NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE November 2025 117 European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) published the 5th edition of its Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 Progress Report, marking the halfway point in the Charter’s implementation timeline since its launch in 2020. The latest report outlines how the European feed industry is advancing its five key ambitions—climate neutrality, responsible sourcing, animal health and welfare, resource efficiency, and socio-economic resilience— in the face of an evolving geopolitical and regulatory landscape. The 2025 report comes at a time when the European feed sector is operating in a rapidly evolving geopolitical and global trade and market landscape. The arrival of the new European Commission and Parliament, alongside sweeping geopolitical developments, is prompting a recalibration of mid- to long-term strategies to address both challenges and opportunities for the industry. This year’s progress report edition has been updated with the adjustment from the previous EU Green Deal to the new EU Competitiveness Compass, as well as the new EU Vision on Agriculture and Food, published by the European Commission in January and February 2025, which places competitiveness, resilience, innovation, decarbonisation, and food security at the centre of EU objectives. The Progress Report shows how the feed industry contributes to these goals through a range of initiatives, spread out over the five Feed Sustainability Charter ambitions. Recent achievements include the endorsement of the EU Green Feed Labelling Guidelines, which establish harmonised tools for communicating the environmental performance of compound feed to livestock farmers, and the publication of the Circular Feed Platform Catalogue, calling for regulatory modernisation to unlock the use of safe, circular feed resources. Read more>> The global poultry market outlook is expected to remain strong for the remainder of 2025 and into early 2026, according to Rabobank’s Global poultry quarterly Q4 2025. “We are maintaining our growth forecast for global poultry markets at 2.5% for 2025, which is roughly in line with 2024 market growth (2.6%),” the analysts state. Poultry remains an affordable option for consumers, especially at a time when beef and eggs are expensive and pork prices have increased. Lower feed prices are currently flowing through the value chain in many markets, supporting industry profitability. Most markets in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas are currently performing well. Poultry supply growth, especially in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, is currently slow due to tight parent stock supply. Rabobank analysts highlight that this situation is not expected to significantly improve until at least early 2026. The fastest supply growth is currently predominantly seen in Asia. The Chinese chicken industry is currently one of the fastest-growing poultry industries worldwide, with 7% growth in 1H, benefiting from rising demand and increased restrictions on imports. Growth in Turkey (5%), the Philippines (4.5%), and Vietnam (4%) is also high. In some countries, growth has been too optimistic, leading to oversupply. Read more>> FEFAC releases Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 Progress Report Rabobank: Poultry market growth steady worldwide Photo: Rabobank
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