# Input Costs Will Continue to Challenge Livestock Producers Into 2022

> Rabobank's Global Animal Protein Outlook 2022 predicts animal protein prices will stay firm in 2022 while input costs remain a challenge. It projects North American feed prices will stay high relative to the last five years. Global meat prices are at their highest since 2014.

- Date: 2021-11-23 · published 2021-11-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44171-input-costs-will-continue-to-challenge-livestock-producers-into-2022
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Lean Hogs](https://feedsoft.ai/c/HOGS.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Persistently high feed costs squeeze livestock margins and support demand for lower-cost feed ingredients, while firm meat prices sustain producer incentives to keep herds and flocks.

## Read by commodity

- HOGS: bearish ▼
- CHICKEN: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2017-09-13 | [USDA forecasts point to less meat, cheaper livestock feed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69066-usda-forecasts-point-to-less-meat-cheaper-livestock-feed.md) | +1.3% | +5.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-10-12 | [U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise on cut in beef production estimate - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62669-u-s-livestock-cattle-futures-rise-on-cut-in-beef-production-estimate-agcanada.md) | +0.0% | +3.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-03-07 | [China: Livestock and Products Semi-Annual \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25572-china-livestock-and-products-semi-annual-usda-foreign-agricultural-service.md) | +2.1% | +6.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-03-06 | [Beef and Egg Supply Constraints Forecast to Continue in 2025 – The Van Trump Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25524-beef-and-egg-supply-constraints-forecast-to-continue-in-2025-the-van-trump.md) | +1.9% | +7.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2024-08-01 | [Livestock Market Update for The Second Half of 2024 \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28790-livestock-market-update-for-the-second-half-of-2024-farm-bureau-intel-markets.md) | -1.5% | -3.4% |
| HOGS | 2019-02-28 | [Hog producers continue to ramp up production, despite negative returns](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60733-hog-producers-continue-to-ramp-up-production-despite-negative-returns.md) | +2.0% | +36.1% |
| HOGS | 2016-08-01 | [More shackle spaces will squeeze margins to benefit producers, consumers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11074-more-shackle-spaces-will-squeeze-margins-to-benefit-producers-consumers.md) | -2.5% | -10.2% |
| HOGS | 2018-03-05 | [Higher protein production forecast pressures prices for livestock producers \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65941-higher-protein-production-forecast-pressures-prices-for-livestock-producers.md) | -0.2% | -13.5% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/livestock/article/2021/11/23/input-costs-will-continue-challenge

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