As the winner of its 2018 feed tech challenge is announced, Viggo Halseth, chief innovation officer at Nutreco, gives us his perspective on the victor. He also discussed the Dutch group’s innovation pipeline, and its hunt for what he called “moonshot”...
Sow diets, digestible protein, fiber and feed additives are all being considered as elements in the effort to end the use of zinc oxide in piglet feed in Denmark, says expert.
Preventing falsely labeled organic feed grain use is one element involved in a soon-to-start pilot aimed at addressing the risk of organic fraud in the global industry, said OTA executive director.
Dairy and beef producers may be among those most interested in using connected technologies to track livestock, feed intake and dietary reformulations, according to recent industry analysis.
Researchers have found there is an interaction between the amount of moisture in a feed, the extrusion temperature, the resulting phytase activity and the mineral leaching of the feed.
ABN, a UK manufacturer of pig and poultry compound feed, has recently rolled out a technical suite designed to improve efficiencies across poultry businesses.
De Heus opened its second production site in Myanmar today. The manufacturer said the new factory is about helping the group to strengthen its market position in that country and helping to professionalize agriculture in the region.
Australian animal feed group, Ridley Corporation, announced today that it has appointed Investec to see how it can drive the growth of its prawn feed ingredient, Novacq, which it claims generates an increase in prawn biomass when added to prawn feed at...
Methods based on dietary adjustments, essential oils and vaccination may provide possible alternatives to the continued use of antibiotics to address liver abscesses in feedlot cattle, says expert.
The risk of antimicrobial resistance is a key driver for policy makers and industry players around the world to reduce the sub-therapeutic use of antibiotics, says Rabobank.
Five traders and multiple soy farmers have been penalized to the tune of 105.7 million reais (US $29 million) in total for soybean cultivation and purchasing that is connected to illegal deforestation, the Brazilian environmental authorities reported...
Additional in-vivo animal trials have again confirmed the effectiveness of a natural feed additive – a carotenoid compound derived from a Deinococcus bacteria host strain, says French biotech company, Deinove.
Despite the sharp increase in US and Brazilian soybean crushings, the world will remain short of soymeal at least until September, meaning protein prices will remain elevated, says CRM AgriCommodities.
Scientists from four UK institutions have developed tools that they say provide new insights into pig immunity that could help develop more effective vaccines in the fight against infections like the influenza virus in swine.
An upcoming set of large-scale feeding trials with Atlantic salmon is intended to provide more information about the use of Calysta’s novel protein ingredient as a functional feed, says senior director.
Last week saw German chemical group, Evonik, inaugurate its first animal nutrition laboratory in Nairobi in Kenya. The facility is equipped with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) technology.
Citing a lack of industry census, the USDA has scrapped efforts to develop a national research and promotion [checkoff] program for US organic production.
The prospect of revising the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) this year appeared to fade yesterday (May 17) as a deadline set by congressional Republicans passed.
EU feed trade group, FEFAC, is part of an international steering group looking to achieve a set of commitments and advance new partnerships to help tackle commodity driven deforestation by 2020.
Chr. Hansen says it has developed new probiotic Bacillus strains aimed at improving gut health in piglets; the Danish company is also undertaking further work to understand the mode of action of selected microbes for dairy health and production.
Canola meal may provide the main dietary protein for gestating and lactating sows while maintaining sow and piglet weight gain and development, say researchers.
Energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, ingredient and antibiotic reduction are some of the factors considered when evaluating the sustainability of aqua feed, says sustainability manager.
Awareness raising among consumers is needed to stimulate demand among downstream players if the soy supply chain is ever to get the level of palm oil in terms of responsible production and sourcing, says a representative of a French agribusiness group.
The use of cheaper feed with specific carbon/nitrogen ratios may boost shrimp performance in biofloc production systems, says an international team of researchers from the US and China.
Tyson Foods is sinking $850m into the purchase of a rendering company as part of an ongoing push to increase company sustainability. It also is expected to increase Tyson’s footprint in the expanding feed ingredient sector.
The move by the EU Commission to ban poultry meat imports from 20 Brazilian processors would appear to be having a major impact on the sector there. Brazil's third largest poulttry processor, Aurora Alimentos, is set to pause work at one of its eight...
The goal of a new ERS review is to understand the rationale behind China's investments in foreign agriculture and food assets, along with trying to grasp the fundamental impact of such capital outlay.
Netherlands supermarket giant, Albert Heijn, has started to sell eggs from laying hens fed live grubs; the sustainability and circular economy aspect of such egg production appealed to the retailing group.
Cattle producers in parts of Oklahoma face more than $2.2m in costs for feed, and from damaged hay and forages following large wildfires that struck the state in April, says economist.
The South Dakota-based, Prairie Aquatech, is building a new facility to expand production capacity for its fermented, soybean-based protein meal, targeted at fish feed.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) on Thursday. The agency expects US soy, corn, and wheat stocks to fall on lower production, but trade and weather bring uncertainty.
ADM says the additional manufacturing base, located in Effingham Illinois, will serve the livestock, poultry and pet food sectors. The factory went live on Monday [May 7].
Experts from AB Agri, the University of Ghent in Belgium, and Wageningen in the Netherlands, along with an industry consultant form the panel in our live webinar on poultry gut health at the end of this month.
W&R Barnett, the owner Thompson Feeds, a leading ruminant, pig and poultry feed manufacturer in Northern Ireland, has gone over the £1bn turnover mark for the first time.
The end of drought conditions and export market shifts for sorghum may be bringing an expectation of increased planting and larger feed crop production from Argentina.