Animal Feed - Compound: Market Size & Forecast 2026

The global compound feed market reached approximately USD 485 billion in 2025 (base year), representing the consolidated output of a one-billion-tonne production system anchored by four primary livestock segments. The market sits in a structurally balanced position today, with poultry and aquaculture leading demand growth, corn and soybean meal dominating the cost structure, and a wave of M&A consolidation reshaping the supplier landscape. Global production volumes are estimated at 1.44 billion tonnes in 2025, up from approximately 1.39 billion tonnes in 2024, reflecting a 3.6 percent year-on-year increase in physical throughput. > **Analyst Take.** The call is to lock indexed corn and soybean meal pass-through structures before Q4 2026, not because prices are certain to rise, but because the downside asymmetry is asymmetric. If the EUDR supply-chain burden lands at the high end of the E

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