It costs more to rear chickens, and the jump in animal feed costs is driving it.

 

That is a reality the Philippines cannot escape, and today, it reportedly shoulders one of the highest costs of pork and chicken production in Asia. In this issue, EFL AG-DATA looks into the price trend of corn (a key feed ingredient for poultry) in October (pages 12-13), offering hints at how producers may find relief or pressure from the movement of corn prices as 2025 comes close to the end.

 

At the global level, the lingering, tense uncertainty of US-China trade threatens to spell complications for the production and sales of chicken in the United Kingdom; academic Theo Stanley elaborates how this might raise the price of soybean imports that the country depends on (pages 22-23).

 

It would prove daunting to subjugate feed ingredient prices under conditions of economic sustainability. It is, however, easier to create a viable approach to improving poultry growth by understanding its physiological intricacies. In this case, Phytobiotics examines a bird's gut–brain axis and the beneficial effects of a phytogenic feed additive, based on isoquinoline alkaloids, on this area (pages 6-7).

 

Recognising nutrition as "the single largest cost factor in animal farming", Evonik explains how its AMINOSpec® digital tool can balance cost efficiency, animal performance, environmental responsibility, and feed quality through a "smarter way" of doing it (pages 8-9).

 

Protecting feed ingredients - thus ensuring every precious bit is properly digested by animals - is at the heart of Alltech's antimycotoxins solutions. The company shows in detail the ability of its Mycosorb Evo range in combating toxins and feed contaminants (pages 10-11).

 

Inextricable from the unpredictable dynamics of farming economics, feed prices are an albatross to be tolerated in livestock farming.

 

In concert with other measures, physiological knowledge-based methods, cost control, and raw ingredient protection can keep the impact of high prices in check, helping to establish more economically viable means of poultry production.

 

The full article is published on the DECEMBER 2025 issue of LIVESTOCK & FEED Business. To read the full report, please email to inquiry@efeedlink.com to request for a complimentary copy of the magazine, indicating your name, mailing address and title of the report.