The Middle East conflict has triggered one of the most significant and concurrent disruptions to agricultural trade, energy supply, and global logistics in recent history. For feed additive companies, the compounding effects of the Red Sea/Bab el-Mandeb closure, the newly disrupted Strait of Hormuz, rising oil prices, supply chain rerouting, and shifting demand patterns in the world’s fastest-growing feed markets constitute both immediate operational risk and medium-term strategic opportunity.
As of February 28, 2026, the US–Israel joint military strikes on Iran have triggered an effective shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz. Maersk, MSC, Hapag-Lloyd, and CMA CGM have all suspended Gulf operations. This is now a TIER-1 supply chain emergency for the feed additive industry. Read more