Petfood Forum 2017

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A silent pendulum swinging? Market data, trends and predictions for ingredient usage and extrusion manufacturing capacity (Room 2104)

04 Apr 17
2:30 PM - 3:10 PM

Tracks: Petfood Forum Full Schedule, Petfood Forum Full Schedule; Petfood Forum Market/Marketing, Petfood Forum Full Schedule; Petfood Forum Safety/Processing, Petfood Forum Full Shedule

Isaac Matthews, director, pet food ingredients, at Lansing Trade Group, shares an outlook for the pet food market by examining ingredient and finished goods production capacities and companies’ publicly announced capital project proposals against other industries that have experienced similar economic trends. In the recent past, the pet food manufacturing industry has been capacity deficient, but now it may be at or near capacity equilibrium. Learn how capacity changes affect industry supply and demand, including ingredient production and finished product manufacturing, and how historic events in our industry have molded today’s market temperament and might affect near-term financial performance.