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Excessive heat in the US still an issue, rainfall in Europe set to impact crop quality

High temperatures in the US continue to dominate market headlines, with excessive heat in northern US states spilling into the corn belt.

Weaker import demand from China predicted as pork prices plunge, high feed costs challenge global sector

China’s hog prices sharply declined in the first six months of 2021, to levels lower than imported pork prices. This dramatic change in China, the world’s largest pork importer, will impact the global market, says Rabobank.

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Zero zinc oxide: holistic approaches to manage piglet gut health challenges

In recent decades, high levels of zinc oxide have been added to the post-weaning piglet’s diet to help manage gut disorders and performance losses. It is well accepted that including 2,000 to 3,000ppm of zinc oxide in the diet during the two weeks post-weaning...

Little expectation any PAP approval in UK would be met with widespread industry buy-in

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

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A new approach to improve margin and save feed cost in dairy production

Today, dairy farmers are facing constant changes in feed prices that impact profitability. Thus feed efficiency and cost management are major tools in dairy production.