March 22, 2010
France shows sharp decline in animal feed production
For the French feed industry, the year 2009 was marked by a steep decline of 5.9% in animal feeds.
With a decline of 10.2%, the biggest drop was seen in cattle feed (beef and dairy). The pig feed industry also suffered with a 6.8% reduction in production. Production of poultry feeds have least decreased with a minus of 2.9%.
The data were released by the syndicate of French animal feed industry and Coop de France.
The last quarter of 2009, with a decline of 2.8%, shows a reducing trend of the decline experienced throughout the year 2009, with the exception of milk replacers and rabbit feeds which continue to drop significantly.
In the first half of the season 2009-2010, production of feed decreased 4% to 10,208,100 tonnes.