Improved feed and feed ingredient research and faster nutritional trials are some of the reasons Cargill researchers have designed a dual-stream artificial rumen.
Although the announcement that China is set to cut import tariffs on some feed ingredients may come at a time of tension between the country and the US, the move is unlikely to bring much change for US producers, says analyst.
The use of Allium hookeri (AH) root could boost the weight gain of broilers and support antioxidant production without the use of antibiotics, say researchers.
KnipBio is planning to examine how its novel protein feed ingredient interacts with other diet components and is able to improve fish gut health and production, says CEO.
The use of AgTech needs to go beyond a focus on the farmer and integrate other parts of the production chain including feed mills and processors, says Robert Walker, CEO of Keenan, the Alltech owned cattle feed machinery business.
A Spanish study has shown that feed ingredients commonly used in pig diets - oats, rye, in particular their brans, along with wheat bran - can interfere with the ability of a pathogenic bacteria - (ETEC) K88 (F4) - to attach to the intestinal epithelial...
Growth for feed grains are expected to come from export markets, but what steps are needed to support and grow trade alliances in a period marked by tariffs and counter-tariffs?
Australia is exporting increasing volumes of barley to China to not only quench the country’s growing thirst for beer, but also fuel its booming livestock industry, says Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC).
The topic of big or ‘smart’ data and how it can optimize poultry production but also feed manufacturing and farming in general loomed large at VIV Europe 2018 in Utrecht.
Updated student training, new feed production options and increased capacity are all elements the University of Illinois is seeking to include in a new feed mill facility.
Animal nutrition, human nutrition, health and sustainable living are the new areas of focus for Royal DSM as the company looks to grow organically and through acquisitions, says CEO.
The use of feed ingredients with melanoidins may not have negative effects on the production of farmed rainbow trout and may support fish digestion and performance, say researchers.
US sorghum producers are tackling export market uncertainty through efforts to strengthen or develop relationships with buyers or users of the feed grain.
The imposition of US tariffs on $50bn in Chinese goods is creating market uncertainty for US feed crop producers as China responds in kind including levies on US feed raw materials.
Animal nutrition group, Neovia, has acquired a Nigerian premix company, Hi Nutrients, in a move it says will help accelerate its expansion within Africa.
Amino acid (AA) concentrations are highest in red, followed by green, and lowest in brown seaweeds, found Danish and Norwegian researchers looking at the potential of macroalgae as an alternative protein source in dairy cow diets.
Two US companies may have a chance of collecting $148m in damages as a US Supreme Court ruling deems that the Chinese firms targeted in a vitamin C price fixing lawsuit were not compelled to follow China’s trade laws.
Four UK universities and institutes are to benefit from a crop development research funding package worth around £5.3m (US$ 7.03m) over five years, said Michael Gove, the UK environment secretary, Michael Gove, in an announcement today.
Dutch start-up, ChainCraft, says it would have to amend some aspects of its processing method if it wants to use certain animal by-products for production of fatty acids for use in feed.
The Marine Ingredients Organization, the IFFO, says former Cargill aqua feed executive, Petter Martin Johannessen, is its new director general. He will replace the incumbent, Andrew Mallison.
The UK’s University of Nottingham says a new £6m (US $8.05m) facility will position it at the forefront of research into the health, nutrition and welfare of dairy cows.
The US Department of Agriculture’s World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), published yesterday, lowered its forecast for world wheat production for 2018/19 largely due to forecasts for Russia being down by 3.5Mt from May estimates, to a...
Historically, global sunflower seed meal consumption has been dominated by the leading sunflower seed producers and processors, such as the EU, Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey, but other countries have recently emerged as growing users.
Irish biotech company, MicroSynbiotiX Ltd, says it is making significant progress around proof of concept of its edible vaccine system, showing that it can use microalgae as an oral delivery platform to vaccinate farmed juvenile fish.
Major retailers and manufacturers have pledged zero deforestation by 2020 but are they ready to buy sustainable soy and is communication with the feed sector strong enough?
ForFarmers says it has moved to shore up its position in the Belgian market by acquiring Voeders Algoet for around €14 million or seven times the Belgian feed company’s EBITDA.
Coceral, in its second forecast for the EU 2018 total grain crop, said it has revised downwards the previous figure of 302.5 million tons to 299.1 million tons.
The USDA, citing feed industry sources, says India’s feed industry is growing at a CAGR of 5-7% with poultry, cattle and aqua feed sectors emerging as major growth drivers.
La Coop fédérée is putting $90m into a new grain transfer terminal as part of a project to expand the export market for Canadian grains to regions including Asia and Europe, says VP.
MiAlgae, a student-launched startup that is targeting the farmed fish and livestock sectors with microalgae made from the co-products of whisky, has received £500,000 (US $668,748) from investors.
Nutreco has formed a joint venture with Mumbai-based West Coast Group to supply the growing Indian aquaculture market; the companies are to build a feed production facility in west India to supply to aquaculture farms in the region.
Technology, third-party audits, multiple stakeholders and financial incentive are all elements playing a role in developing a sustainable beef industry in Canada, says VP.
US feed company, JD Heiskell, is being granted a partial reprieve from a lawsuit brought against it and some of its employees, however, some elements of the case continue.
Dispatches from Roundtable on Responsible Soy (RTRS) RT13 Conference in Lille
Taking action to prevent further destruction in the Cerrado needs a multi-stakeholder approach in soy to push towards better-defined common goals and regulations, and efforts shouldn't stop there, say key industry members.