Plummeting East Asian hog inventories, South Asian bird flu outbreaks, Middle Eastern political woes cause the first drop in feed output since China's 1980s economic liberalization. Beyond these passing concerns, world agribusiness needs a new growth driver.

2020 will see slower but still healthy output growth merely keep pace with demand. Hyperinflation and stagnation have both ended, leaving prices and volatility at historically high levels.

Last year, Arm & Hammer Animal and Food Production announced the discovery of two Bacillus strains, Bacillus subtilis 839 (effective against diverse E. coli strains from both ruminants and poultry) and Bacillus subtilis 4976 (effective against E. coli, Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens and other clostridial bacteria in poultry, swine and beef and dairy cattle).

Ireland's pig population as of December 2019 increased 2.6% to 1,613,300 from the previous year's 1,572,200. Breeding pigs increased 1.4% from 143,000 in 2018 to 145,00 in 2019. Non-breeding pigs increased 2.7% to 1,468,300 from 1,429,200 in 2018.

Market research firms paint expansive forecasts of flourishing aqua feed production and booming aquaculture growth. –But aqua feed growth trends clearly contradict official aquaculture statistics –implying that mainstream industry expectations need to be thoroughly revised.

2020 will see slower but still healthy output growth merely keep pace with demand. Hyperinflation and stagnation have both ended, leaving prices and volatility at historically high levels.

Stagnant domestic consumption, protectionist feed policies, two disease outbreaks and trade politics turned Europe's swine sector into a China-destined export powerhouse.

The world poultry market is growing at its fastest pace in a decade amid rising competition from three new chicken exporting powerhouses.

Lysine trade increased as ore traders and producers resumed operation over the week. The supply tightness of raw ingredients eased with intra-province roadblocks removed and more workers returning to work. Feed producers stockpiled inventories albeit prudently as hog population remained low.

A transport lockdown on people and goods due to the coronavirus has affected China's poultry industry, resulting in the possible drop in meat output after the African swine fever caused dwindling pork supplies, reported Reuters.

Most producers and trader have not resumed operation although China has officially ended its Chinese New Year extended holidays. Lysine output of producers who were in operation were limited as supplies of raw ingredients were cut due to delivery difficulties.

China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has approved all United States poultry products for export to the country, which includes breeding birds, reported Reuters.

Brazilian company Biorigin has received the Gold medal of EcoVadis for its Quatá unit in Brazil. EcoVadis is a collaborative platform that provides sustainability rankings involving suppliers for global supply chains.

Bluestar Adisseo Company (Adisseo) and alternative protein producer, Calysta, signed an agreement on February 20 to establish a 50/50 joint venture named Calysseo to develop FeedKind®, an innovative aquaculture feed solution, and to provide exclusive supply for Asian markets.

In a drive towards sustainable solutions, Pancosma, ADM's global feed additives business, has developed a range of XTRACT® bioactive products to address methane emissions of livestock ruminants.

Kevin M. McNamara, the lead independent director for Tyson Foods Inc.,has been appointed concurrently as vice chairman of the board, the company has announced.