Increasing use of corn and soybean meal in Japanese compound feed

Introduction: according to the report of Japan economic news on December 22, the national organization of Japanese farmers, the Japan National Agricultural Cooperative Association, sent a notice to the economic group on January 3, 2002 on the second consecutive price increase of compound feed The reason for the price increase of compound feed is the devaluation of Japan and the prohibition of the use of meat and bone meal, which is one of the sources of BSE infection However, the use of corn and soybean meal has greatly increased, and the production cost has increased In addition, the reason is that the demand for beef brought about by mad cow disease has declined substantially, the management of beef farmers has deteriorated, and the rise of beef has been restrained Compared with the average price of the whole country and the whole feed from October to December 2001, the price increase range of the national agricultural cooperative combination Federation reached 700 yen per ton and about 2% The average price of the new compound feed is about 35900 yen per ton The average value of raising range of feed price for cattle is lower than the total average value of compound feed Since October 2001, most of the meat and bone meal in the compound feed that has been sold to chickens and pigs has been banned However, the use cost of soybean meal and fish meal in the substitute feedstuff is increased, especially the average price of the special feedstuff for chicken and pig, which has a relatively high use rate of soybean meal in the compound feedstuff, has a relatively large increase rate, while the price of the compound feedstuff for beef cattle is relatively small due to the relatively small use rate of meat and bone meal In Japanese compound feed, corn is the main raw material, accounting for about 60% of the total compound feed At present, the trading activity of corn still depends on the market of Chicago Mercantile Exchange In the previous period, the price of corn in Chicago market was not high, and the market in China was weak in the adjustment of raw materials However, the exchange rate between the US dollar and the Japanese yen has shifted to about 120 yen per dollar, resulting in a sharp decline of the Japanese yen Value In addition, the price of animal fat for feed has been raised due to the significant reduction of cattle processing However, due to the market panic of mad cow disease, the market delivery of cattle is still stagnant The farmers who manage the fattening cattle extend the time for the cattle to go out of the market, and the deterioration of the operating cost caused by the increase of the feeding cost is more obvious Some economic groups refuse to accept the price increase of the farmers who raise fat cattle, so they have to support the farmers who raise beef cattle in another form In Japan, 42% of the mixed feed is used for chickens, 26% for pigs, 16% for beef cattle, 13% for dairy cows and 3% for others This is based on the statistics of 2142 thousand tons of compound feed in October this year (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: