileo
• Caroline Carvalho, Regulatory, Chr. Hansen
• Chandrika Venkatesh, Executive Director, CLFMA of India
• Colm Moran, Director European Regulatory Affairs, Alltech
• Duncan Rowland, Executive Director, SFMCA / FIAAA
• Eliane Dannenhauer, Regulatory Affairs Supervisor, Impextraco
• Eric Auclair, Head of Regulatory Affairs and Downstream Development, Phileo
• Erika Sene, Regulatory Affairs, Biorigin
• Gerald Schultheis, Head of Quality and Regulatory Affairs, dsm-firmenich
• Giacomo Sisinni, FAMi-QS
• Hans van Dam Government Relations Manager, Nutreco#
• Jesse Sevcik, Sr. Director Global Government Affairs, Elanco
• Jillian Nash, Regulatory Manager, Feed Division, Alltech
• Joerg Seifert, Secretary General, FEFANA
• Juliana Hardt, Regulatory Affair Manager, Biorigin
• Karine Tanan, Principal Scientist, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs EMEA, Cargill
• Laure Clasadonte, Analytics & Operations Lead, QM & Regulatory Affairs Manager, Herbonis
• Leah Wilkinson, Vice President, Public Policy and Education , AFIA
• Liesl Breytenbach, Executive Director, AFMA
• Liliana Quillama, Project coordinator, GMP+ International
• Mallory Gaines, Manager Market Access and Trade Policy, AFIA
• Marie-Julie Hannoun, Regulatory Affairs Director, METEX NØØVISTAGO
• Melissa Dumont, Executive Director, ANAC
• Monica Fanti, Global Regulatory Affairs Manager, Alltech
• Norma Cavazos-Guzman, Manager of Regulatory Affairs, Phibro Animal Health Corporation
• Padmakumar Pillai, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Cargill
• Peyman Zolfagharian, Secretary-General, Iran Feed Industry Association
• Reinder Sijtsma, Director Government Relations & Regulatory Affairs, Nutreco
• Ruifeng Xu, International Division, CFIA
• Ruth Hayler, Director Regulatory Affairs & Quality Compliance, BASF SE
• Sabine Van Cauwenberghe, Regulatory Affairs Manager, dsm-firmenich
• Sarah Hopkins, Government Affairs Manager, ANAC
• Sébastien Oguey, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Manager, ADM
• Séverine Deschandelliers, Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Adisseo
• Simone Marques Alessandri, Technical Consultant, Feedlatina
• Sophie von Alvensleben, Regulatory Project Manager Bio Amino Acids, Evonik Operations GmbH
• Troy Wilkins, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, BASF

IFIF Sustainability Committee

Members 2022 – 2023

Chair: David Bray, President, Stock Feed Manufacturers’ Council of Australia (SFMCA)

• Alexandra de Athayde, Executive Director, IFIF
• Anna Wessels, Scientific Affairs Manager, Kaesler Nutrition
• Anne Gaasbeek, Corporate Sustainability manager, Nutreco
• Anton van den Brink, Deputy Secretary General, FEFAC
• Bruno Caputi, Regulatory Affairs, Sindirações
• Bruno Kaesler, Managing Director, Kaesler Nutrition
• Constance Cullman, President & CEO AFIA
• Duncan Rowland, Executive Officer, SFMCA/FIAAA
• Lara Moody, Executive Director, Institute for Feed Education & Research
• Luca Capodieci, Technical and Regulatory Manager, FEFANA
• Frank Chmitelin, Executive Vice President Strategy, Sustainability and Safety, Adisseo
• Hans van Dam, Government Relations Manager, Nutreco
• Jen Butcher, Head of Commercial Responsibility, AB Agr
• Joerg Seifert, Secretary General, FEFANA
• John Stewart, Advisor Government Affairs, Elanco Animal Health
• Karine Tanan, IFIF Nutritional Innovation Chair, IFIF
• Laura Pasculli, Executive Director, Chamber of Feed Industry, ANDI
• Linda Midgley, Enterprise Sustainability Lead – Animal Nutrition and Health, Cargill 
• Lucas Cypriano, President, WRO
• Mallory Gaines, Director of Market Access & Multilateral Affairs, AFIA (Observer)
• Melissa Dumont, Executive Director, Animal Nutrition Association of Canada
• Michael Binder, Director Sustainability Development, Evonik
• Nicolas Martin, Sustainability Director, METEX NØØVISTAGO
• Philippe Becquet, Technical Advisor, IFIF
• Remco Veelenturf, Manager Scheme & Customer Service, GMP+ International 
• Roberto Betancourt, Counselor, Sindirações
• Ruud Tijssens, Chairman, IFIF
• Sabine Van Cauwenberghe, Regulatory Affairs Manager, dsm-firmenich
• Sebastian Csaki, Senior Advisor, IFIF
• Sebastian Form, Director Applied Sustainability Nutrition & Health, BASF
• Tomas Belloso, Vice President Regulatory Affairs, Bond Pet Foods

IFIF Working Group on Nutritional Innovation to Promote Animal Health

Members 2022 – 2023

Chair: Dr. Karine Tanan, Principal Scientist, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs EMEA, Cargill

• Alexandra de Athayde, Executive Director, IFIF
• Philippe Becquet, Technical Advisor, IFIF
• Aaron Cowieson, Corporate Science Fellow, dsm-firmenich
• Alicia Juárez Pallarés, Product Authorisation and Regulatory Manager, FEFANA
• Arnaud Bouxin , Director for Feed Safety and Regulatory Affairs, FEFAC
• Aurelie Preynat, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Manager, Adisseo
• Bernadette Okeke, Global Director Government and Trade Affairs and Senior Adviser, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance, Lallemand Animal Nutrition
• Bruno Caputi, Regulatory & Quality Affairs Manager, Sindirações
• Chandrika Venkatesh, Executive Director, CLFMA of India
• Eric Auclair, Regulatory Affairs and Downstream Development Director, Phileo
• Franz Waxenecker, Development and Innovation Director, dsm-firmenich
• Gerald Schultheis, Director Global Regulatory Affairs, dsm-firmenich
• Hans Van Dam, Government Relations Manager, Nutreco
• Henk Enting, Global Poultry Technical Director, Cargill
• Joerg Seifert, Secretary General, FEFANA
• Johanne Tournie, Global Registration Coordinator, Cargill
• Laura Clasadonte, Analytics & Operations Lead, QM & Regulatory Affairs Manager, Herbonis
• Leah Wilkinson, Vice President, Public Policy and Education AFIA
• Mads Mourier, Senior Department Manager, Novozymes
• Maiara de Moura Suardi, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, BASF
• Padmakumar Pillai, Senior Advisor R&D Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Cargill
• Paul Davis, Director of Quality Animal Food Safety and Education, AFIA
• Predrag Persak, Chairman of the Animal Nutrition Committee, FEFAC
• Reinder Sijtsma, Regulatory Affairs Director, Nutreco
• Richard Murphy, Research Director, Alltech
• Sabine Van Cauwenberghe, Senior Global Regulatory Affairs Manager, Sustainability, dsm-firmenich
• Sébastien Oguey, Regulatory Affairs Director EMEA Animal & Pet Nutrition, ADM
• Séverine Deschandelliers, Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Adisseo

Definitions

Feed (Feeding Stuff)
Any single or multiple materials, whether processed, semi- processed or raw, which is intended to be fed directly to food-producing animals.

Feed Ingredient
A component part or constituent of any combination or mixture making up a feed, whether or not it has a nutritional value in the animal’s diet, including feed additives. Ingredients are of plant, animal or aquatic origin, or other organic or inorganic substances.

Feed Additive
Any intentionally added ingredient not normally consumed as feed by itself, whether or not it has nutritional value, which affects the characteristics of feed or animal products. Micro-organisms, enzymes, acidity regulators, trace elements, vitamins and other products fall within the scope of this definition depending on the purpose of use and method of administration.

Medicated Feed
Any feed which contains veterinary drugs as defined in the Codex Alimentarius Commission Procedural Manual.

Terms

Complete Feed
A nutritionally adequate feed compounded by a specific formula to be fed as the sole ration and capable of maintaining life and/or promoting production without any additional substance except water.

Concentrate
A feed used with another to improve the nutritive balance of the total and intended to be diluted or mixed to produce a supplement or a complete feed; may be unsafe if fed free choice or alone as a supplement.

Micro-ingredients
Vitamins, minerals, antibiotics, drugs/medicines, and other materials usually required in feeds in small amounts as feed additives.

Premix
A uniform mixture of one or more microingredients/ additives with a diluent and/ or carrier to facilitate their even distribution in a larger mix.

Primary feed
A feed formulated from single ingredients, sometimes containing a premix (less than less than 45.5 kg per tonne or 100 pounds per tonne).

Trace Minerals
Mineral nutrients required by animals in micro amounts (measured in units of grams per kg or smaller).

Postal address

International Feed Industry Federation – IFIF
P.O. Box 1340
51657 Wiehl
Germany

Email

[email protected]

Registered address

International Feed Industry Federation a.s.b.l.
7 rue Alcide de Gasperi
L-1013 Luxembourg R.C.S.
Luxembourg F 4.483

In 2022 and 2023 IFIF initiated and participated in a number of important activities, while strengthening our relationship with key stakeholders across the livestock chain, and solidifying IFIFs position as the voice for our industry globally.

IFIF undertook a number of projects to meet this challenge and continued to develop stronger relationships with international stakeholders, while welcoming a range of new Members to IFIF.

Over the last two years, IFIF continued it’s sharp focus on our strategic work plan. To support our industry on the road to the future, IFIF’s work with its Members and stakeholders is centred on three strategic pillars:

• Sustainability
• Regulatory & International Standards
• Education & sharing of best practices.

IFIF is made up of national and regional feed associations from Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, North and South America and the Middle East, as well feed related organizations and corporate members from around the globe.

IFIF members represent over 80% of total compound animal feed production worldwide.

IFIF believes that only by working together with all stakeholders in the feed and food chain, including governments, the private sector and non-governmental groups, can we meet the demands of 60% more food, including animal proteins like beef, poultry, fish and dairy products in the future.

Given the anticipated growth of the world’s population to around 9 billion people by 2050, and the associated higher demand for animal proteins like beef, poultry and fish, it is vital that we can meet this challenge in a sustainable and safe way.

IFIF helps to ensure high standards of health and welfare for animals and people, by collaborating with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the Codex Alimentarius Commission and other international bodies to help set international regulatory standards for the whole feed chain and support fair trade.

In addition, IFIF works with governmental, private sector, and nongovernmental partners on a number of fronts to measure, benchmark and improve the sustainability of the livestock production chain.

IFIF also aims to play a proactive role to promote science-based solutions and information sharing for feed manufacturers, consumers and regulatory authorities worldwide on a variety of issues that affect the supply of safe and affordable animal proteins such as beef, poultry, fish and dairy products.

Feed Ingredients and Additives Association of Australia (FIAAA)

The Feed Ingredients and Additives Association of Australia was formed to meet the needs of our animal feed and petfood industry customers and other stakeholders so that they could be confident of the quality and integrity of feed ingredients and additives being used in Australia. Our work includes advocating and promoting the safe use of feed ingredients and the interests of our 62 members and to cooperate with other stakeholders in the interests of the broader industry.

FAMI-QS

The FAMI-QS Code of Practice is an important part in the stewardship endeavours of our members. It is recognised that certification to the Code gives assurance of the quality of our members’ products. The Code is based on international best practice. It succeeds through insistence on:

• Management responsibility & Compliance with AgVet regulations
• Resource management & Traceability of supply
• Product and component standards
• Quality document systems

Over the last three years, FIAAA has been implementing the FAMI-QS system. You cannot be an FIAAA member without it. It was a decision of the members and one that will keep them in good stead for the years to come. FAMI-QS and the FIAAA have signed a strategic agreement of cooperation for the adoption of the FAMI-QS Code in the region of Australia-New Zealand and Oceania. During this period, 32 members have gained their certification and we have another 19 members working towards it.

See additional work, set out below, undertaken in conjunction with the SFMCA.

For further information on the FIAAA please visit www.fiaaa.com.au

Stock Feed Manufacturers’ Council of Australia (SFMCA)

The SFMCA is the national industry association representing 283 corporate and individual manufacturers of stock feed and their supply chain associates located throughout Australia. The association operates within five state-based branches where members meet to address industry specific issues. Together, SFMCA’s membership represents 95% of commercial feed manufactured in Australia. From the association’s inception, it has played an active role in addressing national industry issues, many of these relating to raw material ingredient supply, quality standards, Federal and state government legislation and regulations.

