South Korea's CJ CheilJedang Corp has signed an agreement with U.S. grain giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) to establish a joint venture targeting the feed-grade amino acid market in the Americas. CJ BioAmerica will hold a 63% stake and ADM 37%, with both companies contributing production facilities and business assets. The deal aims to combine CJ CheilJedang's fermentation technology with ADM's grain supply chain and logistics, pending regulatory approval.
A peer-reviewed study in the journal Animals finds that soybean variety, growing location, crop year, and relative maturity can materially shift crude protein and amino acid profiles in southern Illinois soybeans, altering modeled soybean meal quality and livestock diet formulation outcomes for both ruminants and non-ruminants.
UK FOB London pea prices have slipped modestly week-on-week as the 2026 domestic harvest under-delivered at roughly 69% of target, while stable and low Ukrainian FCA Odesa offers continue to cap upside for feed users.
ECOWAS member states and partners reached consensus on 22 September 2026 to adopt a Regional Training Guide on Aflatoxin Control, developed under the World Bank-funded Food System Resilience Programme, aiming to harmonise prevention and monitoring of the toxic fungal contaminants across West Africa and the Sahel.
Soybean futures edged higher on both the Chicago Board of Trade and China's Dalian Commodity Exchange on 30 September 2026, while physical premiums moved in opposite directions across origins. Ukrainian GMO-free and Chinese yellow soybeans strengthened, whereas U.S. No. 2 and conventional Ukrainian FOB values eased. Weather uncertainty in Brazil and Argentina for early October continues to underpin a mild risk premium in new-crop prices.
USDA's latest quarterly grain stocks report shows US corn inventories rose 35% year-on-year to 2.10 billion bushels as of 1 September 2026, driving the December CBOT contract to a six-week low near 499 US cents per bushel. EU and Black Sea physical prices remain broadly stable amid ample global supply, with Brazil still shipping large export volumes and China projecting a strong 2026 harvest.
A market research report from Future Market Insights projects the global aquafeed market will grow from USD 66.7 billion in 2026 to USD 123.6 billion by 2036 at a 6.4% CAGR, driven by recurring commercial aquaculture demand. Conventional aquafeed is estimated to hold a 90% share of the nature category in 2026, while fish accounts for 36% of species-category demand.
Cal-Maine Foods reported a net loss of $58.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2027, reversing a $199.3 million profit a year earlier, as average conventional shell egg prices dropped 59.3% following an industry-wide flock repopulation. Net sales fell 41.5% to $539.6 million.
Argentina's agro-industrial exports to the European Union increased 21% in value during the first four months the Mercosur-EU trade agreement was in provisional force, with tariff-reduced products posting an even steeper 44% gain, according to Argentina's Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.
Wheat prices in the Rhine region are moving largely sideways heading into Q4 2026 and early 2027, with bread wheat quoted at 240 EUR/t for October–December and only a modest 4–5 EUR/t carry into Q1 2027. Corn and rapeseed are sending stronger price signals, with EU corn commanding a clear premium over feed wheat and rapeseed posting the steepest forward curve in the complex, drawing feed-sector attention away from wheat.
Nigeria's Ministry of Livestock Development is in discussions with UNIDO on technical cooperation to establish a digital livestock identification and traceability system, with potential applications in animal health monitoring, product certification, export market access and combating livestock theft.
Brazilian cooperative C.Vale has become the first company in Brazil to receive Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Feed Standard certification for its tilapia feed plant, completing ASC coverage across all three stages of the tilapia production chain: feed manufacturing, fish farming, and industrial processing.
