# The Aquaculturists: 27/02/2017: Why choose feather meal?

> PPFC, the poultry rendering group within US Poultry & Egg, promotes feather meal, poultry by-product meal and poultry fat as protein and energy sources for aquaculture and livestock feeds. It says these can replace part of fishmeal and other protein sources.

- Date: 2017-02-27 · published 2017-02-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72612-the-aquaculturists-27-02-2017-why-choose-feather-meal
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md), [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Feather meal and poultry by-product meal could substitute for fishmeal in aquafeed, adding to demand for rendered proteins. This is promotional material with no new supply shock, so the price effect is small.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- FISHMEAL: neutral

## Sources

- theaquaculturists.blogspot.com: http://theaquaculturists.blogspot.com/2017/02/27022017-why-choose-feather-meal.html

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