# Animal Feed Shortage Threatens Middle East Gulf States | Feed Strategy

> Feed Strategy reports that the Iran war is putting serious pressure on animal feed supplies in the Middle East and Gulf states. Hostilities resumed in July and problems around the Strait of Hormuz have disrupted supplies of key raw materials used in feed production. A shortage this year is possible.

- Date: 2026-11-01 · published 2026-11-01T12:07:16.080Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Middle East · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8850-animal-feed-shortage-threatens-middle-east-gulf-states-feed-strategy
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Disrupted raw material imports into Gulf feed mills tighten regional feed supply and push up demand for alternative feed grains and meals, supporting prices for imported feed ingredients.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-10-05 | [Middle East tensions support urea price rally.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9417-middle-east-tensions-support-urea-price-rally.md) | -1.2% | -1.9% |
| CORN | 2023-04-27 | [Ukraine grain deal under threat: What does it mean for the Middle East and Africa? \| The National](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36308-ukraine-grain-deal-under-threat-what-does-it-mean-for-the-middle-east-and.md) | -0.9% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2023-01-26 | [Global fertilizer shortage is threatening a worldwide food crisis \| Fortune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5865-global-fertilizer-shortage-is-threatening-a-worldwide-food-crisis-fortune.md) | +0.1% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2026-03-10 | [Middle East conflict strains fertilizer supply chains \| World Fertilizer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20099-middle-east-conflict-strains-fertilizer-supply-chains-world-fertilizer.md) | +3.2% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2026-03-01 | [The Middle East conflict demonstrates the fragility of global food supply \| World Economic Forum](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10398-the-middle-east-conflict-demonstrates-the-fragility-of-global-food-supply-world.md) | +2.0% | +5.1% |
| SBM | 2022-04-20 | [Higher Animal Feed Costs Lift EU Meat Prices \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41975-higher-animal-feed-costs-lift-eu-meat-prices-cz-app.md) | -4.0% | -11.4% |
| SBM | 2022-05-06 | [Global grain shortage an opportunity for Argentina's 'green gold' \| Buenos Aires Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14035-global-grain-shortage-an-opportunity-for-argentina-s-green-gold-buenos-aires.md) | -6.1% | -2.2% |
| SBM | 2022-06-20 | [Indonesia looks to export chickens to shortage-hit Singapore](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41096-indonesia-looks-to-export-chickens-to-shortage-hit-singapore.md) | -0.7% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- feedstrategy.com: https://www.feedstrategy.com/animal-feed-manufacturing/article/15834252/animal-feed-shortage-threatens-middle-east-gulf-states

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