Top Feed Companies: 144 global producers rank in 2022

Annual report highlights global compound animal feed manufacturers producing volumes more than 1 million metric tons in .

In , 144 animal feed manufacturers worldwide reached or exceeded 1 million metric tons (mmt) of compound feed production, according to WATT Global Media&#;s Top Feed Companies database. Together, these companies manufactured 523,040 mmt of compound feed last year, or 42% of total global production, which hit 1.235 billion metric tons based on Alltech&#;s Global Feed Survey estimate.

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From a regional perspective, many of the firms featured in this year&#;s listing are headquartered in Asia (55) and in Europe (32). Thirty are in North America; 12 in South America; nine in the Middle East; three from Africa; two in Australia and one in Central America.

WATT Global Media&#;s research team compiles exclusive feed industry insights, including the production volumes and other data points, to populate its Top Feed Companies database and then uses it generate Feed Strategy&#;s annual listing.

To capture the most accurate information, the data and analysis found in the Top Feed Companies report focuses on the previous calendar year&#;s compound feed volumes.

The 144 Top Feed Companies produced a total of nearly 523,040 million metric tons of production, or 42% of &#;s total global tonnage. (Copyright WATT Global Media )

Most of the compound feed manufacturers reaching or exceeding volumes of 1 million metric tons are in Asia, Europe and North America. (Copyright WATT Global Media )

ranking highlights

The Top Feed Companies of report features 144 animal feed-producing companies compared with the 140 that ranked in &#;s recap. The most notable changes to this year&#;s report can be attributed to the addition of new or updated data; however, others are influenced by market conditions, acquisitions or circumstances unique to the company.

Continued guidance from our feed industry consultant, who specializes in the Asian feed industry, shaped some of the most notable changes found in the edition. Due to the discovery of new information, one company that appeared in last year&#;s Top Feed Companies report was removed from the listing and five new companies were added.

Keeping that in mind, the highlights of Top Feed Companies ranking:

Top 10 shake-up

The most notable ranking shifts can be found in the Top 10 feed-producing companies. While Thailand&#;s CP Group continues to hold the No. 1 position and New Hope Group remains at No. 2, China&#;s Haid Group assumed the No. 3 slot, jumping up from the No. 6 ranking in .

U.S. feed leaders Cargill (No. 4) and Land O&#; Lakes (No. 5) stay at the top, while Muyuan Foodstuff joined the Top 10, ascending from the No. 30 position last year to No. 6 in &#;s report. Shuangbaotai Group (Twins Group) moved from No. 12 last year to take No. 7, tying with JBS S.A. by producing 11 mmt each in .

Brazil&#;s BRF came in at No. 9, despite seeing a sizable decrease in its production volume (down 400,000 mmt) in . The Netherlands&#; ForFarmers, U.S.-based Tyson Foods and Wen&#;s Food Group, which dropped from last year&#;s No. 5 position, share the No. 10 slot, as each company produced 10 mmt of feed in .

Greatest volume gains

Much of the movement took place among Asian companies. Grouping the Chinese feed producers who saw changes due to new data, Wellhope Agri-Tech rose to No. 15 from No. 52 in . Sichuan Tequ Group jumped to No. 24 from its No. 63 in . Pig and poultry feed producer Shandong Backbone Group took No. 31, up from No. 61 last year, based on its production. Tieqilisi Group jumped to No. 45 from No. 72. Fujian Aonong Group ascended to No. 54 from No. 90. Fujian Sunner Development Co. Ltd. hit No. 54 from No. 65. Xinjiang Tiankang moved to No. 67 from No. 110.

Japan&#;s Feed One moved to No. 38 from No. 45, and South Korea&#;s Harim Group added volume to move from the No. 23 slot to fill No. 20.

Meanwhile in South America, Brazil&#;s Lar Cooperativa grew to take No. 110 versus its No. 122 position last year by increasing its production by around 200,000 mmt.

Largest tonnage decreases

Ukraine&#;s MHP&#;s feed production decreased in , moving the company from No. 60 down to No. 85. No doubt its volumes will further decline due Russia&#;s invasion of the country.

Royal Agrifirm Group&#;s production dropped, moving the Dutch agrifood giant from No. 19 in down to No. 26. Japan&#;s Marubeni Nisshin Feed Co. dropped from its No. 40 position down to No. 65. Danish aquafeed producer BioMar Group slid from No. 108 to No. 120. China&#;s Guangdong Evergreen Feed Co. Ltd. downgraded from No. 106 to No. 125.

