# Feed millers push for GMO imports to cut rising costs - Business Daily

> Kenyan feed millers are asking the government to allow imports of genetically modified yellow maize and soybeans to lower high feed production costs. The Agriculture ministry has so far declined, citing Kenya's 2012 GMO import ban, and the sector faces shortages of soya, sunflower and cottonseed cake.

- Date: 2021-10-25 · published 2021-10-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Kenya · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44690-feed-millers-push-for-gmo-imports-to-cut-rising-costs-business-daily
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Kenyan feed makers facing ingredient shortages would bid for imported maize, soymeal and oilseed cakes if the ban is lifted, which could lift East African import demand. The outcome remains uncertain and the impact on world prices would be small.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: neutral
- SBM: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- SUNMEAL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-07-16 | [High Cost of Animal Feeds Pushes Grain Imports by 72 percent](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40609-high-cost-of-animal-feeds-pushes-grain-imports-by-72-percent.md) | -4.0% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2022-07-12 | [With rising demand for corn & soyabean, feed manufacturers argued for GM maize](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40610-with-rising-demand-for-corn-and-soyabean-feed-manufacturers-argued-for-gm-maize.md) | -13.6% | -16.3% |
| CORN | 2022-07-11 | [As more sectors eye corn, feed makers make a case for GM products - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40607-as-more-sectors-eye-corn-feed-makers-make-a-case-for-gm-products-the.md) | -14.4% | -15.9% |
| CORN | 2017-02-13 | [China's corn market sees little impact from subsidies to feed millers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72469-china-s-corn-market-sees-little-impact-from-subsidies-to-feed-millers.md) | -1.1% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2025-08-28 | [US corn group calls for higher ethanol blends amid rising input costs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23457-us-corn-group-calls-for-higher-ethanol-blends-amid-rising-input-costs.md) | +3.6% | +9.0% |
| SBM | 2022-07-16 | [High Cost of Animal Feeds Pushes Grain Imports by 72 percent](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40609-high-cost-of-animal-feeds-pushes-grain-imports-by-72-percent.md) | -0.0% | +17.2% |
| SBM | 2022-07-12 | [With rising demand for corn & soyabean, feed manufacturers argued for GM maize](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40610-with-rising-demand-for-corn-and-soyabean-feed-manufacturers-argued-for-gm-maize.md) | -8.2% | +3.6% |
| SBM | 2022-07-11 | [As more sectors eye corn, feed makers make a case for GM products - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40607-as-more-sectors-eye-corn-feed-makers-make-a-case-for-gm-products-the.md) | -7.9% | +4.5% |

## Sources

- businessdailyafrica.com: https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/markets/market-news/feed-millers-push-gmo-imports-cut-rising-costs-3595720

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