Feed Bussiness Worldwide: December 2013
A transformation of the world's feed to meat supply chain
Global agribusiness is currently in one of the most tumultuous, yet transformative eras of its modern history. Essentially, much like electronics or car making, feed-and livestock is now a transnational business where inputs are sourced on one side of the world, transported to the other side, with the finished product sometimes exported back to the feed's region of origin.
Just like globalised manufacturing
At one time, manufacturing was notorious for its transnational supply chains. Iron ore for example, would be exported from Australia, refined into steel in Japan and thereafter get re-exported as cars around the world, including some back to Australia.
Today, thanks to the fast growth in Asian meat demand, the feed-to-meat supply chain can span as many countries as that of Japanese automobiles. In some cases, they even sell processed meat or fish to the country which supplied the initial feed inputs.
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