Ocean Harvest Technology (OHT), headquartered in the UK, reports a significant competitive advantage with the issuance of a new patent by the UK Intellectual Property Office.
The race is on to reduce methane emissions from cows. Methane production may be mitigated to varying degrees in cattle by breeding strategies, by vaccines, or by various dietary interventions.
Symbrosia, a Hawaiʻi-based startup that uses a seaweed-based feed additive to reduce livestock methane emissions, has started a pilot with Organic Valley, an independent cooperative of organic farmers based in La Farge, Wisconsin.
CH4 Global Inc has raised US$29m in Series B funding. The capital, says the company, underscores market demand for safe, viable solutions to reduce methane emissions from ruminant livestock.
The workings of Kangaroo gut bacteria was the inspiration for the establishment of the Australian startup, ProAgni, which is advancing probiotics to provide multiple benefits for cattle farming.
A variety of dietary- and husbandry-management strategies are being evaluated to mitigate enteric methane (CH4) emissions in dairy cattle, but these strategies may not be applicable to pastoral dairy systems, finds a US review.
Australian startup, Number 8 Bio, a company engineering microbes to eliminate agricultural methane emissions, doesn’t want to wait a decade for a solution to scale.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Australis have signed a $15m convertible note to promote ocean-based barramundi and seaweed aquaculture in Vietnam.
Reports from the Blue Food Innovation Summit in London
Ocean Harvest Technology (OHT) is gearing up to list on the UK’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM); the seaweed company plans to raise £6m (US$7.4m) in an initial public offering (IPO).
Algaia, a French producer of seaweed-based products, has been sold to J Rettenmaier & Söhne (JRS), a German fiber and hydrocolloid specialist. The newly merged seaweed group is targeting the food, feed, agriculture, and pharma sectors
Seaweed blend producer, Ocean Harvest Technology (OHT), has been investing significantly in research trials with a commercial focus to provide the data required on its products to accelerate further feed market penetration.
UK headquartered feed additive firm, Ocean Harvest Technology (OHT), claims the findings of a recent study indicate its seaweed-based prebiotic product is effective in low zinc piglet diets.
Danone Manifesto Ventures, the corporate venture arm of food and beverage company Danone, led a US$7m Series A funding round in Symbrosia, a Hawai’i-based startup that has developed a feed additive made from red seaweed.
An EU-funded seaweed development project is getting underway. The focus in on ensuring product application in the medical, cosmetics, food, and animal feed sectors.
A new report finds a 20.3% reduction in GHG emissions could be achieved within the dairy sector when a methane inhibitor, with an assumed effectiveness of 30% reduction, was applied to all dairy animals across the UK.
Belgian business, the Colruyt Group, is expanding its minority interest in The Seaweed Company to 21%. The retail group was already a shareholder in the Dutch startup.
Swedish startup, Volta Greentech, which is developing a supplement derived from the red algae, Asparagopsis, to reduce methane emissions in cattle, reports a research milestone.
Scientists at the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast are to feed seaweed to farm animals in a bid to slash methane by at least 30%.
The findings of initial research conducted in Northern Ireland indicate that willow leaves and branches could reduce methane emissions in livestock production.
A new US$5m grant will support scientists based at Bigelow Laboratory, a nonprofit research institute located in Maine, in the US, to reduce methane emissions from cattle.
In what is claimed to be a world-first off-take-agreement, CH4 Global will provide Australian company, Pirie Meats, with an Asparagopsis seaweed supplement for up to 10,000 head of cattle, cutting methane emissions by up to 90%.
Norwegian research has found limited value in terms of protein or other functional components for pigs and poultry from products derived from two types of seaweed.
We look at those taking on new roles in the international animal feed industry, which the comings and goings of feed trade groups and organizations dominant this month.
Australian company, FutureFeed, published a response on its website, criticizing a recent study by Wageningen University Research (WUR) that explored the risk of transfer of a compound present in the seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, to milk when added...
Seaweed in cattle feed could reduce methane emissions from beef cattle as much as 82%, according to a new paper from researchers at the University of California (UC), Davis.
Increasing the proportion of hazel leaves in the diet of dairy cows reduces methane yield and excretion of nitrogen in volatile form, but not milk yield, finds a team of international researchers.
Wageningen University recently published a paper about transfer of bromoform present in the seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, when added to the diet of dairy cattle.
Private investment group, Tattarang, owned by Australian mining and agribusiness billionaire, Andrew Forrest, has spent AUS$12mn (US$9.3m) on a stake in leading domestic feed manufacturer, Ridley Corporation.
A Danish team of researchers is determining how to “adjust the knobs” to find the most sustainable and effective methods of reducing methane emissions in dairy cows.
US company, Blue Ocean Barns, says it has developed a feed supplement from the red seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, which, when minimally processed and fed in small amounts to cattle, significantly reduces their methane emissions.
A US study suggests that DSM’s feed additive, 3-NOP, is a promising candidate for reducing enteric methane emissions, while maintaining lactational performance in dairy cows and potentially increasing milk fat yield.
Swedish start-up, Volta Greentech, just closed a SEK 5m (US$500K) funding round to expand pilot production of a product derived from the red seaweed, Asparagopsis, to reduce methane emissions in cows.
A UK feed project, being carried out through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), is aiming to pinpoint the ideal seaweeds for use in ruminant feeds based on their nutritional value, with a particular interest in protein content.
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is focusing on developing a feed additive from regional seaweeds to reduce methane production and improve dairy cow health.
Algae-based feed additive wins Mars Wrigley, Land O’Lakes support during a sustainability innovation challenge and will see an on-farm pilot supported.
Scientists now have in vivo evidence that Asparagopsis seaweed can reduce methane emissions from dairy cows, providing further support for the use of this species as a feed additive.
Ocean Harvest Technology is looking to boost the use of seaweed-based feed additives to support producers interested in curbing or cutting the use of antibiotics in production, says CEO.