EU: Compound feed production increases

January 16, 2020/ Publication by 333 with information from FEFAC.

20-Jan-2020 (6 years 4 months 16 days ago)

According to the latest report published by the European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC), during 2018 the EU-28 manufactured 164.8 million tonnes of compound feed, making up 80.1% of all purchased feed and showing an increase of 2.2% over the previous year (161.2 million tonnes).

By sector, the highest production of compound feed was for poultry (55.7 million t), followed by pigs (51.74 million t).

<p>Industrial production of compound feed by category in 2018 in the EU-28.</p>

By country, the largest producer was Spain with 24.3% of the production (24.25 million t and a 4.3% increase over the previous year), followed by Germany (23.8%, 23.84 million t), France (20.8%, 20.84 million t), the United Kingdom (16.8%, 16.80 million t) and the Netherlands (14.9%, 14.86 million t).

<p>Compound feed production in 2018 in the EU-28.</p>

The market for animal feed depends on the livestock products market. In 2018, the EU-28 livestock sector produced 52.8 million t of meat (7.9 million t of beef, 23.8 million t of pork and 15.6 million t of poultry) as well as 172 million t of milk and 6.9 million t of eggs.