Consumer Insights
Uncover trends and behaviors shaping consumer choices today
Procurement Insights
Optimize your sourcing strategy with key market data
Industry Stats
Stay ahead with the latest trends and market analysis.
The Latin America animal feed market attained a volume of 196.46 Million Tons in 2025 and is projected to expand at a CAGR of 1.70% through 2035. The market is further expected to reach 232.53 Million Tons by 2035. Rising demand for meat, dairy, and aquaculture products, advancements in feed production techniques, and growing usage of organic and functional feed are strengthening demand across the region. Alternative raw materials, precision feeding technologies, and expanding pet food consumption are further encouraging feed producers to widen their portfolios in every segment.
Animal feed refers to food given to livestock, poultry, aquatic animals, and pets to support growth, health, and productivity, supplied as compound feed or fodder and forage. Compound feed holds a large share of the Latin America animal feed market given its balanced nutrient content and ease of use across commercial farms, while fodder and forage remain important for cattle raising. Rising protein exports, growing aquaculture output, and pet ownership continue to widen the customer base among commercial farmers, integrators, and feed mills.
Demand is concentrating around producers able to combine large scale compound feed output with functional additives. In April 2026, Alltech's Agri-Food Outlook reported that Latin America produced about 204.45 million tonnes of compound feed in 2025, up 2.8 percent, with broad based growth in poultry, pork, and aquaculture. This protein export driven positioning is converting rising livestock and aquaculture output directly into expanded adoption across the Latin America animal feed market.
Companies across the Latin America animal feed market are converging on a common development direction, widening from basic compound feed toward premix, additive, and species-specific nutrition solutions. Feed producers are increasingly pursuing new plants, acquisitions, and functional ingredients to broaden their customer base. This shift is reshaping competitive dynamics among feed companies, favouring those able to demonstrate premix and additive capability, traceability, and species-specific formulation over those offering conventional compound feed alone.

Read more about this report - REQUEST FREE SAMPLE COPY IN PDF
ADM opened a new premix and feed additives production facility in Apucarana, Parana, Brazil, in June 2026, with an installed capacity of about 40,000 tons a year and advanced automation for dosage control and traceability across the plant. Feed companies across the Latin America animal feed market can use such technologically advanced plants to win future business from producers who value consistent, precise formulations. It also gives ADM a stronger base to supply premix ingredients to feed mills across southern Brazil.
Italcol installed a solar power system at its specialised pet food plant in Palmira, Colombia, in March 2026, with an investment of about COP 19 billion, covering close to 30 percent of the plant's conventional energy use. Feed companies across the Latin America animal feed market can use renewable energy investments to lower operating costs and strengthen their sustainability credentials with customers, regulators, lenders, and export partners.
Skretting, a Nutreco brand, launched its Lorica and Optiline shrimp feed lines at AQUAEXPO in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in October 2025, featuring new phytogenic complexes developed with the Ecuadorian shrimp industry to manage inflammatory stress and glucose metabolism. Feed companies can use species specific functional feeds to address local production challenges and differentiate their portfolios from generic lower priced feed offerings.
Cargill completed its acquisition of Mig-Plus, a family-owned animal nutrition company based in Casca, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in October 2025, adding premixes, feed concentrates, and complete feeds for swine and ruminants. Feed companies across the Latin America animal feed market can use acquisitions of established regional producers to gain proximity to farmers and add specialised product lines, skilled staff, and established customer relationships quickly.
Pet food makers are increasingly building dedicated wet food production lines as premiumisation spreads across Latin American pet ownership. This is widening the specialty feed segment of the Latin America animal feed market. In June 2025, Mars inaugurated a new wet pet food factory in Ponta Grossa, Parana, Brazil, investing about USD 76 million in its third pet food manufacturing site in the country. Such investments show how strongly companies are betting on premiumisation trends across the region's pet food.
Global pet food groups are increasingly expanding their Brazilian manufacturing footprint to serve a market of more than 110 million pets. This is deepening investment across the Latin America animal feed market. In March 2026, Nestle Purina opened a new wet pet food factory in Vargeao, Santa Catarina, Brazil, its largest ever investment in the country at about USD 470 million, nearly doubling local wet food capacity. Purina's move follows similar bets by other multinational groups on Brazil's fast growing pet food market.
Major protein groups are increasingly combining operations to build scale across feed, processing, and export logistics. This is reshaping the competitive landscape across the Latin America animal feed market as combined entities gain purchasing power. In September 2025, BRF completed its merger with Marfrig, forming a new combined entity named MBRF Global Foods Company, bringing together two of Brazil's largest animal protein and feed producers. The combined group can now negotiate feed ingredients, logistics, and export contracts from a stronger bargaining position.
