# Animal feed companies close shop as maize shortage bites - Business Daily

> Kenya's Association of Kenya Feeds Manufacturers says about 10% of feed millers have closed due to a maize shortage, with maize prices up to Sh4,500 a bag from Sh3,500 in October. Manufacturers are running at half capacity and hoping for Ukrainian yellow maize imports.

- Date: 2017-04-04 · published 2017-04-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Kenya · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71611-animal-feed-companies-close-shop-as-maize-shortage-bites-business-daily
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Tight East African maize supply is raising local feed costs and reducing feed output, which supports regional corn demand for imports, though the effect on global prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-12-13 | [Ag Markets Close on Daily Highs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6299-ag-markets-close-on-daily-highs.md) | +3.9% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2022-03-31 | [China, Indonesia & Vietnam Turn Towards Broken Rice for Animal Feed Due to Increasing Price of Maize](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42355-china-indonesia-and-vietnam-turn-towards-broken-rice-for-animal-feed-due-to.md) | +4.1% | +5.9% |
| CORN | 2022-03-16 | [Strong Asian rice demand for animal feed sparks food supply worries](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11337-strong-asian-rice-demand-for-animal-feed-sparks-food-supply-worries.md) | +0.1% | +4.8% |
| CORN | 2026-02-27 | [Livestock feed prices surge as Kenya struggles with imported inputs \| Feed Business Middle East & Africa - No.1 Publication for Animal Nutrition, Animal Health & Livestock Industry](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20757-livestock-feed-prices-surge-as-kenya-struggles-with-imported-inputs-feed.md) | +2.0% | +7.3% |
| CORN | 2021-03-12 | [US white wheat growers cash in as China snaps up supplies - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48160-us-white-wheat-growers-cash-in-as-china-snaps-up-supplies-markets-business.md) | -9.6% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- businessdailyafrica.com: https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/markets/market-news/animal-feed-companies-close-shop-as-maize-shortage-bites-2146228

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