MAY 2025 ISSUE
The Frail Chain: Feed Safety in the Wake of Growing Risks
The foundation for safe and sustainable livestock farming is quality and healthy feedstuffs. But geopolitical tensions, logistical bottlenecks and fluctuations in the raw material supply disrupt the global feed ingredient supply chain and lead to inconsistent quality. They also make access to feedstuffs both more expensive and more unpredictable. When negligence in storage and transportation is added to this, the problem is not only economic, but also poses serious health risks.
The smallest negligence in...
Can the UK Feed Industry play a Brexit Trump card?
Since the EU exit on 31 January 2020, the UK animal feed industry is managing the implications of departure from the trade bloc including, those for trade, regulation, and the ambition of the UK Government to improve food security.
TRADE
The UK industry sources 16mt of raw materials annually, with 54% from home-grown origins and the...