Cargill’s new software tool is said to contain key production components related to broiler economic performance to deliver optimal feeding strategies.
An ongoing lawsuit against Purina Animal Nutrition and Texas Farm Product Company is being allowed to continue after a US District Court judge ruled on a series of motions to dismiss.
Primary processing may reduce the amino acid levels and amino acid digestibility in feed materials, factors currently not accounted for in feed tables, says a Dutch academic.
We take a look back of some of the stories in the past 24 months that proved popular in relation to acquisitions, market expansion, R&D and international projects aimed at supporting feed industry development in Africa and the Middle East (MEA) regions....
The updated INRA-CIRAD-AFZ feed value tables take account of new ruminant feeding system, novel ingredients such as insects as well as environmental impact data, says one of the developers.
Elanco Animal Health shifts dairy portfolio work to cover microbiome-based products, ways to protect or support animal health and a focus on addressing disease challenges.
Production in Africa may offer options for feed exporters as industries grow, however some challenges to internal animal production remain, says analyst.
The French group said it is in the process of acquiring a new factory located in the Binh Dinh province in central Vietnam, and has also greenlighted several other investment projects in that South East Asian country.
Dutch feed manufacturer, ForFarmers, said it has developed the NOVA range to feed sows and gilts throughout their reproductive cycle; the products are aimed at boosting lactation, performance and sow longevity.
Tyson Poultry Inc, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods, last week pleaded guilty in a federal court and agreed to pay a $2m fine over an accidental feed discharge resulted in a fish kill in Missouri.
An audit of control systems used on US imports of organic feed grains and other products found areas where transparency, control and oversight were lacking.
PEDv has the potential to spread in feed or dust, but the use of a rice hull and medium chain fatty acid flush may help reduce disease presence in a feed mill, says a researcher.
The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) in the US is set to work with the country's Department of Labor in an effort to call attention to safety concerns for members of the grain and feed industries.
Special Edition: Middle East and Africa Feed Developments
The need for broader investigation of the role of amino acids in animal nutrition was the central theme emerging fromt the Amino Acid Academy in Paris last week.
