In 2023, domestic livestock, poultry and aquaculture in the United States consumed nearly 284 million tons of feed. The top three feed consumers included beef cattle at 76.7 million tons, broiler chickens at 61.5 million tons and hogs at 60.9 million tons. Iowa topped the list in sheer amount of feed consumed with 29.1 million tons, followed by Texas, Nebraska, North Carolina and Kansas at 24.4 million tons, 17.3 million tons, 15.5 million tons and 15.3 million tons, respectively of feed consumed.  

Corn and corn-related products, like distiller’s dried grains (DDGs) and corn meal, made up the large majority (70%) of the total amount of compounded feed consumed, followed by soy-related ingredients (14%).

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