Glycerol, as an energy feed, can substitute barley up to 12% of dietary DM for dairy cows in mid or late lactation without affecting milk quality, according to a Danish study.
The depressed protein content of oil meals combined with the lack of sufficient growth in fuel and fermentation co-products is encouraging the development of novel sources of protein, says Sara Girardello head of LMC International’s starch research team.
Fish feed, functional feed additives, aquaculture practices and production sustainability are among the areas of focus for a new round of grant funding on offer from NIFA.
The production of soybeans see more yield damage from the emergence of common ragweed than expected, however two-pass mitigation systems may provide a way to address the problem, says researcher.
German feed additives group, EW Nutrition, said it has acquired 51% of the shares in ICON, a company specialized in feed solutions for the Turkish livestock market.
The USDA has published a list of international and domestic businesses it claimed are using fraudulent organic program certificates. The move forms part of the agency's efforts to maintain the integrity of the US feed and food labeling system.
US wheat co-products may have less variation by mill than those in other countries, and the co-product red dog may provide a greater nutritional value, says researcher.
BASF says it is on schedule in terms of getting its citral production plant in Ludwigshafen, in Germany up and running again after the fire at that facility in October 2017.
Cargill reported a 24% drop in third-quarter earnings saying it was hit by a charge of $161m related to the recent change in US tax laws. The Minnesota-based agro-giant, however, reported a strong performance for its animal nutrition, grain origination...
A refurbished button factory in Connecticut may not be the obvious choice for an aquaculture facility to raise European Seabass, but it is the site of Great American Aquaculture LLC's Ideal Fish project.
The retailer, fast food company, and NGO took part in an interactive panel debate during a workshop style event, at our conference, Feed Protein Vision 2018, last month. They were asked to explain why sustainable animal feed protein is relevant for the...
Dutch exports of fresh and frozen pork increased by 6% to 913,400 tons in 2017 compared to 2016, which represented the largest volume of exports in the trade record going back to 1997.
Animal nutrition, health and feed production remain topics of interest for research grants from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
Short-term implications of China’s newly proposed 25% tariffs on soybeans, sorghum and several other products may be making market waves, but long-term considerations also bring concerns, says economist.
Wisium, Neovia’s premix brand, says it has signed a partnership agreement with French technology developer, Aniprev for the marketing of its poultry farm management mobile application internationally.
South Central FS, an agriculture cooperative based in southeast Illinois in the midwestern region of the US, is to open a new and larger feed production facility.
Evonik is shutting down its L-threonine production site in Hungary. The company said the factory in Kaba, which produces L-threonine under the brand name, ThreAMINO, would close at the end of next month.
The poultry industry in Pakistan is increasingly using soybean meal in its feed rations, and the USDA is expecting the country’s soybean imports to hit a record 2.5 million metric tons (MMT) in MY 2018/2019.
China is imposing 15 to 25% tariffs on several US products as part of an ongoing trade disagreement, and the focus of new import duties may bring lasting disruption for feed grain markets and use.
Sorghum researchers may have found a way to double the number of grains produced by a plant and the hormonal pathway that controls the process, says researcher.
