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A fire at BASF's Ludwigshafen, Germany plant has halted production of vitamins A and E and red pigments, and it is not expected to restart until April at the earliest. China has also cut its vitamin A and E output to reduce emissions, and UK feed makers report vitamin A prices rising from €20 to €350 per kilo.
BASF supplied about half of the world's vitamin A and E, so the shortfall tightens supply and pushes up poultry feed costs in the short term. Feed buyers should expect higher premix and vitamin costs through early 2018.
farminguk.comFarmingUK TeamDec 8, 2017Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