Industry associations are increasingly confirming steady broiler feed demand growth even as input costs and currency conditions vary by country. This is supporting investment decisions across the Latin America animal feed market. In June 2026, Brazil's National Union of Animal Feed Industries projected broiler feed consumption of 39.1 million tonnes for 2026, up from 37.85 million tonnes in 2025, reflecting continued recovery in livestock and aquaculture production across the country. Feed millers continue expanding capacity to match this steady rise.
Poultry processors are increasingly making bolt on acquisitions of smaller regional producers to add processing capacity quickly. This is consolidating supply chains across the market as integrators secure captive demand for their feed mills. In October 2025, JBS subsidiary Seara Alimentos acquired full ownership of Pico Paco, a poultry processing company based in Minas Gerais, Brazil, for about USD 1.2 million. Such deals let processors add regional slaughter and further processing capacity without building new sites.
The Expert Market Research's report titled "Latin America Animal Feed Market Report and Forecast 2026-2035" offers a detailed analysis of the market based on the following segments:
Market Breakup by Type
Key Insight: Compound Feed dominates the type of segment of the Latin America animal feed market given its balanced nutrient content and convenience for commercial livestock and aquaculture operations, and it is also registering the fastest growth. In August 2026, Mato Grosso's state agriculture federation FAMATO reported that the state's second season corn processing industry is expanding, with the number of processing plants expected to nearly double in the coming years to meet rising feed and ethanol demand. Fodder and Forage sustains steady demand through cattle grazing systems and smallholder farms across the region, particularly in Argentina and southern Brazil.
Market Breakup by Livestock
Key Insight: Poultry dominates the livestock segment given rising broiler consumption and export demand across Brazil and Mexico. Aquatic Animal feed is registering the fastest growth as shrimp and salmon farming expand in Ecuador, Chile, and Brazil. In April 2026, Chile's SalmonChile industry association reported that salmon export volumes rose 20.7 percent in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier. Pork and Cattle sustain steady demand through domestic and export protein markets, while Others, including equine and pet feed, add a growing niche.
Market Breakup by Raw Material
Key Insight: Corn dominates the raw material segment given its wide availability and energy value in compound feed formulations across the region. Soy is registering the fastest growth as protein rich meal demand rises with poultry and aquaculture output. Others, including alternative proteins such as insect meal and food by products, are gaining share as producers seek to manage input costs.
Market Breakup by Country
Key Insight: Brazil dominates the country breakup of the Latin America animal feed market given its position as one of the world's top three feed producing countries, and it is also registering the fastest growth. Mexico sustains strong demand through poultry and pork production for domestic and export markets, Argentina serves cattle and export grain processing, and Others, including Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, and Peru, add regional volumes through aquaculture and poultry feed.
Read more about this report - REQUEST FREE SAMPLE COPY IN PDF
Compound Feed dominates the type of segment of the Latin America animal feed market given its balanced nutrient content and the convenience it offers commercial livestock, poultry, and aquaculture operations compared with unprocessed feed. Producers serving this category continue to prioritise formulation science and quality control, since consistent nutrient content directly affects animal growth rates and feed conversion, which farmers use to judge suppliers over time and decide whether to renew annual supply contracts across their operations. Quality control teams increasingly rely on shared testing protocols to keep formulations consistent across multiple plants.

Read more about this report - REQUEST FREE SAMPLE COPY IN PDF
Compound Feed is also registering the fastest type of growth as aquaculture and poultry operations scale up and require precisely formulated feed rather than basic fodder. In August 2026, the National Union of Animal Feed Industries projected that Brazil's animal feed production would grow 3.4 percent in 2026 to reach 97 million tons, up from 94 million tons in 2025, showing how strongly compound feed output is expanding across the region. Producers across the region continue investing in premix and additive capacity to keep pace with this growth.
Poultry dominates the livestock segment of the Latin America animal feed market given rising broiler consumption and strong export demand across Brazil and Mexico, where integrated producers run large scale feed mills alongside their own farms. In November 2025, Brazil's crop agency CONAB and the industry group ABPA forecast record chicken meat output of between 15.4 and 15.5 million tons for 2026, underscoring how strongly poultry integrators are investing in feed capacity to match rising production and export demand. This forecast strengthens confidence in continued feed demand from integrated poultry producers.

