Canine, cat and different pet meals manufacturing crops elevated numerically between 2017 and 2022. Whereas these canine and cat meals manufacturing services may be present in most areas of america, some states have considerably greater than others. Likewise, the distribution of ingredient processing services additionally tends to cluster in sure areas. The American Feed Business Affiliation’s report “Financial Contribution of the Animal Feed and Pet Meals Manufacturing Industries” documented and explored the pet meals trade’s distribution round america.
The variety of pet meals manufacturing services in america grew from 514 in 2017 to 523 in 2022, in keeping with U.S. Meals and Drug Administration knowledge. Nevertheless, that progress wasn’t evenly distributed. Though 17 states gained services, 16 states misplaced them, whereas 17 states stored the identical variety of services.
U.S. states with probably the most pet meals manufacturing services in 2022
- Pennsylvania: 59
- Michigan: 33
- Wisconsin: 28
- Nebraska: 27
- Washington: 26
“Pennsylvania retained probably the most services even after dropping 13,” AFIA analysts wrote. “Michigan misplaced one facility, whereas the remaining prime 5 states all noticed will increase. Minnesota and California have been within the prime 5 in 2017, however misplaced 4 and 5 services respectively, shifting them out of the prime 5 in 2022.”
Pet meals ingredient use by U.S. state
In 2022, U.S. pet meals makers used 6.4 million tons of elements. Texas processes the most important amount of these elements with 442,049 tons. California, Florida, New York and Ohio adopted to spherical out the highest 5 pet meals ingredient-producing states.
“There are 4 states that deal with greater than 200,000 tons of pet meals, 12 states that deal with 100,000 tons to 200,000 tons of pet meals, 14 states that deal with 50,000 tons to 100,000 tons of pet meals, and 20 states deal with lower than 50,000 tons of pet meals,” AFIA analysts wrote.
Meats, poultry and fish merchandise have been probably the most used elements in pet meals. These animal merchandise have been adopted by animal proteins, corn, different plant proteins, soybean meal, different grains, fat and oils, different elements and dried distillers grains.