FeedSafe

The SFMCA operates FeedSafe^® as the Integrity Accreditation Program for the Australian stock feed industry. It is third party audited and works in a co-regulatory manner with the Australian governments.

All full (active manufacturer) members of the SFMCA are required to comply with FeedSafe® to retain their Association membership. The central aspect of FeedSafe^® is a Code of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), which has been developed in conjunction with the Chief Veterinary Officers within each State, and the final document has Primary Industries Ministerial Council endorsement.

FeedSafe^® requires feed manufacturers to meet minimum standards in relation to:

• Premises and mill buildings
• Personnel training and qualifications
• Plant and equipment
• Raw material sourcing and purchasing
• Raw material quality and storage
• Feed formulation and manufacturing
• Product labelling
• Loading, transport and delivery to clients
• Product inspection, sampling and testing
• Customer complaint investigation

There are presently 137 accredited (and provisional) members located over 188 sites that produce 95% of the feed manufactured in Australia.

For further information on the SFMCA please visit www.sfmca.com.au

Combined Work of FIAAA and SFMCA

The last 12 months has seen the FIAAA and SFMCA work closely together on many projects and issues of mutual benefit. Programs of note include:

Australasian Milling Conference (AMC)

A major activity of the industry calendar is the biennial AMC held in conjunction with the Poultry Information Exchange (PIX). Both invited international and local speakers address current issues and the outlook for the feed supply chain. AMC is known to be the major Australasian conference for milling and livestock production in Australia. In May 2022 we had more than 450 registrants (and another 640 registrants for PIX) and some 240 exhibition sites.

Antimicrobial Resistance Stewardship Program

A major issue confronting the feed industry is how to deal with the minimisation of antibiotic use in livestock and human health. The development and subsequent implementation of a Stewardship program will go a long way to assisting industry take responsibility, review progress against targets, reduce use, refine and improve plans and replace antibiotics without compromising health and wellbeing. The Australian feed industry is working closely with Governments and livestock industries to ensure Australia can avoid resistency issues in Australia and maintain a commitment amongst its members.

National Feed Standards

These Standards will form the backbone of Australia’s co-regulation of the feed and additives industry. Having been drafted and reviewed over the last few years the Australian Governments and industry have started the final push to finalise and legislate for the introduction of the Standards. This will ensure consistent legislative oversight across eight jurisdictions. It will also enable to regulate the import of feedstuffs more strongly.

Sustainability Framework

The Members having endorsed the development of a Sustainability Framework for the industry continue to work towards its finalisation. Industry is presently finalising its priorities and can assist other sectors meet their goals whether they are suppliers or customers.

Collaboration along the Supply Chain

The FIAAA and SFMCA work closely together leveraging against each other to ensure a harmonised approach to the issues faced by the production chain. Additionally, we also work closely with Australian Association of Ruminant Nutritionists, Australian Technical Millers Association, Australian Renderers Association and Pet Food Industry Association of Australia as well as Australian state and Federal Governments. Without this level of collaboration major projects cannot be achieved in an effective manner. It’s always a pleasure to work with these organisations and kick some goals.

In addition, we also have very strong relationships with the Australian Governments that have provided a strong ability to achieve the transparent co-regulatory system that Australia has been working on for the last seven to ten years.

Both the FIAAA and SFMCA are proud to be active members of the IFIF.

The IFIF FAO collaboration has become a prominent example of how the public and private sector can work together in a number of key areas, which positively impact the feed and food chain.

Already in 2005 the FAO and IFIF, recognising their common interest in promoting the safe supply of animal feed throughout the world, signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which continues to form the basis of collaboration between the two organisations.

One highlight of the IFIF and the FAO Animal Production and Health Division, are efforts to facilitate dialogue between the private and public sector on key issues affecting the feed and food chain. This includes the annual International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM), which brings together feed regulators and industry from around the world, as well as the tri-annual Global Feed and Food Congress series, which includes representatives from the whole feed and food chain, as well as government, academia, other intergovernmental organizations and NGOs.

In 2020 IFIF FAO launched the fully updated “Manual of Good Practices for the Feed Sector”.  This Manual was first published in 2010 and has been a valuable tool to increase knowledge and improve feed safety at the production level, and it is widely recognized and used in many countries around the world. This second publication is a fully revised, updated and expanded version of that Manual and addresses recent developments in feed production and benefits from the latest scientific and technical knowledge. It has been very well received and the new manual is already being translated into Chinese and Vietnamese.

A second key area of collaboration is capacity development in feed safety and spreading of good feed manufacturing practices. IFIF is a founding partner of the FAO-led Feed Safety Multi-Stakeholder Partnership, which was formally launched in April 2016 and aims at improving the safety of feed, and thus enhancing food safety, animal health and welfare and food security.

The Feed Safety Multi-Stakeholder Partnership is undertaking a number of initiatives to support feed safety:

As global compound feed production continues to expand, especially in the developing world, IFIF continues to work with the FAO on Capacity Development for Feed Safety, an important effort that will continue on in the next years.

The 2010 FAO/IFIF “Manual of Good Practices for the Feed Industry” has been published in English, Chinese, Arabic, French and Spanish and distributed widely to regulators and industry. IFIF is also engaged in the recent efforts by the FAO to develop the capacities of relevant stakeholders globally to ensure the production and supply of safe feed based on latest Codex standards and good practices.

The IFIF FAO collaboration has become a prominent example of how the public and private sector can work together in a number of key areas, which positively impact the feed and food chain. IFIF’s relationship with the FAO continues to strengthen with IFIF’s participation in the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock, as an official stakeholder in the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership and the FAO’s Private Sector Initiative. IFIF will continue to be strongly engaged in these efforts.

In 2022-2023, IFIF continued to focus on its strategy and the following five-point mission to fully support our vision:

• Represent the global feed industry with international governmental organizations and agencies, including the FAO, WTO, WHO, OIE and CODEX Aliment Arius, on crucial global feed and food issues.

• Promote science-based solutions and information sharing for the feed industry by facilitating global forums, such as the Global Feed & Food Congress (GFFC) and the International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM).

• Promote a balanced regulatory framework to support a fair global playing field, facilitate market access and support the competitiveness of the feed and livestock industries.

• Expand the global network of national and regional feed associations and promote the adoption of international standards and global equivalency.

• Continue to support and encourage the sustainable development of animal production.

The scope of this Technical Committee (TC) is ‘Standardization in the field of animal feeding stuffs including: terminology, sampling, methods of test and analysis in quality control, specifications of raw material & finished product, guidelines and requirements for packaging, storage and transportation’.

In 2021 the TC worked its set up new Working Group (ISO/TC 34/SC 10/WG 13) to review the ISO 7088:1981 on Fish-meal — Vocabulary, under the Technical Programme ISO/TC 34/SC 10 on Animal feeding stuff.

You can find more details about this Committee here https://www.iso.org/committee/47924.html and about ISO here: https://www.iso.org.

IFIF engaged and supported the work of ISO/TC34/SC10 to ensure that it is aligned with other international initiatives related to animal feed terminology.

The last years have continued to see an increase in the demand for animal protein worldwide, including for livestock, dairy and fish and global compound feed production now exceeds 1.2 billion tons. Generally we have seen a growth of production particularly in the developing world, with the developed world remaining more or less stable.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that by 2050 the demand for food will grow by 60% and that between 2010 and 2050 production of animal proteins is expected to grow by around 1.7% per year, with meat production projected to rise by nearly 70%, aquaculture by 90% and dairy by 55%.

This should be good news for the feed industry and our partners along the agri-food chain. However such growth comes with significant challenges and it is vital that our sector, as well as the wider agricultural chain, can meet these demands in a sustainable, safe and affordable manner, while maintaining consumer trust and confidence in the food supply chain.

This challenge is a global one and IFIF is a global organization. Our members are made up of national and regional feed associations, feed related organizations, and corporations, which represent over 80% of worldwide animal compound feed production.

IFIF’s vision is to provide a unified voice and leadership to represent and promote the global feed industry as an essential participant in the food chain that provides sustainable, safe, nutritious and affordable food for a growing world population.

In 2050 there will be over 9 billion people in the world… and the need for food will be 60% higher than today. How do we feed this population?

To support our industry on the road to the future, IFIF’s work with its Members and stakeholders is focussed on three strategic pillars, including (i) sustainability, (ii) regulatory matters and international standards, and (iii) supporting education and sharing of best practices.

Under these pillars IFIF has undertaken a number of strategic projects, which are outlined in this annual report.

In 2022 and 2023 IFIF joined global regulators at the annual Sessions of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, where together with the FAO, we held a number of side meetings related to feed safety. Feed safety is relevant to Codex Alimentarius Commission work as it impacts on the safety of food.

IFIF has been actively involved in the development of the Codex Code of Practice of Good Animal Feeding and was an active member of the ad hoc Codex Intergovernmental Task Force on Animal Feeding (TF AF).

As a Codex recognized NGO, IFIF follows and inputs into in the work of the relevant Committees and participates in Codex Side Events addressing feed safety for safe food.

In 2022 and 2023 IFIF joined global regulators at the annual Sessions of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) in 2022 and 2023, where together with the FAO, we kept feed safety on the agenda. IFIF was also actively involved in a number of important Codex electronic Working Groups, as well as active in the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF), the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCVRDF) and the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS) and the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL). We will continue to provide expert input into the various Codex WGs and Committees in the year ahead.

This work will continue into 2024 and supports IFIF’s on-going efforts to keep feed safety issues on the Codex agenda.

However, it is commendable to highlight the enviable resilience of the Brazilian entrepreneur in the face of the meager increase in labor productivity, the contraction of supply due to the scarcity of inputs and exchange rate inflation, which continue to boost production costs and free prices of products and services that erode consumers purchasing power.

Even in the face of such a hostile business environment, the Brazilian animal feed industry is estimated to have advanced 1.1% in 2022, resulting from the production of approximately 82 million metric tons of feed and almost 3,9 million metric tons of mineral supplements.

Indicators continue to point to an increase in the cost of capital, appreciation of the dollar and an increase in commercial transactions, a circumstantial combination that, in the short term, should keep the scenario as troubled as the one seen so far. For the time being, the scenario reveals a fall in assets on the stock exchange and a rise in the dollar, although the possibility of the inflow of more dollars to buy cheap assets and some appreciation of the local currency is not ruled out, depending on the direction and direction of the movements during the transition phase in the contemporary establishment.

Although the tax reform proposal seems to be moving forward, the absence of a public administrative reform continues to push the limitations still sustained in inflation and fiscal pressure, low competitiveness and poor infrastructure, productivity inertia and rising costs, public inefficiency and inadequate regulation, legal uncertainty, added to the extemporaneous international commercial diplomacy.

In the face of conjectures and despite the inevitable institutional conflicts, the Brazilian feed industry continues to demand the attention of government officials regarding the implementation of public policies, necessary for the sustainability and prosperity of the production chain, with priority given to the Regulation of Self-Control (Risk-Based Inspection); Tax Reform (isonomy, productivity and competitiveness); Commercial Diplomacy (general preference agreements, strengthening exports of manufactured goods); and Equilibrium of Agricultural Investment and Planning (fair balance of allocation of resources and incentives).

The synergy between the main agribusiness leaders will be fundamental to stimulate new public agents in the elaboration of programs, actions and activities developed directly or indirectly by the State, preferably consisting of planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation instruments, with popular and public segment involved, so that the exercise of citizenship and economic rights are preserved, as guaranteed by the Federal Constitution.

Despite the distressing geopolitical instability and contemporary socioeconomic fragility, it is comforting to know that the enviable performance of Brazil as a global player in the production and export of agricultural products will continue to be guaranteed, in large part by innovation and the robust renewable energy potential, necessary to combat the undesirable effects of climate change.

Broilers and Layers Feed

The demand for broiler feed reached 35.7 million metric tons and advanced 1% in response to the higher pace of chick placement, while the production of feed for laying hens totaled 6.9 million metric tons, a decrease of 4%, when compared to the year 2021.

Swine

According to the Official Statistics Institute in Brazil, hog slaughter in 2022 surpassed by almost 6% that accounted for in 2021. In response, the demand for feed increased by 4.5% and reached 20.6 million metric tons, despite the mismatch between the cost of production and the price paid/kg live hog to the producer.

Dairy and Beef Cattle

The cost of production for milk producers and the weak demand for dairy products at retail led to a reasonable setback in activity, especially during the first half of 2022. The improvement in pastures with the arrival of the rains and, mainly, the increase in the price of milk paid to the producer, resulted in the demand for 6.2 million metric tons of feed, an amount 4% lower when compared to that produced in 2021, despite the improvement in pastures due to the rains. In turn, beef production was supported by shipping to foreign customers, while low domestic demand prevailed due to the economic fragility of consumers. In 2022, almost 6 million metric tons of feed for beef cattle were produced, i.e., a 4% increase over what was calculated in 2021.

