# Higher Animal Feed Costs Lift EU Meat Prices | CZ app

> A CZ app insight piece says EU livestock producers are sourcing more expensive alternative feed after Ukraine war disruption to corn and rapeseed exports. Farmers are passing higher feed costs to consumers through higher meat prices, and feed makers are raising amino acid use to offset lower soymeal inclusion.

- Date: 2022-04-20 · published 2022-04-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41975-higher-animal-feed-costs-lift-eu-meat-prices-cz-app
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Lost Ukrainian corn and rapeseed supply pushes EU feed buyers toward costlier substitutes, supporting protein meal and grain prices and the amino acid inputs used to replace soymeal.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- METH: bullish ▲
- LYSINE: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-10-21 | [UAN32, UAN28 and Anhydrous Lead Fertilizer Prices Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/657-uan32-uan28-and-anhydrous-lead-fertilizer-prices-higher.md) | -1.9% | — |
| CORN | 2026-08-28 | [Corn and wheat prices jump to highest prices in more than three years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12344-corn-and-wheat-prices-jump-to-highest-prices-in-more-than-three-years.md) | +0.6% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2026-03-16 | [Iran War: Asian feed millers take ‘wait‑and‑see’ approach as corn prices surge](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20358-iran-war-asian-feed-millers-take-wait-and-see-approach-as-corn-prices-surge.md) | +2.4% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2021-09-21 | [Food prices poised to surge with fertilizer at highest in years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45024-food-prices-poised-to-surge-with-fertilizer-at-highest-in-years.md) | +1.8% | +1.7% |
| CORN | 2022-01-31 | [Russia-Ukraine Tensions Drive Global Wheat Prices Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43173-russia-ukraine-tensions-drive-global-wheat-prices-higher.md) | +0.6% | +6.9% |
| SBM | 2022-03-01 | [Surging CME Prices Spur Protein Market Higher - The Jacobsen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42397-surging-cme-prices-spur-protein-market-higher-the-jacobsen.md) | +3.1% | +4.8% |
| SBM | 2026-04-02 | [Commodities market update: unrest and high prices • De Molenaar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19834-commodities-market-update-unrest-and-high-prices-de-molenaar.md) | -0.3% | +2.3% |
| SBM | 2022-04-04 | [Livestock industry concerned over surging maize, soyameal prices  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41925-livestock-industry-concerned-over-surging-maize-soyameal-prices-the.md) | +2.8% | -3.1% |

## Sources

- czapp.com: https://www.czapp.com/analyst-insights/higher-animal-feed-costs-lift-eu-meat-prices/

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