Read more about this report - REQUEST FREE SAMPLE COPY IN PDF
Aquatic Animal feed is registering the fastest livestock growth in the Latin America animal feed market as shrimp and salmon farming expand across Ecuador, Chile, and Brazil, requiring precisely formulated feed rather than conventional livestock rations. In February 2026, BioMar acquired the remaining 30 percent stake in BioMar Ecuador and announced plans to expand production capacity from 300,000 to 410,000 tonnes during 2026, reflecting strong demand growth in the country's shrimp farming sector. Such expansions confirm why global aquafeed producers keep prioritising Ecuador's shrimp farming sector for new capacity.
Corn dominates the raw material segment of the Latin America animal feed market given its wide availability and energy value in compound feed formulations across Brazilian and Argentine feed mills. In August 2026, Brazil's crop agency CONAB raised its 2025 to 2026 corn production estimate to about 142.96 million tons, up from earlier estimates, giving feed millers a larger and more competitively priced domestic supply of the region's primary feed ingredient. Larger domestic harvests also reduce dependence on imported grain for compound feed producers.

Read more about this report - REQUEST FREE SAMPLE COPY IN PDF
Soy is registering the fastest raw material growth as protein rich meal demand rises with poultry and aquaculture output across the Latin America animal feed market. In May 2026, Brazil's grain exporter association ANEC reported that soybean meal exports were forecast at about 2.56 million tons for the month, up 20.87 percent year on year, reflecting strong demand for the protein meal that feed mills blend into poultry and swine rations. Rising soybean meal exports also signal strong underlying demand from poultry and swine.
Brazil dominates the country breakup of the Latin America animal feed market given its position as one of the world's top three feed producing countries, supported by large poultry, pork, and cattle industries and strong export demand. In January 2026, Brazil's Animal Protein Association reported that chicken meat export revenue reached USD 9.79 billion for 2025, with total volume of 5.324 million tons, reinforcing Brazil's role as the anchor market for regional feed producers and premix suppliers. Such steady export growth continues to anchor Brazil's position as the region's largest feed market.

Read more about this report - REQUEST FREE SAMPLE COPY IN PDF
Mexico is registering the fastest country growth as its poultry and swine sectors expand to meet rising domestic consumption and reduce reliance on imported protein. In November 2025, Grupo Bachoco announced an agreement to purchase more than 700,000 tons of domestically sourced grains annually from producers in states such as Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Chihuahua, strengthening its feed supply chain across the country. Such agreements deepen ties between large integrators and Mexican grain producers, supporting long term feed supply security.
Competition combines global agribusiness groups, European nutrition specialists, and Latin American family-owned feed producers that compete for contracts with commercial farms and integrators. Latin America animal feed companies are investing in premix and additive capacity, acquisitions of regional producers, and species-specific formulations, while currency swings and input costs shape which plants expand fastest.
Latin America animal feed market players are also responding to demand for functional and sustainable feed, since customers increasingly value traceability and lower environmental impact alongside growth performance. Opportunities are emerging in aquaculture nutrition, alternative proteins, and precision feeding technology. Producers that combine broad geographic coverage with premix and additive depth are expected to strengthen their competitive position over the coming years.
Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Nicholasville, Kentucky, United States, Alltech Inc. supports the market through its algae, mineral, and specialty ingredient plants across Brazil, alongside its Alltech Sao Pedro yeast facility. The company continues to expand its Latin America production capacity through targeted investments. Alltech draws on its position as a global leader in agriculture and animal nutrition to serve producers across the region.
Founded in 1902 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company contributes to the market through its animal nutrition division, including premix, feed additives, and complete feed plants in Brazil. The company continues to widen its premix and specialty ingredient capacity in the region. ADM draws on its position as a global agricultural supply chain manager to serve livestock producers across Latin America.
Founded in 1865 and headquartered in Wayzata, Minnesota, United States, Cargill, Incorporated supports the market through its animal nutrition and health business, offering premixes, feed concentrates, and complete feeds for swine, cattle, and poultry. The company continues to grow through acquisitions of regional producers in Brazil. Cargill draws on its position as one of the world's largest agricultural companies to serve producers across the region.
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Amersfoort, Netherlands, Nutreco N.V. contributes to market through its Skretting aquafeed brand, offering species specific shrimp and salmon feed solutions in Ecuador, Chile, and Brazil. The company continues to develop phytogenic and functional additives tailored to regional aquaculture conditions. Nutreco draws on its position as a global animal nutrition leader to serve aquaculture and livestock producers across Latin America.