Fish and Shrimp

The production of feed for fish and shrimp in 2022 totaled approximately 1.5 million metric tons and advanced 2.9% when compared to the previous year.

Dogs and Cats

Despite the strong increase in production costs (feedstuffs, packaging, energy, wage bill, etc.) and some pass-through to retail prices, demand for dog and cat food exceeded 3.7 million metric tons in 2022 and advanced 7% compared to 2021.

IFIF is a membership driven organization and we want to thank all IFIF Members for their strong support of IFIF’s work, projects and mission to ensure the feed industry continues to be seen as an essential participant in the food chain that provides sustainable, safe and nutritious food.

IFIF members represent over 80% of total compound animal feed production worldwide.

IFIF is very proud to welcome those new members to the IFIF family who joined the Federation in in 2022 and 2023. They are all key players in their field and IFIF is extremely pleased to have them on board contributing their time and expertise to support IFIF’s vision and mission:

Corporate Members: Biorigin, Bond Pet Foods, Eastman, Herbonis, Natural Remedies.

Feed related members: Format Solutions, a Datacor Company and Ag Growth.

These organisations are critical players in the feed production chain and we are very pleased to be able to draw on their expertise and support as members and benefit from their global reach and regional expertise.

We want to thank all IFIF Members for their strong support of IFIF’s work, projects and mission.

IFIF is a membership driven organization and together with our Members we work to ensure the feed industry continues to be seen as an essential participant in the food chain that provides sustainable, safe, nutritious and affordable food for a growing world population.

IFIF Members

National and Regional Associations

Corporate Members

Feed Related Organisations

ANAC acts as the voice of the feed industry, engaging with government policy makers, regulators, producer groups and feed industry stakeholders. Our efforts are aimed at fostering a favourable regulatory and business environment for the industry, while supporting initiatives to maintain the highest standards of feed and food safety. ANAC continues to prioritize the development of tools to support the feed industry in adapting to change.

Throughout 2022 and into 2023, ANAC’s dedicated team of six staff members based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada has undertaken a wide range of activities as described below.

Supporting industry through the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreaks

To ensure the feed industry’s voice was heard in discussions surrounding the ongoing challenges of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreaks, ANAC engaged in national and provincial meetings and working groups alongside key stakeholders, including the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and poultry and egg associations. ANAC collaborated in generating solutions that supported the feed industry, including revisions to permitting to reflect a more feasible approach to feed movements.

• newly identified HPAI cases
• movement controls
• biosecurity best practices

Persevering through supply chain disruptions

From extreme weather to labour shortages and lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian feed industry faced numerous supply chain challenges in 2022. To ensure the uninterrupted availability of livestock feed supply, ANAC reengaged its Supply Chain Advisory Committee to identify critical issues and generate practical solutions.

ANAC worked with the CFIA to rapidly implement temporary measures allowing for ingredient substitutions and flexibilities around minimum nutrient requirements without regulatory burden or reprisals. With these concessions, the Canadian feed industry was able to continue supplying safe and nutritious livestock feed during this challenging time.

Paving the way for the modernized Feeds Regulations

After 13 years of dedicated effort, ANAC continues advocating for the feed industry in the development of modernized regulations. Collaborative work with the CFIA, Health Canada (HC) and other industry associations has resulted in meaningful revisions to the proposed regulations that add value across agri-food sectors.

Once the new Feeds Regulations are officially published, anticipated for Fall 2023, the implementation of the new legislation will be phased in over 18 months.

ANAC has begun offering training and developing tools and resources to support our members in transitioning to the new regulations. Providing guidance to our members through channels such as webinars and one-on-one support will continue to be a priority.

New milestone in the journey to accessible in-feed VHP use
Previously, veterinary health products (VHPs) were not permitted to be mixed into feed, although this is set to change with the publication of the modernized regulations. At the moment due to the outcomes of a pilot project, 12 VHPs are notified for use in non-medicated and medicated feeds. ANAC continues working closely with the CFIA and HC to ensure government and industry are ready to notify new VHP options upon the publication of the updated Feeds Regulations, 2023.

Leveraging industry expertise to encourage policy advancement

Reduced burden for production performance claims
ANAC worked with the CFIA to broaden the applicability of efficacy data for production performance claims for feed products. New flexibilities now allow data to be used more broadly with generalized production performance claims, extrapolation between physiologically similar species, and use of higher p-values to characterize trends or tendencies.

Gut modifier product category offers new possibilities for environmental benefit claims
Previously in Canada, gut modifying products were recognized as drugs, not feeds. Recently published guidance will improve access, utility and marketing for feed products with a mode of action in an animal’s gastrointestinal tract.

ANAC alongside producer groups successfully advocated for the allowance of environmental claims for products in this category. This will hopefully lead to the approval of feed products with environmental benefit claims, including reduced enteric methane production.

Improving the environmental sustainability of the feed industry

As demands on environmental performance continue to evolve, ANAC remains committed to sustainability. The Association has been involved in several sustainability initiatives:

• NAC joined the Technical Expert Team to provide expertise for the development of the Livestock Feed Management Protocol. This protocol will be part of the Federal GHG Offset System.
• The Association remains a member of the Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI), which provides a publicly available feed Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) database.
• ANAC became a sponsoring partner of the National Index on Agri-Food Performance, a collaborative effort between private-public partners to develop a comprehensive view of sustainability within Canada’s agri-food sector, from food production to retail.

Having a voice in Canadian animal health issues

ANAC joined the membership of Animal Health Canada in May 2023. As a member ANAC will provide a voice for the feed industry to inform work around animal health challenges including emergency response plans for animal disease outbreak such as African Swine Fever as well as antimicrobial resistance.

Feeding Canadian livestock with confidence

FeedAssure® v.4 (2022) program implemented
A new version of FeedAssure^®, a comprehensive feed safety management and certification program managed by ANAC, was launched in March 2022. The standard was updated to reflect changes and scientific advancements in the feed industry, as well as to conform to the anticipated modernized regulations. The program remains the gold standard for feed safety in Canada, maintaining the core principles of HACCP while expanding on areas such as biosecurity, supplier approval, feed defense, feed fraud and crisis management. As of March 1, 2023, all facilities are being audited to the revised standard.

Sharing knowledge with a broad audience

Providing quality feed industry education
The Canadian Feed Industry Education Program (CFIEP) is a modular course that provides valuable insights into diverse feed industry topics. Designed to be applicable across different roles within the industry and beyond, CFIEP combines foundational knowledge with practical applications. The release of the first four online modules in 2022 generated positive responses from industry employees, producers, students, academics, and government personnel in Canada and internationally. Further modules will be launched in 2023 and these learning opportunities are open to individuals anywhere in the world wishing to know more about the Canadian feed industry.

Helping stakeholders understand feed consumption across Canada
ANAC published its second annual Canadian Livestock Feed Consumption Statistics Report, providing  estimates of livestock feed consumption volumes in Canada broken down by species and geography. The report aims to help stakeholders understand livestock feed demand across Canada and track changes in the Canadian feed industry over time.

Fostering scientific innovation
To address concerns related to African Swine Fever potentially entering North American feed facilities, ANAC, along with Kansas State University, IFEEDER, the Swine Health Information Center and the United Soybean Board jointly funded research on feed mill decontamination. The objective of this project is to identify efficient and practical methods for decontaminating feed mills in the event of a disease outbreak. The research project is expected to be completed in 2023.

For more information on ANAC and the work of the Association, please visit: www.anacan.org.

In 2022 and 2023 IFIF continued to strengthen its relationship with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and input in the development, updating and implementation of WOAH standards and guidelines to contribute to improved animal health and productivity.

IFIF joined the 90th and 91st WOAH General Session, highlighting the cooperation between IFIF and WOAH, in particular with regards to the prevention and management of infectious diseases, including zoonotic diseases, is vital and our cooperation should strengthen linkages between feed safety and food safety.

At the last face to face meeting in 2019, IFIF presented to the 900 delegates of the 87th General Session of the World Assembly of the WOAH Delegates and confirmed its commitment to partnership with the WOAH, underlined that animal nutrition is an important contributor to promote animal health and welfare, and underlined the feed industry’s commitment to strong biosecurity measures under our control to ensure feed safety and integrity.

The WOAH IFIF cooperation further aims to strengthen links between feed safety and food safety. IFIF works with the WOAH to contribute to improved animal health and productivity, which in the end leads to a positive contribution to public health.

Gross output value of feed industry keeps growing

The gross output value of the industrial feed industry was 1316.85 billion yuan (CNY), up 7.6% year on year, total revenue was 1261.73 billion yuan up 8.0% with the output value of feed 1181.66 billion yuan and total revenue 1136.38 billion yuan, up 7.8% & 8.2% for each, output value and total revenue of feed additive reached 126.77 billion yuan and 116.79 billion yuan, up 9.8% & 5.2%, and feed machinery products was 8.42 billion yuan, down 26.9% and total revenue 8.56 billion yuan up 11.1% than 2021.

Total industrial feed production reached 0.3 billion tons

The total industrial feed output was 302.234 million tons, up 3.0% than last year, with the output of compound feed was 280.212 million tons up 3.7%, concentrate feed was 14.262 million tons down 8.1%, additive premix was 6.522 million tons down 1.6%. The output of pig feed increased by 4.0% reached 135.975 million tons. The output of layer feed was 32.109 million tons, down 0.6%. The output of broiler feed was 89.254 million tons, up 0.2%; the output of ruminant feed was 16.168 million tons, up 9.2%. The output of aquatic feed was 25.257 million tons, up 10.2%. The output of pet feed was 1.237 million tons, increased by 9.5%. The output of others feed was 2.233 million tons, down 7.2%. In terms of sales methods, the bulk feed was 107.031 million tons, up 18.5% than 2021, accounting for 38.2% of the total output of compound feed and up 4.8%.

The output of Feed additive production experienced a small fall

The output of feed additives was 14.688 million tons, down 0.6% year on year; with the directly prepared feed additives 13.687 million tons and 0.1% up. The output of mixed feed additives was 1.001 million tons, down 8.8%. The output of amino acids, 4.492 million tons, up 5.6%, the output of microbial preparation and non-protein nitrogen keeps increasing, up 6.7% & 59.1%. Vitamins 1.5 million tons down 15.4%, and output of mineral elements, enzyme preparation, antioxidant was down 0.7%, 12.5%, 14.1% year on year respectively.

Intensive operation adjusted

36 feed mills’ production scale reached 1 million tons or more, decrease of 3 mills over the previous year, and their output accounts for 57.5% of the total feed output in China, down 2.2% year-on-year. There are 6 enterprise groups in China with an annual output more than 10 million tons, 947 feed mills with an annual output of more than 0.1 million tons of feed, decrease of 10 mills over the previous year. Total output was 173.81 million tons, down 1.8%. The proportion in the total national feed production is 57.5%, 2.8% down year on year. 13 feed mills have an annual output of more than 0.5 million tons, 1 feed mill less than last year and the maximum output of feed mill is 1.276 million tons.

Regional layout keeps stable

There are 13 provinces with feed output exceeding 10 million tons in China, same as 2021. They are Shandong, Guangdong, Liaoning, Guangxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Hebei, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Anhui and Jiangxi. The output of Shandong province reached 44.848 million tons, up 0.2% year on year; the output of Guangdong province was 35.272 million tons, down by 1.3%. The total output value of feed products of Shandong & Guangdong provinces continues to remain over 100 billion yuan with 171.2 billion yuan and 151.7 billion yuan respectively. The feed output of 22 provinces increased year on year, of which 5 provinces including Ningxia, Fujian, Inner Mongolia, Anhui and Henan, increased by more than 10%.

For more information, please visit www.chinafeed.org.cn

IFIF works closely with other chain partners with the objective to find a common voice to address the challenges and opportunities in the agri chain, including with the following organisations:

• HealthforAnimals
• International Dairy Federation (IDF)
• International Egg Commission (IEC)
• International Meat Secretariat (IMS)
• International Poultry Council (IPC)
• Global Dairy Platform (GDP)
• Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (RTSB)
• World Farmers Organization (WFO)
• World Renderers Organization (WRO)

In 2022 and 2023, IFIF worked on a number of strategic join initiatives with these partners, including coordinating input and efforts at the FAO-led LEAP Partnership, the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL),  the UN Food Systems Summit (UN FSS) Process and the COAG Sub-Committee on Livestock.

