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.

Fastmarkets has expanded its coverage of processed animal proteins (PAPs) by launching new European price assessments for category 3 poultry meal and mixed meat and bone meal, aiming to enhance market transparency and provide essential risk-management tools for participants across the food and feed supply chain.

Fastmarkets has launched AG-PM-0015 category 3 poultry meal, 65% pro, exw Eastern Europe, €/tonne and AG-MBM-0026 category 3 mixed meat and bone meal, 50% pro, exw Eastern Europe, €/tonne on Friday November 7, 2025.

Fastmarkets has launched AG-TLW-0041 tallow, max 5% ffa, fob Argentina, $/tonne on October 30.

Fastmarkets launches AG-MBM-0024 meat and bone meal, bovine, 40-45 pro, cif São Paulo, with tax, Real per kg and AG-MBM-0025 Meat and bone meal, bovine, min 50 pro, fob S/SE ports Brazil, $ per tonne on October 30.

Prices for European animal fats, a biofuels feedstock, have recently fallen, amid weaker buying interest, mainly because biofuels producers have been delaying their purchases for the first quarter of 2026, sources told Fastmarkets Wednesday October 15.

Fastmarkets has launched AG-TLW-0040 Bleachable fancy tallow, delivered California, cts/lb on Monday October 20.