Middle East And Africa Starter Feed Market Report

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Middle-East and Africa Starter Feed Market Size

The Middle East and Africa starter feed market size was valued at USD 3.48 billion in 2025 and is anticipated to reach a valuation of USD 3.62 billion in 2026 and USD 5.01 billion by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 4.14% from 2026 to 2034.

Starter feed is a mixture of dairy and highly digestible protein products, acidifiers, enzymes, probiotics, and palatability agents like sweeteners and flavors with the raw materials that are generally available on the farm to obtain high-performing pre-starter and starter diets. The usage of quality starter feeds in the first weeks of animal farms may obtain much higher results in the growth, nutritional, and sanitary performance of animals. It allows the animal to adapt to the solid feed and, consequently, improves the assimilation of the following feeds. In addition, we also obtain progressive growth and lower mortality.

Starter feeds are used in different types of livestock farming, such as poultry, swine, aquatic, and ruminants. In poultry, it is used in newly hatched chicks ages 0-10 weeks to increase protein levels up to 20%. It covers all the nutritional needs of the farm fish by improving their performance and contributing to increased production profitability. The starter feed for swine provides a balanced nutritional formulation and also helps increase the swine population during the initial growth stage, so that they get accustomed to a solid diet. In livestock feed, oats are easier to feed to animals than other grains because of their high fiber content and beta-glucans.

Major factors driving the Middle East and Africa starter feed market are the increasing demand for livestock products, adoption of precision nutrition techniques, growing people's awareness about animal feed, rise in disposable income, favorable government policies in the animal industry, rise in livestock production, new product innovations, and technological advancements in the farms.  However, lack of awareness and the high cost of feed are restraining the growth of the Middle East and African starter feed market.

REPORT COVERAGE

SEGMENT ANALYSIS

By Application Insights

Medicated starter feed is anticipated to have the highest CAGR when used to give livestock veterinary medicines. In ingredient type, Oats are projected to grow at the fastest rate through 2026. In application, poultry is forecasted to have the highest revenue in the starter feed market during the forecast period.

COUNTRY ANALYSIS

The market has been geographically segmented into the Middle East and Africa. The market is growing slowly because of many problems the region faces, in terms of instability and the unstable economy. However, countries like the USA, China, and the UK are investing in the region, and this increased financial revenue will aid this sector in this region.

KEY MARKET PLAYERS

Major companies in the Middle East and Africa starter feed market are Cargill Incorporated, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Evonik Industries AG, BASF SE, Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc, Roquette Freres S.A., Koninklijke DSM NV, Alltech, and Associated British Foods Plc.

MARKET SEGMENTATION

This research report on the Middle East and Africa starter feed market is segmented and sub-segmented into the following categories.

By Ingredients

• corn
• wheat
• oats
• soybean
• barley
• others

By Type

• medicated
• non-medicated

By Form

• pellets
• crumbles

By Application

• poultry
• ruminants
• swine
• aquatic
• equine
• others

By Country

• KSA
• UAE
• Israel
• Rest Of GCC Countries
• South Africa
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Egypt
• Sudan
• Rest Of MEA