The Chamber of Feed Industry brings together the main companies in the country that produce animal feed in its different lines: poultry, swine, livestock, pets, minor species and aquaculture. The Feed Industry is the agribusiness link of the livestock sector chain that converts raw materials of agricultural origin into food for the production of meat, fish, eggs, milk, cheese and dairy products, being the primary source of animal protein. The companies affiliated to the Chamber of Feed Industry represent the 85% of the total production of manufactured commercial animal feed.

The Chamber is currently working on four strategic issues: Sustainability, Competitiveness and Internationalization, Legal Certainty and Regulatory Simplification, and Innovation and Digital Transformation.

The Chamber of Feed Industry achieved strategic results in favor of the industry, seeking to facilitate the management of each of its members by the modernization of a 24-year-old regulation, thus enabling international regulatory harmonization; the promotion of international standards for feed safety, best manufacturing practices and strategies for the development of an adequate risk profiling model; the support of digital transformation processes and regulatory simplification in the feed authorities to increase competitiveness in the industry and the agribusiness sector; and by the promotion of education and specialized training in best practices for the industry.

Key Market Developments

Compound feed production estimates for 2022

According to data provided by FEFAC members, the EU compound feed production (EU 27) for farmed animals in 2022 is estimated at 145,7 Mt.¹, i.e. a decrease of 3.8% compared to 2021 due to the combined effect of the spread of animal diseases (ASF & AI). The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the related EU energy crisis have significantly impacted the EU economy and inflation, leading to reduced demand for animal products, hence impacting the production and demand for feed. In general, only Austria, Finland, Ireland, Poland and Slovenia managed to slightly increase/stabilise their feed production, “Green environmental and animal welfare” policies continued to play a role in key member states (Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands ) and kept the pressure on reducing livestock population numbers.

The EU pig feed sector was the most affected, with production falling by as much as 3 Mio.t (-6.5%) compared to 2021. Similarly, poultry feed production in 2022 experienced a decrease of almost 2 Mio.t (-3.5%) compared to 2021. Cattle feed production slightly decreased by 0.5 Mio.t (-1%) as a result of the stabilization of the production compared to 2021 when severe drought triggered increased demand for dairy feed (consequently this has increased demand for compound feed).

In some countries, especially small farms closed their businesses due to the deteriorating economic situation and profitability of farms. Pig meat exporting countries reduced their production as China continued to recover from ASF and no longer imports pork volumes at previous levels. In addition, the high cost of utilities during the winter led to the situation when some farms skipped production cycles, all impacting the demand for feed.

Looking at the market outlook for 2023, production of main animal species (but poultry) is expected to further decrease². The herd decapitalisation is progressive in the main EU producers while uncertainties around feed and fertiliser prices as well as inflation are influencing the market. This will have undoubtedly an impact on the feed market. FEFAC estimates that EU27 compound production in 2023 will further decline by 1.5%. The poultry & pig feed sectors may experience a rebound in Q4 but this will not compensate for the entire loss in 2021/2022. Avian influenza, economic uncertainty, and “green and animal welfare” policies continue to be the main market drivers for the upcoming year. Regulatory uncertainty may further weigh on farmers and their decisions to stay in/leave businesses. Serious doubts remain on the impact of bans/restrictions on raw materials import from Ukraine on local markets and production in neighbouring (HU, PL, SK, RO) & other (BG) countries. At the same time, drought problems in southwest Europe may lead to increased needs for imports of raw materials, hence it will be important to maintain the functioning of the Black Grain Sea initiative. Growing imports of animal products also from other third countries may further weigh on EU feed demand.

2nd Charter Progress Report 2022

On 7 September 2022, FEFAC published its 2nd Charter Progress Report 2022³, providing an overview of the past year on the FEFAC activities and deliverables in relation to the five ambitions that were included in the FEFAC Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 released in September 2020. These ambitions jointly provide a comprehensive approach to how the European Feed Industry can contribute to the development of more sustainable livestock and aquaculture value chains.

The 2nd Charter Progress Report points out the importance of increasing the focus on Ambition V on the socio-economic environment and resilience of the livestock & aquaculture sectors in view of the challenging production conditions, which endured the exacerbating effect of the Ukraine crisis of a global market rally for feed grains, which already started at the end of 2021.

Circular Feed publication

In June 2022, FEFAC released its publication on “Circular Feed – Optimised Nutrient Recovery Through Animal Nutrition”⁴. The publication showcased the European feed industry’s practical interpretation and illustration of the circular feed concept, providing current-day examples of how the sector contributes to recovering nutrients from the circular economy. In this publication, FEFAC invites regulators to proceed with a systematic review of legislative bottlenecks in the EU regulatory framework which currently restrict a higher level of circularity in EU food systems through innovative animal nutrition solutions.

Publication on Advanced feeding strategies for enhanced circular sustainable livestock and aquaculture production

In its latest publication “Advanced animal feed strategies to support the transition towards more sustainable and circular livestock and aquaculture production”⁵ FEFAC presents an overview of the potential contributions to more sustainable supply chains of animal feeding strategies whether based on specific ingredients, formulation or process. In addition, practical case studies showcasing existing and emerging sustainable animal nutrition techniques available on the FEFAC website⁶. It also directly connects to the 5 key ambitions detailed in the FEFAC Feed Sustainability Charter 2030⁷.

The purpose of this publication is to facilitate access to chain partners and decision-makers to sound scientific-based information on the techniques themselves, how they work and for which species, but also some considerations on the economic impacts and trade-offs. It cross-refers to the work done by the IFIF Animal Nutrition Innovation subgroup as regards the contribution of animal nutrition to animal health and welfare.

With this initiative, FEFAC wanted to show the decision makers, our chain partners and the public by concrete examples that there is a science-based alternative to having a narrow focus of simply bringing down the livestock population in the EU.

This publication focusing on practical case studies showcasing existing animal feeding strategies are now available online.

EU Deforestation Regulation

The EU Deforestation-free supply chain Regulation (EUDR) was published in June 2023, with application of the key articles in December 2024. Still, numerous operational questions on practical implementation remain open for clarification by the European Commission and the big question is how Member States will implement it, in particular regarding compliance of certain chain of custody systems used widely in soy commodity trade. FEFAC will continue to lobby for harmonised implementation at the Member State level of the new Regulation, which will install a new paradigm for deforestation-free soy sourcing as from 2025. In the meantime, FEFAC performed a mid-term review of its Soy Sourcing Guidelines addressing two key elements:

• Turning the criterion on conversion-free soy from desired into essential
• Strengthening and clarification of the verification requirements, in particular on conversion-free soy

FEFAC continues to call for allowing certified purchases to play a key role in meeting the requirements to deforestation-free soy sourcing.

EU/UKR & crisis management

The destabilisation of Ukraine by the Russian invasion since 24 February 2022 impacted massively on global grain, food and fertiliser markets, as Russia and Ukraine are key international agricultural exporters. FEFAC established a new FEFAC Task Force on emerging feed supply chain security threats to gather data and information (on stocks, logistic issues, identifying raw materials dependencies and possible impacts) from its members & feed industry experts from Ukraine, in order to provide the EU Commission with accurate and timely market impact analysis directly from the field. Among others, FEFAC pointed to a sufficient exportable surplus available in America (USA, Argentina, Brazil) to substitute “short-term” blocked Ukraine exports of maize for feed use. However, with a potential risk of non-compliance of America´s“ maize with EU standards on pesticide residues and GMOs, FEFAC called for some relaxation limited in nature and time to these standards to facilitate access to this corn while not compromising public health. These requests were heard by the EU Commission allowing the possibility for Member States to grant temporary MRLs in case of risk of acute shortage (article 18(4) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005) in the end. Temporary granted national MRL were introduced by Spain and Portugal in the following months.

• Highlighting the importance of new trade agreements and the importance of the flexibility of a Single Market “Trade-limiting policies can increase vulnerability to shocks.
• Highlighting the growing competition for the availability of biomass or disruption in supply chains for co-products by the Biogas sector can create market disturbances resulting from “unintended consequences“ linked to the EU energy crisis management.
• Pointing out to the EU feed vulnerabilities such as dependency on imports of protein-rich feed (e.g. soya meal), feed additives or micro-ingredients & calling for measures to address them.

Review of EU protein strategy

FEFAC is actively participating in the EU protein policy review. The Commission plans to update its 2018 report Development of plant proteins during 2023. The report should look at the issue from a more holistic perspective focusing also on food demand and supply of plant-based protein, next to feed demand, but also other circularity aspects of livestock and alternative protein sources (algae, insect, fermented products, amino acids, cultivated meat). FEFAC key messages are:

• Data is key: the EU feed protein balance sheet proved to be a very valuable source of information in the process of reviewing protein policy, especially when it comes to suggesting specific policy actions. The upcoming Livestock protein efficiency initiatives is expected to further improve the understanding of the EU protein market and facilitate targeted actions.
• The feed industry is committed to further enhancing its circularity by working eg. towards even higher usage of co-products in their feed formulas, however increasing usage for those materials coming primarily from the bioenergy sector may compromise this objective.
• Member States’ involvement in the policy reviewing process is crucial, not only from an implementation perspective but also from a „lessons learned“ perspective as many MS already initiated their own national protein strategic plans in the last decade.
• EU´s dependency on high protein feed materials should not be exchanged for another dependency on feed additives (in case there is a „push“ for low protein diets with higher use of synthetic amino acids).
• The feed industry is ready to use more alternative proteins, however, they must become more economically feasible. New “upcoming” alternative proteins (e.g. biorefining) are also very promising.
• The soil productivity is not always suitable to grow food-quality grains and oilseeds. The discussion should not be oversimplified e.g. suggesting to use land that produces feed to produce directly grains and oilseeds for the food market.
• Farmers need to have tools such as new genomic techniques to face Farm to Fork implications (less fertiliser usage by 2030). Otherwise, the protein content of grains and oilseeds will suffer.

Environmental performance

The European Commission published in March 2023 its proposal for an EU Directive on Green Claims, meant to provide a horizontal framework for environmental claims in a B2C context for all economic sectors. The European Commission foresees the legislation to play an important role in tackling “greenwashing” and have consumers protected from unsubstantiated green claims. Regretfully, the proposal does not grant to the Product Environment Footprint (PEF) methodology the status as privileged reference method that was expected. The key challenges to the suitability of the PEF method focused on supposedly favouring intensive over extensive production systems, misjudging organic production and not being able to capture certain impacts such as biodiversity or animal welfare.

For FEFAC, this proposal on Green Claims does not deliver a direct recognition of PEF and the PEFCR Feed that FEFAC anticipated, but it does not prevent either for FEFAC to continue to position the PEFCR Feed as the key methodological reference for communication on the environmental footprint of feed, taking into consideration that the EU Green Claims proposal deals with B2C communication primarily. In the past year, a FEFAC-FEFANA Joint Task Force Green Labelling has been working on guidance for the use of the PEF method as a basis for green feed labelling for endorsement by authorities by the end of 2023.

On 31 October 2022, the GFLI published an updated version of its database, which was originally made available in November 2020. It includes a variety of changes and new feed ingredients (rendered products, animal protein products, former foodstuffs, US & Canada state-level crop data, Brazil crops and processed ingredients at a state/regional level). The publication is accompanied by a presentation with explanations about the update. The GFLI database now contains 1511 datasets.

Contaminants

The revision of maximum limits for many contaminants, including arsenic and dioxins is ongoing. Among the most critical orientations, FEFAC flagged the establishment of a maximum level of p-phenetidine as an indicator of the use of ethoxyquin as an antioxidant, which is no longer permitted in the EU. FEFAC continued its coordinated lobbying to avoid the setting of maximum limits for mycotoxins other than aflatoxin in compound feed. The discussions with Member States were postponed in 2022 due to the geopolitical context of the impact of the war in Ukraine on the EU and global grain market. They are expected to resume in the second half of 2023.

FEFAC participated in consultations on the establishment of carry-over limits for antibiotics in non-target feed. The option currently yielding most support from authorities is the setting of the limits based on 1% of the lowest dosage, which may seriously compromise the ability to produce medicated feed in multi-purpose feed mills.

