# Enzyme technology could help ease pressures of amino acid shortage - Poultry News

> Feed nutritionists report that dry L-lysine prices are escalating and expected to stay elevated until at least spring 2022. Rising cereal and raw material costs are pushing formulators to replace lysine with cheaper protein sources.

- Date: 2022-02-08 · published 2022-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43032-enzyme-technology-could-help-ease-pressures-of-amino-acid-shortage-poultry-news
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

Tight lysine supply and high prices push buyers toward soymeal and rapeseed meal, supporting demand for those proteins while lysine stays expensive.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- LYSINE: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- poultrynews.co.uk: https://www.poultrynews.co.uk/news/enzyme-technology-could-help-ease-pressures-of-amino-acid-shortage.html

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