Other key players in the market include BRF S.A., Guabi Nutricao e Saude Animal S.A., De Heus Voeders BV, JA Teixeira Veterinaria Ltda., ITALCOL S.A., Contegral SAS, and BioMar Group, among others.
*Please note that this is only a partial list; the complete list of key players is available in the full report. Additionally, the list of key players can be customized to better suit your needs.*
Unlock the latest insights with our Latin America animal feed market trends 2026 report. Discover country growth patterns, type and livestock economics, and key industry players. Stay ahead of the competition and identify emerging opportunities in the evolving market landscape.
*While we strive to always give you current and accurate information, the numbers depicted on the website are indicative and may differ from the actual numbers in the main report. At Expert Market Research, we aim to bring you the latest insights and trends in the market. Using our analyses and forecasts, stakeholders can understand the market dynamics, navigate challenges, and capitalize on opportunities to make data-driven strategic decisions.*
In 2025, the market reached an approximate volume of 196.46 Million Tons.
The market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 1.70% between 2026 and 2035.
The market is estimated to witness a healthy growth during 2026-2035 to reach around 232.53 Million Tons by 2035.
Building premix and additive capacity, acquiring regional producers, developing species specific feed solutions, and diversifying raw material sourcing are key strategies driving the market.
The key trends aiding the market include a shift towards alternative feed options, usage of innovative technologies such as precision feeding systems, and rising use of feed additives.
Countries considered in the market are Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina, among others.
Based on type, market segmentations include fodder and forage and compound feed.
Various types of livestock are pork, aquatic animal, cattle, and poultry, among others.
The key players in the market include Alltech Inc., Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Cargill, Incorporated, Nutreco N.V., BRF S.A., Guabi Nutricao e Saude Animal S.A., De Heus Voeders BV, JA Teixeira Veterinaria Ltda., ITALCOL S.A., Contegral SAS, and BioMar Group, among others.
Producers in the market face volatile grain prices, currency fluctuations, disease outbreaks affecting livestock demand, and regulatory approval timelines for acquisitions.
Explore our key highlights of the report and gain a concise overview of key findings, trends, and actionable insights that will empower your strategic decisions.
| REPORT FEATURES | DETAILS |
| Base Year | 2025 |
| Historical Period | 2019-2025 |
| Forecast Period | 2026-2035 |
| Scope of the Report |
Historical and Forecast Trends, Industry Drivers and Constraints, Historical and Forecast Market Analysis by Segment:
|
| Breakup by Type |
|
| Breakup by Livestock |
|
| Breakup by Raw Material |
|
| Breakup by Region |
|
| Market Dynamics |
|
| Competitive Landscape |
|
| Companies Covered |
|
Datasheet
One User
USD 2,499
USD 2,249
tax inclusive*
Single User License
One User
USD 3,999
USD 3,599
tax inclusive*
Five User License
Five User
USD 4,999
USD 4,249
tax inclusive*
Corporate License
Unlimited Users
USD 5,999
USD 5,099
tax inclusive*
*Please note that the prices mentioned below are starting prices for each bundle type. Kindly contact our team for further details.*
Flash Bundle
Small Business Bundle
Growth Bundle
Enterprise Bundle
*Please note that the prices mentioned below are starting prices for each bundle type. Kindly contact our team for further details.*
Flash Bundle
Number of Reports: 3
20%
tax inclusive*
Small Business Bundle
Number of Reports: 5
25%
tax inclusive*
Growth Bundle
Number of Reports: 8
30%
tax inclusive*
Enterprise Bundle
Number of Reports: 10
35%
tax inclusive*
How To Order
Select License Type
Choose the right license for your needs and access rights.
Click on ‘Buy Now’
Add the report to your cart with one click and proceed to register.
Select Mode of Payment
Choose a payment option for a secure checkout. You will be redirected accordingly.
Strategic Solutions for Informed Decision-Making
Gain insights to stay ahead and seize opportunities.
Get insights & trends for a competitive edge.
Track prices with detailed trend reports.
Analyse trade data for supply chain insights.
Leverage cost reports for smart savings
Enhance supply chain with partnerships.
Connect For More Information
Our expert team of analysts will offer full support and resolve any queries regarding the report, before and after the purchase.
Our expert team of analysts will offer full support and resolve any queries regarding the report, before and after the purchase.
We employ meticulous research methods, blending advanced analytics and expert insights to deliver accurate, actionable industry intelligence, staying ahead of competitors.
Our skilled analysts offer unparalleled competitive advantage with detailed insights on current and emerging markets, ensuring your strategic edge.
We offer an in-depth yet simplified presentation of industry insights and analysis to meet your specific requirements effectively.