The EU has also launched an action plan to phase out the production and use of PFAS and, in parallel, is establishing limits for feed and food. The entry into force of the limits for products of animal origin in January 2023 showed that certain feed ingredients such as fish meal could be highly contaminated, with risk of non-compliance of organic eggs in Denmark. Specific limits for feed may be set for certain PFAS in the coming years

For more information please visit https://www.fefac.eu/

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1 Without Luxembourg, Greece and Malta, from 2016 on, FEFAC no longer includes dry pet food production in its statistics, considering that a large part of the production was missing in national statistics.
2 https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/data-and-analysis/markets/outlook/short-term_en
3 https://fefac.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Final_Feed-sustainability-charter-annual-progress-report-2022_WEB-1.pdf
4 https://fefac.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/FEFAC-circular-feed-publication.pdf
5 https://fefac.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Final_Advanced-Feeding-Strategies_Brochure_Print_WEB.pdf
6 https://fefac.eu/pages/sustainable-animal-feeding-strategies/
7 https://fefac.eu/home/fefac-feed-sustainability-charter-2030/

FEFANA’s overall mission is to promote, safeguard and defend the common and general interests of the industry of SFIs and their Mixtures. It represents the views of its Members to the EU authorities and, via its network of national partners in key EU Member States, also to the Competent Authorities of these countries. FEFANA has gained a strong positive reputation across Europe to key decision-makers and it has built close contact with other stakeholders of the feed and food chain.

FEFANA is a well-recognized IFIF full member. Representing the supplying industry, FEFANA plays a significant role in the feed & food chain and shares a common responsibility with the compound feed industry. FEFANA views IFIF as the interface to certain key international organisations, such as FAO, Codex, OIE and ISO, and the ideal platform to meet with other actors of the feed and food chain.

1. Main current working topics

Modernisation of the Feed Additive Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003

FEFANA has been positioning itself very early in the process, flagging critically important items since the European Commission had initiated the Evaluation of Regulation (EC) 1831/2003 as part of the Better Regulation agenda in 2018. Since then, FEFANA has been one of the key stakeholders for the EC to revise this piece of legislation.

The revision of Regulation (EC) No. 1831/2003 aims at facilitating the placing on the market of innovative feed additives enabling more efficient and sustainable livestock production – a very important recognition for the sector.

FEFANA and its members recognise that there are still a number of aspects that need to be given greater emphasis and tackled in order to truly unleash the potential of the sector. This would allow not only to deliver on the ambitious goals of the European Green Deal, but also to provide much needed modern solutions to the livestock chain and society’s needs.

Examples of such aspects are:

• the recognition of feed additives’ contribution in reducing the need for the use of antibiotics, which in turn contributes to the fight against antimicrobial resistance
• more clarity and flexibility in the definition and functions of feed additives to create better grounds for innovation
• a more flexible framework and enhanced protection for innovation, through time-limited exclusive rights for applicants for authorisations that commit to applications and to placing innovative additives on the market
• the possibility of communicating innovative benefits using claims for feed additives and premixtures
• a measure providing for a specific Community Code of good labelling practice
• the revision of the current efficacy assessment undertaken by EFSA to move to a less restrictive approach allowing applicants the possibility to fully describe the effects, purpose, and intention of use of the feed additive.

FEFANA is (pro)actively involved in making sure that these and other elements are addressed in the on-going process of modernising the key regulation for our industry. Nevertheless, it has been recently announced by the European Commission that the launch of the legislative proposal has been officially postponed (likely) to the next term of the Commission in 2024. The REFIT Evaluation report is expected to be released soon. FEFANA is closely following the ongoing developments.

FEFANA consortia for the authorization of feed additives in the EU

Through an efficient cooperation system, manufacturers and importers of feed additives were offered the opportunity to participate in FEFANA Consortia and jointly prepare and submit applications for the re-authorisation of over 1000 additives. These are being evaluated by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) prior to re‐authorisation by the European Commission. The evaluation phase of some Consortia dossiers is still on-going and its completion might take a few more years.

FEFANA is committed not only in the daily management of the dossiers, but also on the practical implications that each re-authorisation may carry.

As of 2020 FEFANA also facilitates the creation of collaborative platforms for the renewal of authorisations for non-holder specific feed additives. While not acting as the applicant, FEFANA assists in the establishment of collaboration platforms allowing interested members to work jointly for dossier submissions for non-holder specific feed additives. Where required, FEFANA also offers administrative assistance and acts as contact point with competent authorities.

2. Resources

FEFANA online classification tools

The distinction between feed materials and feed additives has critical implications for the placing of these products on the EU market. Feed business operators and competent control authorities are frequently faced with questions regarding the classification of products. EU guidelines for the distinction between feed materials, feed additives, biocidal products and veterinary medicinal products (EC Recommendation 2011/25/EU of 14th January 2011) were established to avoid inconsistencies and to provide an appropriate level of legal certainty, misclassification having potentially severe consequences. Since the guidelines remain somewhat theoretical, a need for such a useful tool was perceived by the operators. The FEFANA on-line tool does not aim to substitute for the operators’ or the authorities’ responsibility to take a decision but is expected to be an important benchmark in the decision process: http://fefana.org/ClassTool/

FEFANA has also launched another user-friendly tool to support business operators in the categorization of the different types of mixtures as defined in the EU’s regulatory framework. The new tool is based on the definitions covered by the three reference EU Regulations for mixtures:

• Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (premixtures);
• Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed (compound feed);
• Regulation (EC) No 327/2015 on the requirements for the placing on the market and conditions of use of additives consisting of preparations (feed additive preparations).

This voluntary tool, alongside the one launched earlier on for the identification of single substances, will continue facilitating businesses and authorities in their efforts to ensure compliance with the relevant regulatory requirements in the EU:

http://www.fefana.com/MixtureClassificationTool/

FEFANA’s EU Code of Practice on voluntary labelling particulars (claims) for feed additives and premixtures

Claims on feed additives and premixtures are a common practice in the feed sector, while they are not referred to in Regulation (EC) 1831/2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition. FEFANA has decided to develop its Code in order to achieve a common approach amongst Feed Business Operators (FBOs), which can also be recognized by the authorities, to foster transparency, fair competition and predictability.

In order to ensure alignment along the European feed chain, FEFANA has taken into account other relevant codes of practice already in use; notably the “Code of good practice for the labelling of compound feed for food producing animals” developed jointly by FEFAC and Copa-Cogeca, and the “Code of good labelling practice for pet food” developed by FEDIAF. Complementarily to these documents, the FEFANA Code intends to improve the appropriateness of labelling and to bring a common understanding with regard to the rules applicable to voluntary labelling of feed additives and premixtures.

More information on the rationale and the process behind it, alongside the Code itself, is available at: http://fefana.org/eu-legislation/tools/code-of-practice-claims/

Publications and videos

Being the expert on Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures, FEFANA aims at providing technical and scientifically sound information on the benefits and safety of the products of its industry. In order to disseminate such knowledge, FEFANA has issued so far:

• Animated videos: FEFANA is working on a series of videos covering the benefits of specialty feed ingredients for current societal challenges, ranging from sustainability to animal welfare and the fight against antimicrobial resistance. The latter has been launched at the beginning of 2021 and the upcoming ones will soon be available on the dedicated webpage: https://fefana.org/info-centre/videos/
• Factsheets: in the last few years FEFANA has published a series of thematic Factsheets on the benefits of specialty feed ingredients and on activities carried out within FEFANA’s dedicated expert groups (e.g. revision of guidelines, organic farming, CLP-GHS)
• Booklets: FEFANA has published five booklets on different categories of products: Premixtures, Organic Acids, Carotenoids, Amino Acids, and Vitamins.

These and other publications are available on FEFANA’s virtual info center at: http://fefana.org/info-centre/publications/

For more information please visit: www.fefana.org or contact us by e-mail at: [email protected]

CLFMA Objectives:

1. To represent the Livestock Industry in various policy making forums related to Livestock Sector in India.
2. To provide information and education to the members and farming communities with a view to upgrade standards and performance levels of Livestock Sector to the potential.
3. To interface with scientific / other communities both within and outside the country to facilitate application of new scientific developments in the industry.
4. To provide a forum for interaction within the industry to learn and implement best practices amongst its members.

Thus, the broad objective has been to facilitate / enhance the contributions of the input providers and output processors to the development of Livestock Sector.

CLFMA Activities:

1. The feed manufacturers among our members have set up modern and efficient feed mills, with facilities for analytical testing of feed raw materials and finished feeds for providing quality assurance.
2. CLFMA has evolved standard specifications for compound feed for Cattle, Poultry and Pigs and for the purchase of feed raw materials, which should help in providing quality assurance to farmers.
3. CLFMA organizes / conducts National Symposia, Seminars and Orientation Courses at veterinary colleges, Farmer Workshops, and other educational programmes.
4. Encourages applied research- “CLFMA AWARDS” for the best research work in India.
5. CLFMA collects, classifies, and circulates Technical, Managerial and Statistical information, besides information on government policies – On line, latest news, and information on our website.
6. Makes representations to Central and State Governments and submits suggestions, thus providing a strong platform to voice of the industry before the Central and State Government.
7. CLFMA sponsors research / surveys and studies, which are necessary and helpful for the growth of Livestock Industry.

Indian Feed Industry:

The Indian Feed Industry is going through a phase which will set the direction for the next decade of Indian protein sufficiency. The Livestock sector provides about 6-6.5% to the GDP and total about 30% of the contribution to the Agricultural GDP. The Growth of the feed Industry is what we called as close to the Indian GDP number of 7-8% with a target to move up to 10% PA. The reasons attributed to this growth percentage has been the rise of Middle class with disposable Income, awareness about the dietary requirements and the overall rise in Population numbers. The feed industry is getting support from consumers in terms of market size moving higher but on the other hand there are challenges like:

• Industry Consolidation.
• Higher cost of Feed Raw Material cost.
• Import Export Policies and procedures.
• Country Protective policies.

In-spite of all these challenges India has managed to achieve fantastic results in terms of being:

No-1 – In Milk Production
No-2 – In Aquaculture Production
No-3– In Fish Production
No-3 – In Egg Production
No-5 – In Broiler Production

Indian Government Focus:

The Indian feed industry plays a crucial role in supporting the country’s agriculture sector and ensuring food security. In recent years, the government has been putting a stronger focus on the development of the feed industry to improve the overall economy and promote sustainable agriculture practices. One of the key areas of government focus has been to increase the production of high-quality feed ingredients within the country. This is in line with the government’s goal of achieving self-sufficiency in feed production and reducing reliance on imports. To support this, the government has launched various initiatives such as the National Livestock Mission, which aims to increase domestic production of feed ingredients and reduce the cost of animal feed. Another area of focus has been on promoting research and development in the feed industry. The government has established various research institutions and funded research projects to improve the quality and efficiency of feed production. This has resulted in the development of innovative and cost-effective feed formulations that have helped to increase the productivity of the agriculture sector.

Government Initiatives:

Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund:
The Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) was established as part of the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan stimulus package with a corpus of US$ 1.82 billion (Rs. 15,000 crore). The Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) has been given permission to promote private businesses, MSME, Farmers’ Producers Organisations (FPOs), and Section 8 companies investing in animal husbandry infrastructure to establish Dairy Processing and value addition.

A total of 6676 direct jobs have been created, and 1,00,000 farmers have benefited from 82 units, which includes Animal Feed Plants among others. To date, 95 projects have been funded. 61.56 lakh MT per year feed manufacturing capacity added to existing feed production capacity (Cattle Feed around 15.39 lakh MT per year, Poultry Feed around 46.17 lakh MT per year).

National Livestock Mission:
In 2014–15, the National Livestock Mission (NLM) was launched. With an emphasis on improving the supply of high-quality feed and fodder, risk management, efficient extension, improved credit flow, and livestock farmer/rearing organisations, among other things, this Mission was established with the aim of accomplishing the long-term development of the livestock industry. Through the following Sub-Missions, the scheme is carried out:

• Sub-Mission on Feed and Fodder development:
  In-order to enhance the supply of certified fodder seed required for fodder production, the fodder seed chain must be strengthened. Additionally, through financial incentives, the development of fodder Block/Hey Bailing/Silage Making Units by entrepreneurs is encouraged.
• Sub-Mission on Extension and Innovation:
  The purpose of the sub-mission is to encourage institutions, academic institutions, and companies that do research and development in the feed and fodder, sheep, goat, and pig industries, as well as extension programmes, livestock insurance, and innovation.

The CLFMA plays a crucial role in supporting the growth and development of the Indian feed industry. It provides a platform for feed manufacturers to come together, exchange knowledge and best practices, and address common issues and challenges. The association works closely with government bodies to represent the industry’s interests and advocate for policies and regulations that foster its growth.

For further information on the CLFA visit: https://www.clfma.org/

Members include 714 certified facilities including animal feed and feed Additive manufacturers, integrators, pharmaceutical companies, ingredient suppliers, equipment manufacturers and companies which supply other products, services and suppliers to feed manufacturers. The feed industry makes a major contribution to feed safety, nutrition and the environment, and it plays a critical role in the production of healthy, wholesome meat, milk, fish and eggs.

General services provided by IFIA:

• Consulting Services for Social Insurance
• Contract Affairs
• Legal Claims
• Tax consultancy
• Arbitration Center
• Ranking Centers

The report of the Iran Feed Industry Association was presented on Strategic Actions, Structural Measures, Major Studies, Research and Publication, and the most important International Measures. Some guild activities are informed with the aim of developing and strengthening the share of animal feed industry, employment and the national economy.

Strategic Actions

• Setting up “Statistics and Economic Information Center” of Iran Animal Feed Industry
• Establishment of the “National Fund” to support the development of Animal Feed Manufacturers
• Providing “Guideline Document of Export Development” in Animal Feed Industry, 2019- 2022.
• Correction of the Export Tariffs of animal feed
• Setting up the Arbitration center for Iran Animal Feed Industry
• Prohibition of the production of animal feed in breeding units during a five-year period (more than 60% of feed production in breeding units)
• Allocation annual Usence for export of 500 thousand tons of Feed to the international customers especially 15 countries with common borders.
• Providing the scheme of reforming the distribution pattern of feed stuff in order to supply affordable financial resources in different rings of Protein supply chain in the country
• Correction of the import tariffs of Feed Stuffs
• Decreasing the tax exemption:
  — from 6% to 5% for Feed Mills
  — from 13% to 12% for importers.
  — from 4% to 3% for Wholesalers
  — from 11% to 10% for retailers.
• Reducing investment risk in Iran Animal Feed Industry
• Setting up the National Center for Ranking and Competitiveness in Animal Feed Industry
• Launching the Arbitration Center of Animal Feed Industry

Structural Measures

• Setting up a continuous communication system with the members through SMS, and social networks like WhatsApp and Telegram
• With the aim of informing the members, quick following up and correction the disruptive business issues, the unit of the surveillance of regulations and directives has been launched.
• Standardization of processes and consolidation of ISO 9001 in the IFIA
• Official Audit of 68 Feed Production units for issuing Export Code
• Holding 14 joint webinars with Iran Veterinary Organization (IVO) In order to improve the quantity and quality of feed production in Iran with various issues such as grain sampling, standardization of feed mills, etc.
• Participate in important international specialized events and webinars in the field of animal feed (companies and organizations), prepare and publish regular reports and informing members and followers on social networks.
• Holding 12 training courses of GMP in different cities of Iran for promoting the level of Feed Safety in Feed Production with participation of IVO, Ministry of Agriculture-Jihad representatives and the directors, QC and Technical managers of Feed Mills
• In order to promote public awareness and belief in the role of animal feed in sustainable development and increase the role of animal feed industry in production, employment and national income, IFIA over the past year has published specialized reports and posters in the field of animal feed, animal health and sustainability in feed production, as well as the importance of a healthy environment and biodiversity on its social medias such as Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.
• Signing a memorandum of cooperation with the Standard Research Institute to hold operational training courses
• Signing a memorandum of cooperation with the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology with the aim of supporting high-tech and knowledge-based companies with a focus on the production of feed additives and supplements.

Major Studies, Research and Publication

• Publishing the book of “Iran a new Era” 2019,2020 version
• Translating and publishing Fao’s book called: Good practices for the feed sector.
• Running the second national competitions for successful experiments and Benchmarking in Animal Feed industry, with the aim of encouraging feed manufacturers to share their successful experiences.

The most important International Measures

• Holding two annual meetings with the presence of members of parliament, all deputies of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of industry, mine and trade and heads of specialized organizations on animal feed.

The most important steps taken by Iran Veterinary Organization in relation to the Animal Feed Manufacturers Units

Assessment of documents for approval of importing raw materials and Ready- to- Feed for livestock, poultry and aquaculture:
Aquaculture Feed: 37 facilities
Pet Feed (Dog, Cat, Birds, etc…): imports banned.
Livestock Feed (Milk Powder) 21 facilities
Feed Ingredients (Concentrate, Fat Powder, Gluten, etc…) 97 facilities

Participate in scientific-specialized working groups
Specialist working groups of Livestock, Poultry and Aquaculture Feed: 28 cases
Feed Technical Committees: 9 cases
National Standards Organization meetings: 31 cases
Working Group of Residue (for animal feed use): 18 cases

State of Iran Compound Feed in 2019,20

In 2020, 714 feed mills manufactured 10.5 Million tons of animal feed, of which 6000 thousand tons cattle feed, 4000 thousand tons poultry feed, 400 thousand tons Aquaculture feed and 100 thousand tons other animal’s feed.

According official statistics of Agriculture-Jihad Ministry, total amount of required feed ingredients is 85656 thousand tons. The highest required ingredient of wheat and barley bran is 15168 thousand tons, and the lowest required input of feed wheat is 920 thousand tons.

JFMA’s Activities

Industry Representation and Collaboration
As representatives of feed manufacturers and related companies, we collaborate with the government and the relevant domestic organizations to protect the industry’s interests and promote its development. We also collaborate with the international organizations to exchange information and monitor regulatory trends.

Information Provision and Awareness Campaigns
We provide information and carry out awareness campaigns regarding the feed industry. We provide member companies with information on regulatory and legislative changes, market trends, technological innovations, and work on to enhance industry awareness and competitiveness.

Establishment of Standards and Regulations
We take part in the establishment of quality standards, safety standards, and regulations for feed. We develop standards and regulations for feed with safety and environmental consideration and promote compliance across the industry.

Problem Solving and Consultation
We collaborate with member companies and relevant organizations to seek solutions to issues and challenges the feed industry faces. We also serve as a consultation point for member companies and the general public.

We are relying imported feed ingredients.

Feed supply in Japan relies on imports for most of feed grains such as corn, sorghum, barley, wheat, which total 13,266 thousand tons a year.

Corn imported mainly from the United States and Brazil, accounts for 46.7% of formula and mixed feed material. Second largest is soybean meal (12.7%), the third is rice (5.6%).

Accordingly, substantial increase in manufacturing cost caused by price hike of corn and other imported feed materials, as well as high freight rates and weaker yen against US dollar, has been causing negative impact only both livestock and feed business in Japan.

Fights against infectious animal diseases.

Since September 2018, Japan has been suffering from an outbreak of classical swine fever, and the Japanese government began vaccinating pigs in October 2019. However, there are still sporadic outbreaks of classical swine fever on farms, and wild boars infected with swine fever the found throughout “Honshu” the main island of Japan. There is no case of African swine fever reported in Japan, but it has very widely spread from China and other South-East Asian countries to South Korea, a neighboring country of Japan although separated by the sea. Our animal hygiene authorities and the related industries are on their highest alert, and the members of JFMA have been taking tightest sanitary measures on their plants.

In the past some winter seasons, avian flu carried by migratory birds was also a source of threat. Last winter, the disease broke out on 84 farms, and 17.52 million birds were destroyed.

Our initiatives to pursue sustainability and environmental goals.

In the last decade, the use of domestically produced rice as an ingredient for compound feed to replace imported corn has taken root under the government’s supportive measures to promote the diversification of rice production. Such development of new market for domestic rice not only contributes to land conservation and regional revitalization by preventing the abandonment of paddy fields in economically and socially declining country side, but also curbs greenhouse gas emissions by shortening the transportation distance.

We are also making technical efforts to produce low phosphor and low nitrogen feed to lead to smaller release of these substances in the environment.

Recycling use of food by-products under appropriate sanitary control is another initiative taken by our feed industry to encourage effective use of limited resources and reduction of environmental burdens.

Number of farms raising livestock

As of February 1^st 2022, number of farms raising dairy cattle was　13,300 (decreased by 4.0%), and number of heads of dairy cows was 1.371 million (increased by 1.5%).

Number of farms raising beef cattle was 40,400 (decreased by 3.6%), and number of heads was 2.614 million (increased by 1.1%).

Number of farms raising pigs was 3,590 (decreased by 4.0%), and number of heads was 8.949 million (increased by 3.4%).

Number of farms raising layer was 1,880 (decreased by 4.0%), and number of birds was 18.266 million (decreased by 0.4%).

Number of farms raising broilers was 2,100 (decreased by 2.8%), and number of birds was 139.23 million (decreased by 0.3%).

The overall trend in recent years is that retirement of many small-scale household business has led to increase in the scale of average farms.

For more information please visit: www.jafma.or.jp.

Feedlatina works to promote increased dialogue between the feed industry and regulatory agencies and is based on a further sharing of responsibilities between them in order to promote compliance with technical and commercial regulations “ Co Regulation”. We act as a mediator with Official Bodies to promote the development, harmonization and maintenance of the regulatory frameworks that guarantee free trade in the animal nutrition market, based on quality, safety and food security.

Feedlatina implemented its STDF/PG/345: Feed and Food Security Program, A project for regulatory harmonization and feed safety in Latin America and the Caribbean. The STDF/PG/345 program was supported by the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) a global partnership that supports developing countries in building their capacity to implement international sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards, guidelines and recommendations as a means to improve their human, animal, and plants health status to gain or maintain access to markets. And after the completion of the project, we continued with our daily work of regulatory harmonization and institutional strengthening to promote food security and production sustainability. We produce and disseminate informative material and promote the education and credibility of the animal feed sector in our region.

At the moment, Feedlatina works concurrently with 3 technical work groups, with the participation of the associates.

The technical group on additives seeks Harmonization of the Definition and Classification of Food Additives, as well as Harmonization of Labeling, and its objective is to prepare a guide, so that the different Latin American countries can consult it when they are revising or creating new legislation referring to the requirements for registration of additives, or whenever they deem necessary and opportune.

The development of new technologies requires a long time of research and high investment. The purpose of the harmonization or of the guide itself is to ensure that companies develop new technologies to meet the new requirements of the world, such as, for example, the use of more sustainable products in animal production and that it is guaranteed that this new technology can be used, classified and indicated according to the purpose for which it was created. We are in the final phase of the project, preparing the last version of the document that has already been reviewed by the authorities of the countries involved (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay) and we will present the finalized document later this year, 2023.

Feedlatina also has a Technical Samples Group whose objective is to survey the procedures for requesting product samples for registration and/or renewal of registration in the main countries of the region and suggest to the authorities improvements in processes, making them faster and less expensive. costly to companies and consequently generating and encouraging greater trade between them.

Through its Technical Statistics Group, it reviews, monitors and evaluates the production, import and export numbers of the animal nutrition market in its region, always being up-to-date and ahead of every macro scenario in which it operates.

In addition to these 3 groups, Feedlatina opens a new group whenever necessary, such as specific groups to discuss suggestions for a specific legislation placed in public consultation by a country. Thus, we give strength and support to our associates by sending suggestions through the association.

We participate in symposiums and annually organize the Latin American Workshop on Animal Nutrition Regulatory Affairs, in addition to several meetings between the Official Regulators of the countries and private partners to foster their relationship.

In 2022, Feedlatina organized and promoted the II Latin American Workshop on Animal Nutrition Regulatory Affairs, in Mexico City, which had a significant presence of its associates and officials from 11 countries, where updates to the respective legislation and issues relevant to the smooth running of trade between countries.

In 2023, the III Latin American Workshop on Animal Nutrition Regulatory Affairs takes place in Chile Santiago and again has a well-designed and interesting agenda, integrating the public and private sectors.

Today Feedlatina is consolidated as a permanent regional and International Space for Public and Private cooperation in the field of animal nutrition. We give support and negotiate in regulatory matters with the different regulatory agencies and support for trade facilities between countries and economics blocs. We are in constant contact with the government agencies of the Latin America and Caribbean countries through their Ministries and Services of Agriculture, Livestock and food safety, which support the association and allow it to be updated on legislation and actual information. Such as Statistical data of Latin America Market, national production and foreign trade between the countries.

The Association seeks to strengthen the imagen of Latin America and Caribbean to the consumers and enable developing countries to join forces and strengthen their representation.

The integration between the countries of the region and the region with the world, facilitating trade of Latin America Bloc.

Feedlatina will continue working to support a robust, integrated and strong Latin America.

Annual Feed Production Statistics for the Year Ending December 2020

These statistics report total tonnage of manufactured animal feed and total tonnage of raw materials used in feed production. This report does not include blended feed.

These statistics now include the breakdown of species-specific data for feed production.

Please note all figures reported in the tables below in this Executive Summary are in metric tonnes (unless otherwise specified).

For more information please visit: www.nzfma.org.nz.

The Global Macro-economic Environment

The year 2021 ended with a promise of a potential recovery of the global economy, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasting global growth of 4,9% in 2022, following a solid recovery of 6,1% in 2021.

However, this picture quickly changed when Russia invaded Ukraine, disrupting global value and supply chains and causing a sharp increase in oil, fertiliser, and agricultural commodity prices. This further raised concerns about inflationary risks in the developed world and the long-persistent impact of COVID-19 and monkeypox, which had continued to disrupt the value and supply chains, specifically in Asia, where there were still hard lockdowns in much of this year.

The IMF forecasted global growth at 3,2% (revised down from the previous estimate of 4,9%). The economy is likely to remain depressed through 2022/23, as the IMF places global growth at 2,9% for the year. Several shocks will continue to weigh on the global economy, such as; higher-than-expected inflation worldwide – especially in the United States and major European economies – triggering tighter financial conditions; a worse-than-anticipated slowdown in China, reflecting COVID-19 outbreaks and lockdowns; and further negative spillovers from the war in Ukraine.

Central banks worldwide were adamant about controlling inflation and ensuring inflation expectations remained anchored to their targets. Thus, their credibility had to be rebuilt following their misdiagnosis of the recent surge in inflation as temporary. Effectively, central banks accepted that if the economy finds itself in a recession due to their policy actions to bring inflation under control, so be it. Peak interest rates in the seven largest advanced economies were expected to be reached by September 2023, which implied that consumers and businesses could expect some tough times with higher interest rates over the next six to 18 months.

In fact, the developed economies slowed to 2,5% growth in 2022 (from a pre-war estimate of 4,4%) and 5,2% in 2021. In 2023, the developed economies were expected to underperform, estimated to grow at 1,4%. The United States, Euro Area, UK, and Canada were among the economies that were underperforming due to the shocks discussed. A slowdown in the developed world meant a decline in the demand for goods and exports from emerging markets. Such conditions will probably weigh down export-oriented economies such as South Africa.

The IMF forecasted growth in emerging and developing Asia at 4,6% in 2022 (from pre-war estimates of 5,2%) and 5,0 in 2023. This was a far better slowdown than observed in the developed world. The Asian economies and Saudi Arabia in the Middle East and Nigeria in the Sub-Saharan region were among the leading countries in this anticipated solid recovery. The higher oil prices have improved their income in the latter two countries, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.

Inflation Rates

Inflation was and still is an important topic in the global financial world. There are several factors behind this surge in inflation.

Firstly, the disruptions in the supply chains during the COVID-19 intense period and the increased shipping costs were the core challenges leading to an uptick in global inflation.

Secondly, through unemployment wages and various forms, the economic stimulus in 2021 and partly in 2021 in the advanced economies such as the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, and other countries have increased consumer spending. This, in turn, has led to an uptick in consumer price inflation which in 2021 and into 2022.

Thirdly, the war in Ukraine further exacerbated the supply chain glitches and an increase in the oil and food process, thus pushing up inflation across the world. The World Bank forecasted consumer price inflation in the advanced economies at 6,6% y/y in 2021, a notable acceleration from 3,1% y/y in 2021.

In the emerging economies, there was an uptick in inflation, partly driven by increased food and energy prices, directly linked to the Russia and Ukraine war. The available data showed that consumer price inflation for the emerging markets accelerated to around 9,5% y/y in 2022, from 5,9% y/y in the previous year. The forecasts for 2023, however, show moderation to 7,3% y/y from 2022 (compared to 4,5% y/y in 2021) and accelerate further slowdown to 5,7% in 2023.

Unemployment

The business environment has changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The income support to households in the developed world incentivised people to stay out of work, especially work that was typically in undesirable conditions. But this income stimulus stopped at the end of 2021 in most countries. Still, the population had devised other means of self-employment when there was a boost in household incomes. This meant that countries like the United States struggled to find workers for various low-income jobs. In other countries, the increasing living costs, as reflected by the rising inflation, have persuaded people back to the labour market. Still, some struggled to find work, especially in strained economies and experiencing low growth. It is for these reasons that unemployment across the world remained at pretty high levels.

Local Macro-economic Conditions

On the domestic front, South Africa was one of the countries most hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruptions in supply chains. However, during 2021, as the domestic economy opened, it promised a recovery, with the economy growing at 4,9%. As a small open economy, global economic developments tend to hit the South African economy the hardest. As such, South Africa experienced a continuous slowdown to 2,3% in 2022 and is expecting 1,4% in 2023.

These global shocks occurred in an environment where there were already several challenges, such as the slow-paced implementation of economic reforms outlined by the National Development Plan and, more recently, in the National Treasury paper in 2019. The electricity outages, inefficiency in the rail network, poorly maintained roads and water infrastructure, and non-performing municipalities were some of the issues that continue to constrain business activity and, thus, growth in the South African economy.

The growth mentioned above implied that the South African economy couldn’t create sufficient jobs for its working population over the foreseeable future. Hence, the country will be trapped in an environment of low growth, high unemployment, and inequality for some time. Such conditions could lead to social discomfort across communities, subsequently impacting business activity. An example of a manifestation of severe discomfort in the social society was experienced during the July 2021 social unrest in KwaZulu-Natal, which gave the nation a glimpse of the potential risk as a result of the underperformance of the South African economy and reluctance to implement reforms by the political leadership.

South African Inflation

This elevated inflation path led to a sharp increase in interest rates since the start of 2022. The South African Reserve Bank is expected to keep interest rates elevated over the next coming year as the Bank tries to control inflation through Monetary Policy instruments. The expected moderation in inflation to 5,7% in 2023 assumes an environment of elevated interest rates to bring inflation below its upper bound of 6,0% (the lower bound is 3%).

South African Unemployment

In the local South African market, the official data from Statistics South Africa showed a positive increase in jobs, a 7% year-on-year improvement in primary agriculture jobs to 844 389 jobs in the first quarter of 2022. This was well above the long-term agricultural employment of 780 000. The increased farm activity during the replanting process, combined with the decent deciduous fruit harvest, supported employment. Other subsectors, such as livestock, also contributed to employment. The subsectors that shaved employment during this period were forestry and aquaculture (ocean, coastal fishing, and fish farms).

The livestock and wool industries, confronted by rising feed costs and foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks leading to an export ban, are in uncertain territory and worth close monitoring.

Most subsectors in agriculture faced general challenges around the inadequate functioning of network industries and infrastructure – roads, rail, ports, water, and electricity, and poorly functioning municipalities, leading to increased business costs. Moreover, the challenging economic conditions in the country have, in some areas, led to labour unrest, which also requires a close eye. Still, one can be optimistic about agriculture’s ability to provide employment even in these challenging times.

Global Grains and Oilseeds Outlook

The International Grains Council (IGC) forecasted 2021/22 global grains production at 2,3 billion tons, down by 2.9% from the previous season. This decline in harvest is mainly due to expected lower yield in Ukraine, the US, and Euro Area, amongst other regions. From a commodity perspective, maize and wheat are the key drivers of the potential decline in global grain production. And thus, the global grains stocks could fall during the period under review to an estimated 598 million tons, a 1% annual decline. This would result from both reductions in production and firm consumption levels. These dynamics added upward pressure on grain prices over the medium term. Still, the grain prices are expected to come off the levels seen after Russia invaded Ukraine when there was anxiety in the market.

Maize

The IGC forecasted the 2021/22 global maize production at a new peak of 1,2 billion tons, up 7.5% from the previous season. This is because of an expected deterioration in the harvest in the United States, Ukraine, Euro Area, and India. While production was anticipated to increase, the consumption of maize could remain firm at 1,2 million tons, with an estimated 722 million tons earmarked for feed use, while the rest for food and industrial use.

This means that the global maize stocks could stabilise, set at an increase of 1.4% year-on-year, estimated at 284 million tons. As such, global maize prices could remain elevated over the foreseeable future, although at much lower levels than months after Russia invaded Ukraine. The animal feed industry will likely remain under pressure at such times, as prices are unlikely to decline back to the 2019 levels.

Wheat

Moreover, the IGC forecasted the 2021/22 global wheat production at 780.9 million tons, up 1% from the previous season. Meanwhile, global wheat consumption is expected to remain firm, mildly up 1.4% from the 2020/21 season and estimated at 772 million tons.

The animal feed share in this global wheat consumption is forecast at 148 million tons. This volume is not all that different from the previous seasons. The rest is for food and industrial use. The decline in broad global harvest is underpinned by expectations of a poor crop in some regions of the Euro Area, Australia, Ukraine, Argentina, China and India. Due to increased production, the 2021/22 global wheat stocks are forecast at 274 million tons, down by 1.08 % from the previous season. This stock decline is another factor that could keep wheat prices somewhat elevated compared with the levels seen in 2019. However, the prices will likely fall from the levels seen months after Russia invaded Ukraine, a major wheat producer.

Soybean

Soybean is the only crop whose production forecasts are pretty robust. For example, the 2021/22 global soybean harvest is set to decline to 356.4 million tons, down 3.8 % year-on-year, while the 2022/23 estimates show an expansion of 3.5 % towards 369 million tons. The growth in plantings in the United States, combined with an expected increase in area plantings when the season starts in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, are driving this expected large crop. However, one should keep the potential La Niña-induced dryness in South America and the heatwave in the United States in mind.

The 2021/22 soybeans global stocks will amount to 45.1 million tons, down by 18% from the previous season. To illustrate the robustness of the Soybean market. Estimates for 2022/23 indicate an expected 50.2 closing stock due to the expected expansion discussed. Such an improvement would pressure soybeans and their product prices across the vegetable oils market. The next few months will be vital for assessing whether this optimistic picture will hold or change.

Domestic Grain and the Oilseeds Outlook

Maize

South Africa’s 2021/22 summer crops yielded yet again another excellent season. The Maize Crop delivered 15.38 million tons after an earlier estimate of 14,71 million tons in July. About 7,78 million tons are white maize, with 7,6 million tons being yellow maize.

Essentially, this is down by 6% from the 2020/21 season crop but well above the 10-year average maize harvest of 12,80 million tons and annual domestic consumption of 11,80 million tons. This means South Africa remains a net exporter of maize, which we anticipate to be just over 3,0 million tons in the 2022/23 marketing season (note: this marketing year corresponds with the 2021/22 production season).

Soya

Another important and most welcome crop development was the increase in South Africa’s soybean harvest for the 2021/22 season to a new highest crop of 2,2 million tons. This large soybean harvest will help reduce South Africa’s reliance on soybean meal imports. In the week of 22 July 2022, about 2,09 million tons had already been delivered to commercial silos.

Sunflower

Surprisingly, Sunflower seed delivered a 26% increase in production, amounting to 845 550 tons. The slow deliveries in sunflower seed regions partly explain this action. Still, the fact that the plantings started pretty late in these regions is also a factor to consider. For example, on 22 July 2022, about 792 050 tons had already been delivered to commercial silos.

Aside from these significant summer crops, the sorghum harvest is estimated at 136 200 (-3% m/m), dry beans harvest at 51 720 tons (-3% m/m), and groundnuts are at 49 000 tons (-11% m/m).

In sum, these domestic production data will have minimal impact on prices. Global events mainly influence domestic grain and oilseed prices. The Russia-Ukraine war worries and concerns about 2022/23 global production following reports of heatwaves and drought in the Northern Hemisphere continue to present upside support on prices, which are ultimately reflected in the South African grains market.

Still, the fact that domestic grains and oilseeds supplies are fairly higher provides comfort regarding domestic needs and even exports to our traditional markets. Ultimately, the relatively higher grains and oilseeds prices bode well for farmers in areas that didn’t experience much crop damage at the start of the season. Meanwhile, the consumers and the livestock will likely experience increased costs over the foreseeable future.

The Global Feed Situation

Since late 2019, the world has been in turmoil, facing a series of extraordinary situations impacting spheres no one could have imagined. COVID-19 has directly caused an unthinkable human catastrophe, with an estimated 600 million people globally contracting the virus, while 6.5 million deaths were reported at the time of this report.

While COVID-19 changed human lives dramatically, animal diseases dramatically affected the health of production animals and the global supply of animal protein. The most prominent animal diseases are African Swine Fever (ASF) and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), and closer to home, South Africa has been struggling to contain and manage Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) for several years.

Thus, it is no surprise that these extraordinary situations spilt over to all aspects and segments of civilisation, disrupting everyday life as we knew it. More specifically, as feed manufacturers, the economic arena where we spend most of our time and effort was disrupted, bringing some segments to a grinding halt.

Feed and food, however, remain an essential global service to man and animal, and although being severely disrupted within the value chains and supply chains and having to make changes and having to adopt new processes and procedures for doing business in the COVID world, the international feed industry kept on supplying the world’s animal protein producers with feed, with global production totalling an estimated 1,235.5 million tons in 2021 versus 1,207.9 million tons in 2020.

Production exceeded expectations in many countries, mainly due to the recovery from COVID-19 lockdowns, with China remaining the world’s largest feed producer since 2020. The global pig sector rebounded from African Swine Fever (ASF) with a feed tonnage increase of more than 6%. In this recovery, China’s role was evident throughout the year while replenishing their pig herds lost to ASF.

Most agricultural stakeholders continue to focus on innovation and partnerships, which have proved essential to sustaining a business over the last year. If the future of agriculture is considered, there are various reasons to remain positive and optimistic.

The agricultural and agro-processing sectors have proven their resilience and energy in the face of challenges such as COVID-19, animal diseases, disruption of value, and supply chains. The global feeds sector has also shown its ability and appetite to continue growing and modernising to remain sustainable in the “New Normal” or whatever comes our way.

The top 10 feed-producing countries have increased to an estimated 65% of the global feed market share in 2021, showing an increase of 2%. If this list is expanded to the top 20 producing nations, they produce an estimated 80% of the global feed combined.

The global pig sector rebounded from African Swine Fever (ASF) with a feed tonnage increase of more than 6%, increasing from 286.4 million tons in 2020 to 310.2 tons in 2021. Broiler feed production also displayed a 4.9% growth from 334.6 million tons in 2020 to 350.9 tons in 2021.

AFMA’S Strategic Path Moving Forward

As reported in the previous IFIF Annual Report, AFMA has been crafting and re-shaping its Strategy since 2019, to be more outwards focused with the view – to unlock growth in the local agriculture value chain – through being more inclusive through fostering partnerships and close cooperation with fellow value chain partners.

Due to its unique positioning within these value chains and continuously shaping and building on AFMA’s vision, it is truly giving full meaning to – “The dynamic animal feed thought leader influencing food security through partnerships with all stakeholders”.

To remain relevant in any economic sector, organisations or companies need to ensure sustainability. Therefore, long-term partnerships within the various value chains should be fostered making and keeping it a reality.

Ultimately, the overarching goal in these partnerships is to ensure that sustainable growth is unlocked for all value chain partners – “any chain is only as strong as its weakest link”, highlighting the importance that the health and resilience of all links should be nurtured and developed to their optimum, ensuring an efficient and sustainable value chain.

AFMA’s new vision and mission have never been so strongly highlighted since 2020 when planning and groundwork were conducted to establish the National Framework of the Agricultural and Agricultural Processing Masterplan (AAMP). This followed an identical process because of the experience gained while shaping the SA Poultry Sector Masterplan (SAPMAP) in 2019, and even more so focused on the execution of the Mater Plans.

To strengthen AFMA’s strategic efforts and have the necessary knowledge and background of the different value chain inter-linkages, AFMA commissioned a Strategic Study on the South African Feed Industry: https://www.afma.co.za/download/the-south-african-feed-industry-a-strategic-perspective/?wpdmdl=10841 AFMA’s benefit of being centrally integrated as a value chain partner to several other value chains is indicated by the illustration.

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AFMA members are the largest suppliers to the SA poultry industry, supplying more than 4,5 million tons of the total 7.1 million tons produced, amounting to 63% of total AFMA feed sales. The balance of the production is beef & sheep, dairy, pork, and other species. The AFMA strategic focus will thus be on the core factors influencing the cost of raw materials and feed ingredients, which add up to 75% to 85% of the final feed cost. AFMA will remain a key partner in the grains and oilseeds value chains, exploring all possible options to increase the effectiveness and competitiveness of its members’ clients.

Besides being involved in the raw material supply side, AFMA is a critical supporting industry in the SAPMAP, supporting the SA poultry industry, its largest client. From a feed perspective, the main goal is parallel to the poultry development and expansion, ensuring sufficient feed and raw materials are always available.

AFMA closely cooperates with Grain SA and other grains and oilseeds value chain partners to execute the above. Critical in this role is to ensure enough maize and soy products are available due to AFMA being the largest single group of processors of maize and soy products in SA, primarily destined for poultry.

AFMA members are processing 3.5 million tons of maize and maize products and 1.2 million tons of soy and soy products into feed, of which 25% of all maize is available for the commercial market and 70-75% of all soy available for commercial processing in SA.

The AFMA strategic focus will thus be on the core factors influencing the cost of raw materials and feed ingredients, which add up to 75% to 85% of the final feed cost.

AFMA will remain a key partner in the grains and oilseeds value chains, exploring all possible options to increase the effectiveness and competitiveness of its members’ clients.

The South African Feed Situation

During 2016/17 and 2017/18, South Africa experienced some of the worst droughts in its history, impacting all segments of agricultural value chains and influencing both the human food and animal feed sectors. The continued severe drought forces producers to significantly reduce herd sizes due to the cost of feeding animals and keeping only breeding stock to rebuild herds once the drought conditions subside. During these years, AFMA feed sales suffered a triple blow (illegally dumped chicken, severe local drought conditions, and high commodity prices), leading to the most significant annual decrease in AFMA feed sales on record, dropping by 6.2%, which continued in 2017/18, by a further 1.9%.

Despite the extensive droughts and challenges, in 2016/17 and 2017/18, it provided insight into the high levels of illegally dumped chicken in the SA market from 2013/14. The reduction in chicken imports only started after the Poultry Industry started applying for unfair trade remedies (anti-dumping import duties). The industry was in distress, which gave way to the SA Poultry Sector Masterplan (SAPMAP).

As climatic and weather conditions improved, it gave way to more favourable commodity prices leading to the recovery of feed sales by 4.6% in 2018/19.

Due to various market influences, feed sales continued to recover consecutively, although at a slower pace and with different increments. Feed sales growth recovered by 1.2% in 2019/20, 1.0% in 2020/21 and a further 2.2%, amounting to 6 938 537 tons in 2021/22.

Despite four consecutive years of year-on-year volume growth, it is clear that AFMA feed sales do not reflect the theoretical potential which could have been achieved in a free and fair market with limited challenges. However, the feed industry’s off-takers face ongoing challenges on various fronts.

The poultry and livestock industries are facing one of the worst spells of a widespread conundrum of animal diseases. It is very rare that animal diseases challenge the poultry and livestock sectors at the same time. Poultry with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), Cloven hoofed animals with Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD), and the Pork Industry with African Swine Fever (ASF).

Suppose these local animal diseases aren’t enough. In that case, these industries have to deal with the combination of disjointed and disrupted global supply chains still trying to fully recover from the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was dealt a further globally disruptive blow to which the extent isn’t calculated when Russia invaded Ukraine.

This gave way to increased uncertainty in the commodity markets, which were already jittery due to the effects of global climatic and weather conditions on Northern Hemisphere countries. This increased uncertainty was directly reflected in international commodity market pricing, leading to an increase in already high prices, sometimes moving up to global record prices. Examples of this were sunflower seed, sunflower oil and wheat, due to Ukraine and Russia being two of the major international producers and exporters of these commodities.

As one of the leading, supporting industries and a value chain partner of the Poultry and Livestock Industries, AFMA’s view is that growth in local feed production and sales would only be possible if the Poultry and Livestock Industries are successful in implementing the SAPMAP and AAMP, in direct partnership with Government, creating an export market for these economic sector’s produce.

National Feed Sales: 2021/22

The above table shows AFMA’s market share versus national feed sales showed some changes between species. AFMA’s market share of dairy beef & sheep reduced while AFMA’s national market share increased in pig, layers, and broiler feeds. It should be noted that in a case where the AFMA’s sales volume exceeds the national volume, it must be regarded as feed exports to third countries.

National feed volumes for 2021/22 were calculated at 12 147 122 tons, recording a 1.6% increase in national feed sales.

For more information please visit: www.afma.co.za.

2022: Year In Review

Paving the Way for New Animal Food Ingredients

In 2022, the U.S. animal food industry made great strides in resolving many regulatory bottlenecks within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The AFIA’s advocacy efforts resulted in Congress increasing funding to the FDA to properly staff its ingredient review team, allowing the agency to hire and train 12 additional staff. These additional staff are critical to reducing the backlog of animal food ingredients waiting to be reviewed and approved at the federal level.

The industry is also seeing the tides turning on label claims for animal food ingredients. For years, the AFIA has been calling on the FDA to update its outdated 1998 Policy and Procedures Manual Guide 1240.3605, which has prevented animal food manufacturers from clearly identifying the ways their products may bring about non-nutritive benefits (e.g., reduced greenhouse gas emissions or food safety pathogens) on the labels, unless they go through the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine’s cumbersome drug approval process. Last fall, the FDA heard overwhelming support in making this change from a range of stakeholders, including industry, the U.S. Congress and Biden administration. The FDA has informed industry that it does not believe it has the authority to regulate these products as feed ingredients without congressional approval.

As of June 2023, there is now a bipartisan legislative solution – the Innovative Feed Enhancement and Economic Development Act – moving forward in Congress that would amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to establish a new category of animal food additives that do not impact animal nutrition, but rather, act in the animal’s gut to provide health benefits, reduce emissions or address human food safety concerns. The AFIA is working with champions in Congress to move this bill forward so that U.S. feed manufacturers can be on equal footing with their international counterparts, whom already have access to these novel technologies.

Developing Industry Sustainability Tools

With the Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) and other stakeholders, the AFIA blazed new trails on sustainability over the past year, identifying barriers to industry progress and providing the groundwork for future work to support members in their sustainability journeys.

IFEEDER developed a toolkit equipping feed grain and oilseed processors, animal feed and pet food manufacturers, ingredient suppliers and equipment manufacturers with guidance and reference materials to support them in their sustainability journeys. The toolkit materials, grouped into three stages, include practical tools and resources, a scientific literature review of what the global feed industry has accomplished to date, insights into building the sustainability business case and message mapping to help communicate stories to key audiences and more. The toolkit is available free to members and for a fee to nonmembers via ifeeder.org.

IFEEDER is now moving forward with the second phase of its project and is seeking partners to strategically implement many objectives identified in the initial work. In this second phase, IFEEDER will work with these partners to align data measurements that are important to the industry and its customers, improve efficiency and effectiveness of the use of life cycle assessments, communicate the environmental benefits of innovations supporting stakeholders and develop a 2.0 version of the toolkit with resources and value propositions clearly identified for each segment within the U.S. animal food value chain. Companies looking to join the effort can visit IFEEDER’s website for more information.

Looking Ahead to 2024 & Beyond

Battling Domestic Supply Chain Challenges

The AFIA continues to work with agriculture partners to identify and address supply chain issues with the Biden administration, particularly on U.S. rails, ports and highways. Most recently, the AFIA urged the Surface Transportation Board to continue its actions to accelerate railway safety and strengthen the functionality of rail systems overall, specifically to improve service to agricultural shippers before railroad capacity becomes an urgent, national issue. The association is also actively urging the White House to resolve ongoing labor disputes, which have nearly derailed shipping via rail and at West coast ports throughout the year. These ports are critical for protecting $7.5 billion in exports of feed, feed ingredients and pet food that the animal food industry supplies to its international customers.

Ensuring Trade Doors Remain Open

The AFIA also continues to implore the U.S. Trade Representatives (USTR) to negotiate new trade agreements with key trading partners, yet the Biden administration seems unwavering in its moves to negotiate unconventional “frameworks,” such as the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. As recent history has proven, a trade stoppage in one area can send ripple effects throughout the world, so the United States must diversify its ingredient sources and export markets to keep future supplies and customer base stable. The AFIA is working to bolster funding for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) market development programs, which have remained stagnant for two decades despite international competitors doubling down, and putting pressure on the administration to reduce high duties on imports that keep costs artificially high for the agriculture industry as a whole.

The AFIA spearheaded a campaign to change a crucial USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) export certificate for animal products – the Veterinary Services form 16-4. Previously, the form listed several animal diseases, including African swine fever (ASF), which the United States is free from, but should an outbreak occur, would have invalidated the export form and therefore, stopped trade of all U.S. animal-based products, even if the products were unrelated to the disease (e.g., ASF in poultry products). The updated form moved the disease statements down to the “additional declarations” section, instead of the official letterhead, although subtle, effectively allowing APHIS to make changes to the form in the event of an outbreak thus allowing non-affected products to continue to trade. Now, the association is proactively working with APHIS to go country-by-country, product-by-product to remove any diseases not relevant to those products, particularly as APHIS negotiates new health certificate agreements.

Moving Forward

Looking ahead, the AFIA continues to push back at international protectionist, non-science-based policies that limit innovation and restrict animal protein production. It is also advocating for federal programs that foster the next-generation workforce, boost the country’s defenses against animal diseases and facilitate research on and development of the game-changing solutions that will help the U.S. achieve its sustainability and food security goals.

For more information please visit: afia.org.