With volumes of more than 800,000 metric tons of production, 14 companies almost ranked on &#;s Top Feed Companies master list. (Copyright WATT Global Media )

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Understanding the Top Feed Companies ranking

If you notice some major players seem to be missing from the full ranking report, please note that WATT Global Media&#;s research team has standardized the way parent companies and their subsidiaries are displayed in the Top Feed Companies database and combine tonnage under the parent company&#;s listing, e.g. Smithfield Foods is owned by WH Group and its tonnage is accounted for in its total.

To examine the holdings of the parent companies in this year&#;s report, visit Feed Strategy&#;s Top Feed Companies database (see sidebar) to search historical data, milestones and additional company information.

Editor&#;s note: The World&#;s Top Feed Companies report was drawn from WATT Global Media&#;s Top Feed Companies database, compiled from research and a survey overseen by Bruce Plantz and Denise O&#;Keefe. Feed consultant Yu Yu also contributed to the project. Please direct comments or questions to [ protected].

Feed Strategy&#;s Top Feed Companies report features 144 compound feed manufacturers who produced more than 1 million metric tons in the calendar year. See the full table. (Copyright WATT Global Media )

Looking for additional Top Feed Companies information?

To drill down deeper into the factors that shaped this listing, historical data and the company profiles of nearly 200 feed producers worldwide, visit the Feed Strategy&#;s full Top Feed Companies database: www.feedstrategy.com/worlds-leading-feed-producers/.

In , 30 animal feed manufacturers in North America reached or exceeded 1 million metric tons of compound feed production, according to WATT Global Media&#;s Top Feed Companies database, the exclusive source of Feed & Grain&#;s North American Top Feed Companies ranking report. WATT Global Media&#;s Top Feed Companies database is continuously updated by a research team and tracks the annual feed production volumes and major developments for each of the global feed industry's major players.

Globally, 147 animal feed manufacturers reached or exceeded 1 million metric tons of compound feed production. To capture the most accurate information, the Top Feed Companies analysis focuses on the previous calendar year&#;s compound feed production.

Many of the world&#;s leading firms are headquartered in Asia (58) and in Europe (32), with North America coming in third with 30 firms.  

The 30 top North American feed-producing companies manufactured more than 104 million metric tons (MMT) of compound feed in . According to Alltech&#;s Agri-Food Outlook survey, &#;s global compound feed production volume exceeded 1.266 billion metric tons, meaning these 30 companies represent 8% of the world&#;s feed tonnage.

The North American Top Feed Companies report features one company new to the World&#;s Top Feed Companies list &#; Seaboard Foods (No. 8) at 3 MMT, headquartered in Merriam, Kansas.

North American Top Feed Companies highlights:

&#; Notable volume gains: The merger between two of the largest U.S. poultry integrators spawned Oakwood, Georgia-based Wayne-Sanderson Farms and its No. 5 ranking. Prior, Sanderson ranked No. 8, and Wayne Farms came in at No. 14 in .

While ADM Animal Nutrition, based in Decatur, Illinois, sustained its No. 7 spot in North America, positive performance boosted it to No. 33 from No. 43 on a global scale.

&#; Global reach: The top three North American feed companies also made the top 10 on the World&#;s Top Feed Companies list. They were Wayzata, Minnesota-based Cargill, ADM Animal Nutrition and Tyson Foods, headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.

&#; Mexico&#;s presence: While only two Mexican firms made the North American Top Companies list, they both ranked in the top 10 and reached the top 50 in the World&#;s Top Companies list of 147. Industrias Bachoco of Celaya, Guanajuato, sits at No. 6 (No. 29 globally) and Proteína Animal (PROAN) in San Juan de Los Lagos, Jalisco, came in at No. 10 (No. 47 globally).

&#; Tonnage decreases: The 30 companies on our North American Top Feed Companies list produced a total feed tonnage of 108,587 MMT in , compared with total feed tonnage of 104,910 MMT in . That&#;s a drop of more than 3,500 MMT last year.

U.S. egg producers saw feed production declines due to avian influenza &#; pushing Cal-Maine Foods of Jackson, Mississippi from No. 9 in North America to 16.

&#; Companies nearing 1 MMT of compound feed production: There are six companies worth watching in the coming years that charted volumes upward of 800,000 metric tons of compound feed production in . These six may be contenders for ranking on the next North American Top Feed Companies.

If any major players seem to be missing from the North American ranking, note that WATT Global Media&#;s research team lists and combines the tonnage of subsidiaries under the sometimes lesser-known name of the parent company. To deep dive into all the companies WATT tracks, visit the Top Feed Companies database to search historical data, milestones and additional company information at Feedstrategy.com/top-feed-companies.

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