US animal fats and oils markets have moved higher in recent weeks alongside gains in soybean oil futures and diesel values, with improving renewable diesel and biodiesel economics driving stronger demand for feedstocks.

Feedstock markets extended gains on Thursday February 26 as compliance optimism and stronger energy fundamentals continued to fuel buying interest.

Fastmarkets proposes to discontinue its weekly price assessments for AG-TLW-0028 Category 3 bone fat, high grade, 5% ffa, 98%, max 200 ppm polyethylene, ddp Northwest Europe and AG-TLW-0029 Category 3 pure beef tallow, 10% ffa, 99%, ddp Northwest Europe.

Based on market feedback received and data collected, Fastmarkets has changed the free fatty acids (FFA) content to a maximum of 5% and iodine value (IV) to a minimum of 70 grams of iodine/mercury (hg), to reflect a specification used more commonly in the market. The updated quality specification of the prices are as follows: […]

In 2025, the pet food and animal feed industries faced unprecedented volatility driven by geopolitical tensions, policy shifts, and erratic commodity prices, prompting procurement leaders to adopt data-driven, proactive strategies like hedging and dynamic risk management to ensure cost predictability and supply security.

After 26 years of discussion and strong opposition from European farmers, the European Union has approved the EU-Mercosur trade agreement on Friday January 9. The agreement provides for the gradual reduction of tariffs, common rules for trade in industrial and agricultural products, investments, and regulatory standards.

This article explores the macro trends shaping the animal feed and pet food industry, the specific risks threatening your supply chain, and why accessing reliable market intelligence is the single most important factor in building long-term resilience.

Since late December 2025 and into January 2026, Russia has deliberately targeted Ukraine’s vegetable oil sector through a concentrated series of systematic attacks aimed at disrupting the segment as an integrated system, which, along with other factors, has led to increases in delivered vegoil prices to their highest levels in the last few years. In particular, the sunoil FOB six ports price has been driven to its highest level since August 2022, Fastmarkets analyses showed.

Light spot trade volume was reported for US animal proteins on Tuesday December 9, though wide ranges continue to be witnessed due to the proximity of the holidays.

Fastmarkets has launched weekly price assessments for category 3 poultry meal 65% protein and category 3 mixed meat and bone meal 50% protein on an ex-works Eastern Europe basis, with the aim of bringing further transparency to the processed animal proteins (PAPs) market in Europe.