China's East Hope Group is converting a grain elevator in Kazakhskoye village, Akmola region, into a 100,000-tonne feed production facility at a cost of US$6 million, with launch planned for October 2026.
Cargill is investing more than USD 130 million over two years to expand and modernise poultry processing, feed production, grain storage, and farming infrastructure in Thailand and the Philippines, targeting rising global demand for high-quality protein.
Ongoing shipping disruptions in the Black Sea and Red Sea are compelling wheat importers across Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa to source from more expensive origins such as the United States, Baltic states, Romania, Argentina, India, and Australia. Higher war-risk insurance premiums and freight costs are keeping physical wheat prices structurally elevated even as futures benchmarks have eased slightly from late-August highs, according to CMB News.
MDEX palm oil futures posted modest gains on 23 September 2026, with the nearby October 2026 contract settling at MYR 4,640 per tonne. A gently upward-sloping forward curve reflects competing pressures: elevated Malaysian inventories and soft exports on the bearish side, against Indonesia's imminent B50 biodiesel mandate and drier-than-normal regional weather on the supportive side.
Linseed prices at FCA Dordrecht remain unchanged week-on-week as of 19 September 2026, with Kazakh organic brown holding at €1.25/kg and Russian conventional yellow at €1.40/kg, amid strong new-crop export flows and non-threatening harvest weather across both origins.
Global fishmeal production dropped 49% year on year in the first seven months of 2026 as El Niño-linked warm waters and juvenile fish disrupted Peru's anchoveta season, with fish oil output also falling 30%. IFFO says Asian fishing activity in Q4 may partially offset the South American shortfall.
ADM has inaugurated a new early nutrition aquafeed production facility in Tianjin, China, its second site globally dedicated to hatchery and nursery feeds after its Belgium plant. With an annual design capacity of approximately 5,000 metric tons, the facility aims to serve fish and shrimp producers in China and across the Asia Pacific region.
Grain futures moved higher overnight on September 16, 2026, led by a surging soybean meal market that reached a 2.5-year high. Corn, soybeans, and wheat also posted gains, while market participants awaited the Federal Reserve's anticipated interest rate decision. Ongoing heavy rainfall in the Corn Belt, elevated crude oil prices tied to Middle East supply disruptions, and developing U.S.-China trade talks added further context to commodity market moves.