World feed industry hit record output in 2025

Notable regional results

• Asia (559.297 million mt): Asia remained the global center of feed production in 2025, with growth shaped by industrialization and price-conscious consumers increasing the demand for poultry and aquaculture. Continued shifts from on-farm mixing to commercial feed, especially in China, supported a record output. Southeast Asia entered a rebuild-and-export cycle, with the recovery of the sow herd lifting pork output; additionally, while poultry feed tonnage also remained strong, disease outbreaks are now a consistent challenge and threat.
• North America (288.620 million mt): In 2025, North American feed tonnage contracted modestly (by 0.7%), primarily due to a historically tight cattle cycle and declining beef herd dynamics. The region still saw some selective, species-driven momentum, with growth concentrated in broilers and dairy. Stabilization also emerged in pork feed, and the egg and turkey sectors remained in recovery following health-related disruptions. Operational efficiency gains, sustainability pressures, formulation optimization, and consolidation among feed mills continue to reshape the feed industry across the region. 
• Europe (274.061 million mt): Europe’s feed sector in 2025 was differentiated, yet broadly resilient, growing by 1.0%. Lower raw material prices, supported by large global harvests of soybeans, rapeseed, wheat and maize, improved margins and stimulated production in several key markets. Despite ongoing disease pressure and regulatory constraints, the region stabilized overall. Modest gains in dairy and broilers offset pressure in other segments, while evolving trade frameworks and sustainability expectations continue to reshape production strategies across the region.
• Latin America (204.446 million mt): In 2025, Latin America solidified its position as the world’s premier “protein basket.” Compound feed demand expanded 2.8% year over year, rising by 5.536 million mt, supported by strong export markets and lower grain prices. Growth was broad-based, particularly in poultry, pork and aquaculture, although localized disruptions in parts of the Andean and Caribbean sub-regions tempered overall expansion.
• Africa and the Middle East (102.549 million mt): This region experienced a year of divergence in 2025. While Africa expanded strongly (+11.5%) on commercialization and rising compound feed penetration, the Middle East entered a structural plateau (+1.1%), balancing disease pressures and regulatory or resource constraints. Across both sub-regions, three forces shaped performance: protein affordability, input vulnerability driven by grain prices and currency volatility, and continued disease disruptions — particularly related to foot-and-mouth disease and avian influenza.
• Oceania (11.104 million mt): Oceania showed broad-based gains in 2025, with an overall 3.4% increase supported by population growth, resilient livestock sectors and strong export demand. Absolute increases were at their strongest in the broiler, layer, beef and pig sectors. High feedlot numbers and elevated cattle inventories sustained record beef production, particularly in Australia (+11%), with more moderate growth in New Zealand (+1.6%). Recovery in layer feeds following an avian influenza outbreak, along with steady demand for chicken and pork, contributed to a balanced regional expansion.
   

The compound feed production totals and prices reported in the 2026 Alltech Agri-Food Outlook were collected in the first quarter of 2026 with assistance from feed mills and industry and government entities around the world.