Japan’s compound feed situation after earthquake

Since the earthquake and subsequent tsunami stuck Japan on March 11, surrounding Japanese feed millers have stepped up to fulfil the demand in the affected area, the US Grains Council’s Tokyo office reports.

“With the flow of compound feed from outside areas, combined with feed produced in some of the mills in the Tohoku area which were capable of working, livestock farms in the Tohoku area could get roughly half of its normal demand during the month since the earthquake,” said Hiroko Sakashita, USGC associate director in Japan.

While livestock in the Tohoku area are on a significantly reduced feed ration, a livestock expert informed the Council that animals will survive but will experience some growth reductions. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers