# El Niño disrupts marine ingredient production, IFFO reports - Feed & Additive Magazine

> IFFO reports that El Niño is significantly reducing marine raw material availability in Peru and Chile. Peru typically supplies about 20% of world fishmeal, and its North-Central anchovy season was suspended on 10 June with only about 25% of the quota caught.

- Date: 2026-08-26 · published 2026-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Peru · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17375-el-nino-disrupts-marine-ingredient-production-iffo-reports-feed-and-additive
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter fishmeal supply from Peru pushes up protein meal costs for feed buyers, and El Niño is forecast to persist into early 2027, extending the squeeze.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2026-08-27 | [China leans on domestic marine ingredients as El Niño squeezes fishmeal imports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17982-china-leans-on-domestic-marine-ingredients-as-el-nino-squeezes-fishmeal-imports.md) | +3.0% | +10.1% |
| SBM | 2020-02-03 | [African Swine Fever Shrinks Pork Production in China, Swells Demand for Imported Pork \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54484-african-swine-fever-shrinks-pork-production-in-china-swells-demand-for-imported.md) | -0.6% | +3.8% |
| SBM | 2020-03-30 | [NCP affects vegetable oil consumption and livestock production, and new changes appear in vegetable oil and meal markets - China Oil and Oilseeds Report - CnAgri-China Agriculture Consultant](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54211-ncp-affects-vegetable-oil-consumption-and-livestock-production-and-new-changes.md) | -6.2% | -11.7% |
| SBM | 2019-11-15 | [ADM exec: ASF in China positively affecting margins \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56057-adm-exec-asf-in-china-positively-affecting-margins-feed-strategy.md) | -0.7% | -2.5% |
| SBM | 2021-08-16 | [Avian influenza leads to decline in poultry meat production across EU - Poultry News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45691-avian-influenza-leads-to-decline-in-poultry-meat-production-across-eu-poultry.md) | -1.4% | -3.9% |

## Sources

- weareaquaculture.com: https://weareaquaculture.com/news/feed/el-ni%C3%B1o-takes-toll-on-global-marine-ingredients-supply-says-iffo
- efeedlink.com: https://www.efeedlink.com/articles/el-nino-drags-down-global-fishmeal-and-fish-oil-output-iffo-says
- feedandadditive.com: https://www.feedandadditive.com/el-nino-disrupts-marine-ingredient-production-iffo-reports/

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Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.