# Animal protein meals, fats in livestock feed see sharp decline across the United States | Feed Business Middle East & Africa - No.1 Publication for Animal Nutrition, Animal Health & Livestock Industry

> A Fats and Proteins Research Foundation report shows US rendered animal protein meal use in livestock feed fell 25% and fats and oils fell 39% from 2019 to 2023. Total rendered ingredient use dropped from 9.75 million to 5.28 million short tons.

- Date: 2025-04-17 · published 2025-04-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25245-animal-protein-meals-fats-in-livestock-feed-see-sharp-decline-across-the-united
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Feed makers switching to soybean meal and corn protein reduces demand for rendered proteins, supporting a structural bearish bias for MBM and animal fats while soybean meal demand holds up.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bearish ▼
- SBM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2025-03-04 | [Revealed: Decline in animal protein meals and fats usage in US livestock feed - Milling and Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25701-revealed-decline-in-animal-protein-meals-and-fats-usage-in-us-livestock-feed.md) | +1.6% | +1.1% |
| SBM | 2020-12-15 | [Surging feed prices will test recovery in US animal protein production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49813-surging-feed-prices-will-test-recovery-in-us-animal-protein-production.md) | +8.3% | +20.7% |
| SBM | 2020-04-08 | [USDA Anticipates Mixed Bag For Protein Industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53764-usda-anticipates-mixed-bag-for-protein-industry.md) | -0.5% | -3.6% |
| SBM | 2025-08-13 | [Global oilseeds production forecast lowered on multiple crop declines \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23433-global-oilseeds-production-forecast-lowered-on-multiple-crop-declines-feed-and.md) | +3.1% | +4.2% |
| SBM | 2020-11-10 | [Animal Feed Ingredient Market Information In China On November 11, 2020 - Industry news - News - Jiangsu Sinova Technologies Co., Ltd.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50273-animal-feed-ingredient-market-information-in-china-on-november-11-2020-industry.md) | +1.4% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- feedbusinessmea.com: https://www.feedbusinessmea.com/2025/04/17/animal-protein-meals-fats-in-livestock-feed-see-sharp-decline-across-the-united-states/

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