Global Feed

Welcome to the World of Feed!

Global feed statistics are difficult to gather. Most developed countries have a national feed assocaition. Many countries do not.

However, compound feed production is dominated by the world's Big 4 - they are the USA, European Union, China and Brazil. These four countries account for more that 70 percent of all feed produced. They play a major role in standard setting and in the development of technologies used in our industry.

To give a global overview of where feed fits into the global picture, IFIF in conjunction with Potash Corporation of Canada have put together graphics to illustrate how world population and GDP growth is driving meat consumption and why more meat will result more demand for more grain. Today's global customer has greater buying however, changes being brought about as a result of the boom in ethanol and biodiesel production will impact our ability to produce food products from livestock production. Our industry is also being pressured from the health and food safety lobby - and rightfully so - and there's increasing concerns over environmental issues, sustainability and a growing awareness of social-corporate responsibility involving animal agriculture.

The following slides will help to put the challenges we face as an industry in perspective with regard to crop supply and demand.

World Feed Overview

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Note:We have received valuable asistance from Feed Internatinal
magazine in collating these figures. Please find in the attached PDF
Feed International's Panorama on world feed statistics published in
January 2006.

 World Feed Panorama

Brief feed facts:
Total world feed output is approximately 614 million tonnes

Four countries produce 430 million tonnes (or 70% of the world's industrial feed output)

10 countries produce 85%

50 countries produce 90%

Some 3800 feedmills produce over 80% of all compound feed produced

10 largest companies globally produce 65 million tonnes



Table 1:

Feed Production by Region	Output (million tonnes)
North America	160
Asia	132
European Union (25)	140
Latin America	66
Non-EU Europe	59
Middle East/Africa	29
Others	28
	614

Table 2:

The Big 4	Output (million tonnes)
USA	145
EU	142
China	96
Brazil	48
	431

Table 3:

Country	Feed production (million tonnes)	Population (millions)
China	96	1300
India	13	1100
USA	145	275
Brazil	48	172
Japan	22	126
Mexico	22	100
France	20	59
Canada	20	31
Germany	19	82
Spain	19	40
Netherlands	13	16

Table 4:

Year	Population (billions)	Manufactured feed ( million tons )	Per capita feed use (kg/head)
1980	4.5	370	82
1985	4.9	440	90
1990	5.3	537	101
1995	5.6	590	105
1999	6.0	586	98
2000	6.1	591	97
2001	6.2	597	96
2002	6.3	604	96
2003	6.3	612	97
2004	6.4	614	96