China's entry into global grain markets sparked serious price inflation. What if India joined the fray?

Asia's relationship with feed supplements very much depends on whether it uses these tools to resolve underlying biosecurity issues or to deny them.

Grain, fertilizer, additive and shipping costs touched both unimaginable highs and lows in an incredibly short time. Market fundamentals no longer matter but one day, they will matter again. Is there any way of knowing when that will happen?

We see very different circumstances and stages of development amongst various Asian countries. Yet, they are all united by a singular obsession: growing and sourcing enough corn.

Asia's emerging feed industry giants are investing in new mills - and tightening their control over the food supply chains of lagging countries.

Organic acidifiers, alternative feeds, genetic engineering and industry consolidation: these are all part of Asia's adjustment to an era of chronic feed shortages.

Amid a spectacular fireworks display of grain price hyperinflation,once distinct global and Chinese feed grain markets are colliding and intermingling. At the same time, Beijing must urgently address serious, growing market imbalances. To read part of the story, click on the title.

Antibiotics on the way out, plant extracts and organic acidifiers are on the way in. Meanwhile, everyone is trying to get AGP-free exports approved while saving on their feed costs. In all these ways and many others, feed supplements are becoming more important than ever. To read part of the story, click on the title.

The feed grain market's ongoing transformation eerily resembles an earlier restructuring of the petrochemical supply chain. We examine how three Asian countries are adapting to this brave new world of scarce feed grains. To read part of the story, click on the title.

From Washington DC to Chinese hog farms, everyone is talking about the safety of their food supply chains. What will emerge is a new, end-to-end paradigm that reflects agribusiness's transnational integration. To read part of the story, click on the title.