# Tyson Foods to buy poultry blending assets of American Proteins | Reuters

> Tyson Foods agreed to buy the poultry rendering and blending assets of American Proteins and AMPRO Products for about $850 million. The company aims to recycle more animal products into feed and pet food.

- Date: 2018-05-15 · published 2018-05-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65127-tyson-foods-to-buy-poultry-blending-assets-of-american-proteins-reuters
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Vertical integration of rendering capacity by a major poultry processor could shift animal protein meal supply toward captive use. This is a structural change in the MBM and poultry by-product trade.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- CHICKEN: neutral

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/world/americas/tyson-foods-to-buy-poultry-blending-assets-of-american-proteins-idUSL3N1SM5QX/

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