Dutch feed group, ForFarmers, says it is facing challenges in the UK - both in the market and in its own organization - as it announced its third quarter 2017 trading update.
The WHO is recommending that animal producers cease feeding or using medically important antibiotics to prevent potential disease or as growth promoters.
We talk to Juan Antonio Mesonero Escuredo, global program manager for swine gut health at Trouw Nutrition, to hear about his working life in a career spanning two decades. We also gauge his perspective on industry challenges.
Researchers evaluated the interaction between feed processing and different methodologies for assessing apparent metabolizable energy corrected by nitrogen (AMEn) and standardized ileal digestibility coefficients (SIDC) of amino acids in broiler diets.
Minnesota-based DryMax Solutions is working to swap heat for radio waves in an effort to change the grain drying process to one that leaves more nutritional elements in feed ingredients, says founder.
Kent Nutrition Group is opening a swine research barn focusing on real-time assessment of nutritional research and ties between environmental conditions and feed intake, says vice president.
US researchers say bioactive phenolic extracts (BPE) from blueberry and blackberry pomaces could work as antibiotic growth promoter (AGP) alternatives in broilers.
Australian grower group Southern Dirt has ambitions for amaranth to be grown in Western Australia on the same scale as it is in China, where 800,000 metric tons of the fast-growing crop were harvested this year.
By this time next year, extracts from seaweed harvested from the western coast of Ireland will be produced on an industrial scale, providing the European feed industry with a new natural option for AGP replacement.
A new poultry research unit has opened at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in the UK, with increased feed manufacture capability and equipment for high-end nutritional analysis.
Yesterday, DSM reported a strong first nine months for this year. Sales were up 9% to €6,456m for the vitamins and enzymes producer, with it noting 8% organic growth in the period January to September 2017.
Danish fish feed producer BioMar has expanded production capacity by 140,000 metric tons at its Karmøy facility in Norway and invested in a “new generation” LNG vessel to transport feed from the factory.
Poultry producers wanting to limit their use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) need to maximize the performance of gut health feed additives by selecting ones that have been proven in vivo and that guarantee delivery to all parts of the intestinal...
Cargill says a hearing in the appeal process it initiated in the Seoul High Court against claims it participated in a feed cartel in South Korea has been postponed.
Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in August and may have left upwards of $200m in agricultural related losses in its wake, including in feed, animals and infrastructure, say economists.
