France's animal nutrition sector plans to spend an additional 950 million euros by 2030. SNIA says the money is needed to support food sovereignty, keep commitments to French livestock sectors and push compound feed output above 20.8 million metric tons by the end of the decade.
In 2025, French animal nutrition manufacturers produced more than 19.6 million metric tons of compound feed, up 0.9% from 2024. From May through August, national feed manufacturing fell by 80,000 metric tons compared with the same period a year earlier as heat waves hit livestock operations.
The drop was not even across species. Feed for pigs and poultry fell by more than 160,000 metric tons over the May-August period, while cattle feed rose by more than 80,000 metric tons.
Drought squeezed the supply side. SNIA says dry conditions affected raw material availability through lower harvested volumes, with corn down as much as 45%, and also hurt crop quality. For feed mills, that creates pressure across formulation, procurement and logistics.
SNIA is seeking a "suramortissement," or accelerated depreciation mechanism, to support investment, along with regulatory simplification to help modernize facilities and keep the sector attractive.
The 2030 target calls for 20.8 million metric tons of compound feed, more than 1 million metric tons above 2025 levels. SNIA says 950 million euros in additional investment will be required to get there, making the plan a capacity question as much as a competitiveness question.
The organization also places the plan inside European policy. SNIA says the ambition fits the European Commission's recognition of animal nutrition in the "Stratégie européenne pour l'élevage durable" and the "Plan d'actions protéines." According to SNIA, those texts, published "cet été," identify animal nutrition as an essential link between crop and livestock sectors.
SNIA says feed manufacturers remain mobilized to ensure the continuity of feed for all farm animals, and it confirms the sector's commitments to livestock producers and French agricultural supply chains.
