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China's Animal Feed Production Up 6.2% y-o-y January-July 2026

China's July 2026 animal feed production totaled 29.89 million metric tons (mmt), up 2.6% from a year ago, according to a monthly report from the China Feed Industry Association. Feed output has been up year-over-year in 6 of 7 months this year. Cumulative feed production for January-July 2026 is 198.37 mmt, an increase of 11.56 mmt or 6.2% from the same period in 2025.

Compiled from monthly China Feed Industry Association reports.

Nearly all of the July feed output was composed of formulated feed (28.17 mmt), which increased 3% year-over-year. July production of feed concentrate (990,000 metric tons) was down 4.3% and production of additives and premix (560,000 metric tons) was down 9.7% year-over-year.

The percentage of corn used in production of animal feed was just 30.5% in July. The proportion of corn use tends to fall seasonally during summer months before the new corn crop is harvested and when wheat is plentiful following the May-June harvest. July's 30.5% corn share was lower than last July's 33.1% and one of the lowest percentages reported since 2022. The large volume of poor quality wheat harvested this year may have reduced the share of corn used by feed mills.

Compiled from monthly China Feed Industry Information reports.

Soybean meal comprised 13.4% of feed ingredients during July 2026, about average for the last four years. That was down from 14.1% a year ago, when the soybean meal share of feed was at its highest in the last four years. There is no trend or seasonal pattern evident in the soybean meal share of feed ingredients. 

Compiled from monthly China Feed Industry Information reports.

The CFIA reports do not reveal amounts of other feed ingredients besides corn and soybean meal.

The weighted average price of formulated feed in July was down 0.6% year-over-year. Swine feed price was down 1.2% and the fish feed price was down 1.1% year-over-year, while feed prices for poultry and layers were nearly unchanged.

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