| Name | Value | Date | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn | $4.97/bu | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Soybeans | $12.77/bu | November 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Soybean meal | $347.00/US ton | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Soybean oil | $0.6863/lb | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| SRW wheat | $6.83/bu | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| HRW wheat | $7.34/bu | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Live cattle | $221.40/cwt | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Feeder cattle | $331.07/cwt | November 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ | |
| Lean hogs | $70.08/cwt | December 2026 futures | CME Group via Yahoo Finance ↗ |
The US Department of Agriculture projects global vegetable oil exports will reach a record 141 million tonnes in 2026/27, driven by sharp gains in rapeseed and sunflower oil trade, while palm oil exports are expected to decline slightly.
The U.S. hemp industry is looking to animal feed as a potential outlet for surplus biomass and processing byproducts, with research showing nutritional promise but cannabinoid residue concerns and fragmented regulation continuing to limit commercial uptake.
French biotech firm Abolis Biotechnologies has launched the Microbial INtelligence Explorer (MINE) platform, which combines genomic and multi-omics data with experimental and industrial insight to help food and nutrition ingredient developers accelerate fermentation-based R&D and reduce trial-and-error in strain selection and scale-up.
A new industry commentary published on 28 September 2026 calls on researchers and producers to move beyond conventional life cycle assessment when evaluating insect-derived feed ingredients, arguing that scale effects, resource competition and functional animal nutrition benefits are routinely overlooked. Representatives from Innovafeed and Protix cite industrial-scale emissions data to support the case for updated assessment frameworks.
Persistent port congestion, container imbalances and route disruptions are keeping ocean freight costs elevated for agricultural shippers even as some trade lanes through the Red Sea and Suez Canal show signs of partial normalization, according to CMB News.
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.
The FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine has announced a package of process reforms to its animal Food Additive Petition and GRAS Notification review programs following a two-year evaluation, promising faster timelines, greater transparency, and more flexible data requirements for ingredient submitters.
France-based Innovafeed and Dutch company Protix have jointly published a white paper arguing that current life cycle assessments of insect-derived feed ingredients rely on outdated pilot-scale data and fail to capture real-world sustainability gains already achieved at industrial scale, including a reduction in Innovafeed's carbon intensity by a factor of five since 2022.
China has published a 1,619-tariff-line list of U.S. products eligible for consideration for lower tariffs, covering corn, wheat, cotton, beef, pork, dairy and ethanol, but notably omitting commercial (non-seed) soybeans and distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS). Actual tariff reductions remain pending domestic legal processes in each country, and the widely cited "30-for-30" figures represent a 2024 trade valuation benchmark rather than a purchasing or savings commitment.
Deoxynivalenol (DON), commonly known as vomitoxin, is emerging as a significant problem in the 2026 corn harvest, prompting grain handlers including Dayton Cargill to test every load. The heat-stable mycotoxin concentrates in distillers dried grains and poses regulatory and financial risks for the animal feed industry.
New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra has announced an incremental $1 billion investment over the next three years in the South Island to expand its protein manufacturing network and improve environmental performance, as the company reported a doubling of operating profit in fiscal year 2026.
