# Risks of Houthi attacks in the Red Sea drive feed additive prices up - Food & Agribusiness

> Global lysine and threonine prices are rising as Houthi attacks in the Red Sea raise logistics costs for feed additive producers. Freight is being routed around South Africa instead of the Suez Canal, and Chinese New Year effects add to costs.

- Date: 2024-01-15 · published 2024-01-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32450-risks-of-houthi-attacks-in-the-red-sea-drive-feed-additive-prices-up-food-and
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Longer routes and higher freight push up landed costs for amino acids used in feed formulation, supporting prices for feed buyers who rely on these additives.

## Read by commodity

- METH: neutral
- LYSINE: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/feed/risks-of-houthi-attacks-in-the-red-sea-drive-feed-additive-prices-up

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