Widespread technique of precision nutrition, growing utilization of milk worldwide, latest technological developments in Milk Replacers and growth/investment opportunities are quite few of the observable trends in this market. Liquid milk replacers are steadfast in their growth to capture the rising demand as their digestion is easy, and provide appropriate nutrition to offspring.
Primary factors driving this market comprise the rising milk prices, increasing awareness of cost-benefits and nutritional aspects of milk replacer substances, wide ranging adoption of precision nutrition techniques, growing mortality concerns and other health-related issues, conjoined with increase in nutritional mismatches in the early birth stage of livestock offspring.
High costs of milk replacer proteins coupled with availability and rising utilization of waste or trans-species milk as a substitute are the primary factors inhibiting the growth of this market. Milk replacers market is limited by their availability to the formulators for development because of the stringent regulatory controls imposed by the government on the use of antibiotics. However, feed can’t be manufactured without government sanction.
The Latin America Milk Replacers market can be categorized into four categories: by type, by livestock, by source and by form. On the basis of type, Milk Replacers market is classified into medicated and non-medicated. Non-medicated accounts for the largest share. It is because of its degenerate prices. On the other hand, medicated is the fastest growing segment. If we go by livestock, Milk Replacers market is segmented into ruminants, swine, and others which include equine and pets. Further, on the basis of source the market can be categorized into milk based, non-milk based and blended. Milk based are the ideal since the digestive system of the progeny is genetically designed to function on milk which maximises nutrition absorption from the milk based replacers. Last but not the least comes the segmentation on the basis of form which comprises powder and liquid. In 2016, powder milk replacers segment was the largest and fastest growing segment because of ease of use, handling, and storage.
By geography, the Latin America Milk Replacers market size has been categorized into Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and remaining countries of South America. It is second to last both in terms of market share and CAGR. Brazil commands the largest market share in the region.
Few of the major players in the market Cargill (U.S.), Archer Daniels Midland Company (U.S.), CHS Inc. (U.S.), Land O’ Lakes (U.S.), and Lactalis Group (France), Glanbia, Plc (Ireland), VanDrie Group (Netherlands), FrieslandCampina (Netherlands), Nutreco N.V. (Netherlands), and Alltech (U.S.).
Market Segmentation : 1) Type 2) Livestock 3) Source 4) Form
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