The proposed funding could support agricultural production and value chains, creating opportunities to strengthen local feed ingredient supplies in a country that cultivates only a quarter of its arable land.
The global consolidation brings premixes, concentrates, young animal feeds and specialist feed ingredients under one brand, with Agrimprove and Earlyfeed incorporated into the Nuscience portfolio in EMEA.
The new rail-connected facility will strengthen grain deliveries to cattle feeding operations in the Texas Panhandle.
The new destination marketing office will connect regional customers with ADM’s global supply chain and portfolio of feed ingredients and animal nutrition products.
The country’s ten-year poultry development strategy aims to increase egg and poultry meat production.
The developments form part of wider investment in feed manufacturing, poultry production and aquaculture, including planned soybean processing facilities and fish farming expansion.
The programme offers eligible livestock owners ₹3 (US$0.03) per kilogram of purchased silage to improve fodder access, manage feeding costs and maintain cattle nutrition during drought.
Producers say rising feed prices and higher chick costs are squeezing farm margins, prompting calls for government support to sustain poultry production in Nigeria.
The South African Poultry Association wants vaccination, renewed anti-dumping duties and higher chicken consumption to drive industry growth.
ADM’s new salmonid nursery feed delivered 17% higher average body weight than a competing starter feed in a rainbow trout trial, alongside improved size uniformity.