# It's time to rethink feed ingredient strategies
						 | The Poultry Site

> Rabobank analyst Andrick Payen reviews US feed micro-ingredient imports, noting vitamin import declines, price increases tied to a German plant fire, ASF concerns, US-China trade tensions and Covid-related quarantines. The piece recommends that US feed businesses rethink sourcing and reduce reliance on imports.

- Date: 2020-09-21 · published 2020-09-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51437-it-s-time-to-rethink-feed-ingredient-strategies-the-poultry-site
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Supply concentration in China and past price spikes in micro-ingredients push feed buyers toward diversified sourcing, which can keep premiums on imported amino acids and vitamins elevated.

## Read by commodity

- METH: bullish ▲
- LYSINE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2020/09/its-time-to-rethink-feed-ingredient-strategies

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