# Amino acid markets cool down: Except for methionine - Food & Agribusiness

> Amino acid markets are cooling in Q2 with softening lysine prices, rising inventories and quiet trading, while threonine remains firm and tryptophan stays at historically low levels. DL-methionine is holding firm at high price levels amid regional supply uncertainty from petrochemical access.

- Date: 2026-05-13 · published 2026-05-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19584-amino-acid-markets-cool-down-except-for-methionine-food-and-agribusiness
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

Softening lysine and inventory builds weigh on feed additive prices, while methionine strength raises costs for feed formulators reliant on it.

## Read by commodity

- METH: bullish ▲
- LYSINE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/feed/amino-acid-markets-cool-down-except-for-methionine

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