# Feed additive shortage: Russian feed industry crisis worsens - Food & Agribusiness

> Russia's feed industry faces a shortage of key feed additives such as lysine, threonine and methionine, which regulators have restricted from the market in recent years. Livestock companies are paying two to three times the average European price for remaining supplies. Substitutes from plant sources are reportedly 20-30 times more expensive.

- Date: 2021-11-05 · published 2021-11-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Russia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44362-feed-additive-shortage-russian-feed-industry-crisis-worsens-food-and
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

Tight amino acid supply forces feed makers to raise rations' cost or substitute protein sources, supporting soybean meal demand and lifting feed costs for meat, egg and dairy producers.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- METH: bullish ▲
- LYSINE: bullish ▲

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| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2026-07-10 | [Peru Fishing Ban Drives Global Fishmeal Shortage Risk \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4745-peru-fishing-ban-drives-global-fishmeal-shortage-risk-feed-strategy.md) | -0.1% | -2.2% |
| SBM | 2025-01-01 | [China’s crop import curbs causing soybean shortage](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14701-china-s-crop-import-curbs-causing-soybean-shortage.md) | -3.4% | +1.0% |
| SBM | 2021-07-21 | [SEA asks govt to allow soyabean meal import to help poultry industry  - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46146-sea-asks-govt-to-allow-soyabean-meal-import-to-help-poultry-industry-the.md) | -1.4% | -1.1% |
| SBM | 2022-01-04 | [Challenges persist but it is not all bad news for Argentina’s soybean crushing industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14058-challenges-persist-but-it-is-not-all-bad-news-for-argentina-s-soybean-crushing.md) | +0.8% | -0.4% |
| SBM | 2023-12-20 | [Malaysian palm settles higher for fifth straight session - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32801-malaysian-palm-settles-higher-for-fifth-straight-session-markets-business.md) | -0.8% | -8.5% |

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/feed/russian-feed-industry-crisis-worsens

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