In 2014, the number of feed enterprises in China dropped to about 9000.

In terms of feed production for the whole year, it is expected to show a slight increase in 2014. In 2014, the number of feed production enterprises across the country will drop to about 9000.

In 2014, the number of feed enterprises in China dropped to about 9000.

It is already mid-December, and the feed market in 2015 is coming to an end. Standing at the turning point connected with 2014, I can't help but feel a lot of emotion. From feed raw materials to feed production, the whole industry seems to have experienced an uphill battle.

During the year, the market for feed raw materials and additives was too restless, with corn (15%), fishmeal (68%) and methionine soaring (250%). Soybean meal, cottonseed meal and rapeseed meal also made waves in the first half of the year, but the trend slowed down initially in the second half of the year.

The grim situation of this year has exceeded the expectations of the enterprise itself.

The feed production market has also risen one after another. This year, the pig market has entered a downward trend since the Spring Festival, reaching an annual low of 10 yuan / kg in the second quarter, with farmers losing more than 350 yuan per kilogram. At the beginning of the year, the poultry market continued to be shrouded in the haze of H7N9 flu. From July to September, aquaculture suffered multiple blows such as typhoon, low temperature, severe convective weather and diseases, and the peak season of aquatic feed production was not prosperous. In the above aquaculture environment, the growth rate of most feed enterprises slowed down, and the feed output of many enterprises decreased. According to a large domestic feed enterprise, the situation this year is grim, but also exceeded the expectations of the enterprise itself.

The feed industry won a tough battle.

So, this year, our feed industry seems to have fought an uphill battle, and fortunately, we have won. In terms of feed production for the whole year, it is expected to show a small increase in 2014. In terms of the performance of large feed enterprises, although the growth of feed production has slowed down, the increase in net profit is more obvious. Some small feed enterprises will speed up their withdrawal from the market, and it is understood that the number of feed production enterprises across the country will drop to about 9000 in 2014. The decrease in the number of feed enterprises in Guangdong and Shandong, where the scale of feed production is high, is relatively small, while that in Hebei, where the scale of feed production is relatively low, is more obvious.

And, in 2014, many characteristics of our feed market became more and more obvious. For example, the transformation of the feed industry, the adjustment of the industrial structure, the extension of the industrial chain, the strategic cooperation between raw material supply and feed factories, embracing the Internet, the slow growth of feed production but the growth of profits, investing in overseas markets, paying attention to the role of public opinion, and so on. Jingshu believes that it is precisely because we are in a severe situation that feed enterprises are forced to enter into self-reform and environmental adaptation to the entire industry. From the leading feed enterprises such as New Hope, Dabei Nong, Tongwei and Haida, we can see that in 2014, our feed enterprises continued to push through the old and bring forth the new, trying and daring to break the routine. it can be said that the growth rate of this year is twice that of previous years. Only frogs in boiling water can release more explosive power.

The "New normal" of Feed Industry

For 2014, we summarized the raw materials and additives upstream, and also reviewed the downstream pig, poultry and aquaculture noodles. Most of the time, our minds are trapped in these peaks in front of us, and when we jump out of the industry, we will find that not only the feed industry, but also other steel, trade, clothing, and so on, the rate of development has slowed down. Are going through tests, big or small. The cause is the impact of our economic environment. Our entire economic environment has entered the "new normal". From the original high growth to the current medium-to-high growth, GDP7.7%, in 2013 is expected to be about 7.4% in 2014.

As a part of the market economy, the feed market is naturally affected by the environment. Recently, the Central Economic Conference was held, which has become the focus of domestic attention. The Central Economic work Conference made it clear that the "new normal" has become the great logic of economic development, seeking a balance between medium-and high-speed growth and transformation and upgrading. It is considered that China's economy is evolving to a stage of more advanced form, more complex division of labor and more reasonable structure, and its economic development has entered a "new normal" and is changing from high-speed growth to medium-to-high-speed growth. the mode of economic development is changing from extensive growth of scale and speed to intensive growth of quality and efficiency, and the economic structure is changing from incremental capacity expansion to the deep adjustment of the coexistence of stock adjustment and optimization increment. The driving force of economic development is shifting from the traditional growth point to the new growth point. And our feed industry, enterprises are reforming, the direction of adjustment is also consistent with the above "new normal".

2014 is coming to an end, whether we like it or not, the wheel of the times will roll forward. 2015 will be a new journey.