# Raw materials driving feed prices high - Kenya feed manufacturers | Kilimo News

> Kenyan feed manufacturers say raw material costs, especially maize, are their biggest challenge and drive up feed prices. The Association of Kenya Feed Manufacturers says maize competes with human consumption and flour millers.

- Date: 2019-11-19 · published 2019-11-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Kenya · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56189-raw-materials-driving-feed-prices-high-kenya-feed-manufacturers-kilimo-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Competition for maize between feed and food users in Kenya keeps local feed input costs elevated, supporting higher feed prices in East Africa.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- kilimonews.co.ke: https://kilimonews.co.ke/agricultural-products/1969/

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