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High capital costs are blocking small and medium-scale farmers from converting, as Malaysia's Perak state faces a January 2027 enforcement deadline with 42.7% of its farms still on open-house systems.
The Shariah-compliant facility from MBSB Bank will fund modern closed-house poultry houses and an egg grading facility in Kuala Linggi, Melaka, as part of a phased expansion programme.
Shrimp and pangasius led growth in the first seven months of 2026, but logistics costs, US tariff uncertainty, and competitive pressure in shrimp markets cloud the second-half outlook.
Aboitiz Foods' Aqua Farm Solution Lead Dr. Rajeev Jha shares his perspective on how a proactive, integrated approach to health management can strengthen aquaculture resilience across Asia.
Finalised blending mandates and updated clean fuel tax credits are pulling record volumes of soybean oil into energy production, tightening availability for feed and food users.
Replacing antibiotics with natural alternative compounds in poultry feeding is being increased in the last few years to challenge the antibiotic resistance problem. Among natural compounds, organic acids and essential oils could be a favorable option.
The inclusion of agricultural co-products has been increased to utilize the nutrients in these products available at low cost, but inherently, it adds a high dietary fiber content in the poultry diets. The use of exogenous feed enzymes along with advancements in feed milling, feed formulation, and processing of these non-conventional ingredients to improve their digestibility and utilization have played an emphatic role in boosting their use globally.
Multifold incidents such as supply chain interruption, climate changes, the Ukraine war, and fluctuating COVID outbreaks in different regions, are all contributed to the current volatility in feed ingredients prices. Unfortunately, the recent forecast indicates that the high feed ingredient price won't be stabilized in the near future.
Exogenous phytase is the most common enzyme in the feeding of non-ruminants. The world's first commercial phytase, Natuphos, capable of breaking down phytate, was introduced in the Netherlands in 1991. Today, the global phytase market is valued at around 450 million US dollars. By 2025, it could reach 600 million US dollars.
Livestock and poultry feeds and its raw materials are susceptible to fungal/mold colonization. Major plant-based animal feed raw materials around the world include maize, wheat, broken rice, millets, soybean meal, sunflower meal, rapeseed meal, rice bran, wheat bran, and DDGS.
