MARKET REPORT FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE February 2023 65 is to improve the animals’ health and thus enable quality animal produce. At present, they are commercially available in the mash, pellets, crumbles, and cube forms. GLOBAL CATTLE FEED PRODUCTION According to Agri-Food Outlook 2023 report, prepared by Alltech, global feed tonnage totaled 1.266 billion metric tons in 2022. 251.9 million tons of this is cattle feed. This corresponds to about 20 percent of the total compound feed production in the world. Cattle feed is also divided into two groups as beef and dairy feed. In its report, Alltech explains that globally, decreases in feed tonnage were reported in the beef and dairy sectors. According to the data in the report, global dairy feed production, which was 135.6 million tons in 2021, decreased by 1.3% in 2022 to 133.8 million tons. Beef feed production decreased by 0.3% in 2022 compared to the previous year and amounted to 118 million tons. Dairy Feed Production on Regional Basis Europe has the largest share in world dairy feed production with a production of 42.1 million tons in 2022. In the region, many countries among others had reductions in dairy feed tonnage, including the Netherlands, Turkey, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Belgium, Ukraine and Bulgaria. There was a 6% increase in feed production in Ireland, where summer droughts necessitated the need for supplementary feed. Increases also were reported in Portugal, the Czech Republic, Austria, Lithuania, Hungary and others. North America follows Europe with 28.5 million tons in world dairy feed production. In North America, feed tonnage dropped slightly in 2022, with the U.S. and Canada reporting a 0.82% and 0.70% decline in dairy feed production, respectively. A reduction in dairy cows slowed feed production in the U.S., where high building costs and feed costs have limited expansion. Latin America ranks third in world dairy feed production with 25.5 million tons. According to the Alltech report, Peru reported a double-digit feed production decrease in 2022 due to reduced commercial dairy population in the region. Brazil’s dairy feed production dropped in 2022 because of unfavorable weather that resulted in poorer pasture conditions, as well as lower consumer demand, economic challenges, low consumer disposable income and rising milk retail prices. The total dairy feed production in the Asia-Pacific region in 2022 is 24.1 million tons. In the region, Vietnam reported a 16% growth in feed production. Smaller increases were reported in India, China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan and Mongolia. Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh reported decreases in dairy feed tonnage because of reduced milk consumption and reductions in breeder stock. The Middle East has achieved a very serious increase of 7% in dairy feed production in 2022. In
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