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Animal Industry and Technology
Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology

Anim Ind Technol

pISSN: 2383-5761, eISSN: 2383-6385

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5187/ait.25.00009

Review Article

Impact of bioenergy industry growth on feed ingredient market

Hyunseok Do1, Jeong Hyun Moon2,*
105029, Korea.
213630, Korea.
*Corresponding Author: Jeong Hyun Moon, Cargil Agri Purina, Seongnam-si 13630, Korea, Republic of. E-mail: jemoon@cargill.com.

© Copyright 2026 Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: May 23, 2025; Revised: Feb 18, 2026; Accepted: Feb 19, 2026

Published Online: Apr 14, 2026

Abstract

Korea's complete feed industry is highly dependent on imported ingredients, with approximately 90% of raw materials sourced from overseas. As the rise of the bioethanol industry in the 2000s, corn distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) - a byproduct of the bioethanol productions- have become an important ingredient in compound feed. Currently, Korea imports over 1 million tons of USA corn DDGS annually, which accounts for 5.2% of the ingredients used in compound feed. As interest in sustainable energy grows, especially in the developed countries, the biodiesel industry is emerging as an important change in the energy market. The biodiesel and renewable diesel industries are industries that creates energy sources to replace diesel oil by utilizing animal fat and vegetable oil used in the traditional complete feed market. As a result, the prices of animal fat and vegetable oil are expected to rise, and the production of vegetable by-products are expected to rise due to increased demand for vegetable oil. It is very meaningful to analyze and predict the changes that changes in these other industries may have on the market for ingredients for complete feed. This is a time when attention is needed to predict changes in the ingredient market in advance and reflect them in design and formula preparation. The biodiesel and renewable industries create energy sources to replace diesel fuel by utilizing animal fat and vegetable oil, which are traditionally used in the compound feed market. Consequently, prices for animal fat and vegetable oil are expected to rise, and the production of vegetable byproducts is likely to increase due to the heightened demand for vegetable oil. Therefore, it is essential to analyze and predict how changes in the related industries may impact the market for compound feed ingredients. This paper emphasizes the importance of anticipating ingredient market changes and adjusting feed design accordingly to ensure sustainability and economic efficiency in the compound feed industry.

Keywords: Biofuel; Compound feed; Corn distillers dried grains with solubles; Feed industry; Ingredient