What Are the Different Types of Aquaculture Feeds?

Aquatic feed manufacturing refers to the price activity of producing feed from fish bone, shrimp, and shellfish.

Aquatic feed manufacturing

Fish meal: using one or more fish as raw materials,

The development of China's aquatic feed industry has generally gone through three stages. The first stage was before the 1980s.

Ecological feed refers to the ability to obtain maximum nutrient utilization and optimal animal production performance, and to maximize the safety of feed to animals, producers, consumers and the environment (mainly soil and water resources), and promote ecological Harmonious feed.

The characteristics of ecological feed are: emphasis on improving the utilization of resources, reducing animal excretion, and reducing environmental pollution; stressing the best animal production performance and improving the economics of feed; stressing safety, that is, not using illegal

As the nutritional needs of aquatic animals are related to the type of main ingredients used in feed, for example, freshwater in our country

1. The industry consolidation trend is gradually emerging

Due to the large number of aquatic feed enterprises, their scattered layout and fierce competition in the industry, some companies have

Aquatic feed is bait for aquatic animal farming. According to the feeding species, aquatic feed can be divided into fish feed, shrimp feed and crab feed; according to feed characteristics, it can be divided into compound feed, concentrated feed and pre-mixed feed. The raw materials for aquatic feed production are mainly composed of fish meal, grain raw materials, and oils. Fish meal and grain raw materials often account for more than 50% of the cost of feed.

The seasonal characteristics of the industry are obvious. Short-term or dragged down by the decline of the downstream aquaculture boom: Unlike livestock and poultry farming, aquaculture is more significantly affected by seasonal factors. Because the best growing animals for most aquatic animals such as fish and shrimp are 20- Between 30 degrees Celsius, therefore, the best growing season for aquaculture is from May to October, and it is also the peak season for aquaculture feed sales. In addition, in the second and third quarters, the gross profit margin of aquatic feed enterprises benefited from the rebound in downstream aquaculture demand and the increase in plant operating rates, and the improvement trend was obvious.

Analysts believe that in the short term, the aquafeed industry may be dragged down by the decline of the downstream aquaculture boom in 2013: the sharp increase in freshwater fish prices in the first half of 2012 caused farmers to increase their investment in seedlings, which led to an outbreak of freshwater fish production in the second half of 2012 Growth, prices fell sharply. Although the price of freshwater fish in the second half of 2012 was basically the same as that in 2011, the increase in feed prices by 15% -30% year-on-year resulted in farmers' profits approaching the breakeven point. The sharp shrinkage of farming profits will reduce the farmers' willingness to replenish seedlings in 2013. We expect that the growth of seedling investment and breeding area will slow down significantly in 2013.