PitchBook’s latest Q1 2024 Agtech Report indicates a market undergoing a correction, with the wheat being separated from the chaff. Some sectors are hotter than others, meanwhile.
New Zealand-based BioLumic uses ultraviolet (UV) light to boost the growth, yield, and quality of various crops, including corn, soybeans, lettuce and cannabis. It is now bringing its tech to ryegrass in an attempt to manage the country’s notorious methane...
Japan is a pioneer in the food waste to animal feed production process, says Dr Jerry Shurson, an animal science professor at the University of Minnesota.
An ING report scrutinizes various strategies aimed at slashing on-farm emissions, spotlighting those garnering significant attention within the dairy industry, while also delving into their potential and cost implications.
ADM foresees a rise in global grain and oilseed supply for 2024, based on anticipated improvements in weather supporting larger production levels in key South American countries.
The cage-free egg sector in China has rapidly gained in popularity over the past year due to major support from both government and industry players as well as rising consumer demand.
In 2023, the startup ecosystem faced persistent challenges due to economic uncertainties, anticipated interest rate increases, and the lingering effects of previous bank failures, as reported by EY.
Scotland’s Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) is supporting further research into fish health and wellbeing initiatives in 2024, with seven projects set to benefit from its most recent funding call.
Cargill reports that it has completed an expansion and modernization project at its integrated soybean crush and refined oils facility in Sidney, Ohio.
Case studies from the Netherlands demonstrate that circular and sustainable feeding concepts linking farmers and retailers can support food waste reduction.
A recent USDA attaché report sees improved grain production in Ukraine over the next 12 months, with volumes set to exceed the previous year, particularly for corn.
The US Department of Labor claims that to Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) failed to carry out inspections and testing of equipment, resulting in an explosion and injuries to employees at one of its facilities.
Employees at a Tyson Foods feed mill in Arkansas, which has only been in operation since summer 2022, discovered a body during the unloading of a grain car.
US feed pathogen control specialist, Anitox, has launched a free app to collect and present feed mill biosecurity audit records for all geographies and regulatory bodies.
A collaboration between Cargill, BAR Technologies, Mitsubishi Corporation and Yara Marine Technologies has the potential to decarbonize cargo vessels by up to 30%.
Swiss plant equipment manufacturer, Bühler, and UK-based, Entocycle, a provider of insect farming technology, have joined forces to drive adoption of large-scale black soldier fly (BSF) operations.
The US feed industry can exploit a slew of animal nutrition and scientific breakthroughs, but it is stymied by slow, confusing, and unpredictable regulatory review processes that deter innovators from bringing their products to the US marketplace, says...
The prevalence of infectious diseases in the aquaculture industry requires a multi-pronged approach to control; the experts agree there is no one silver bullet in terms of managing health and welfare in fish and shrimp farming.
The EU needs to safeguard market access to essential supplies of feed grains and vegetable protein meals to its feed and livestock sectors, said FEFAC referring to the move by Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Bulgaria to impose import restrictions on Ukrainian...
US agribusiness giant, Cargill, said it will further scale back its business activities in Russia, with it planning to stop handling Russian grain at its export terminal by mid-summer.
Waitrose has started trials diverting surplus food to the animal feed sector; It says the exercise should prevent 70% of food going to waste. Leading UK retailer, Tesco, is researching the use of surplus food as feedstock for insect rearing.
EFSA’s recently released scientific opinions related to the welfare of broilers and laying hens is based on a particularly narrow mandate on animal welfare set by the EU Commission, argues EU farming organizations.
Andfjord Salmon, Skretting Norway and Sortland-based Zooca are partnering in relation to a plankton-based feed for the Norwegian land-based salmon producer.
The senior managers of a UK food waste recycling site have been jailed and the firm fined £2m (US$2.4m) after two workers drowned in a tanker of pig feed.
Kansas, US based feed manufacturer, Valley View Milling, was sent a warning letter from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May after an agency probe found evidence of ‘significant violations’ of feed regulations at its facility.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) says the passing of HR 4996, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021, will address some of the bottlenecks stifling the export of feed, feed ingredients and pet food products at American ports.
The passage of a bill by the US Congress that provides investments to modernize the US transportation system has been welcomed by US feed industry representatives.
Processed animal proteins (PAPs) are an important source of highly concentrated proteins but are expected to provide a relatively limited contribution to reducing the EU and UK deficit in home-produced proteins for feed use, said the AIC
OSHA has cited a grain-handling facility in Missouri, MFA Enterprises Inc, operating as West Central Agri Services, for one willful and six serious safety violations.
The US National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) has published a new guide for operators of grain handling facilities and firefighters to develop grain handling facility firefighting procedures.
Freight markets are escalating amid deteriorating port conditions, with massive congestion occurring across multiple hotspots. Meanwhile, as economies recover from the pandemic-driven downturn, inflation is climbing, note analysts.
