All news articles for August 2018

© InnovaFeed

Reports from Aqua 2018

Matching investors, farmers with SME innovators in aqua feed

By Jane Byrne

The INvertebrateIT consortium led a matchmaking event at Aqua 2018 in Montpellier, France, aimed at connecting aquaculture farming and feed companies, researchers, investors and any other parties interested in the use of land and marine invertebrates...

© Aller Aqua

Reports from Aqua 2018 in Montpellier

Fry feed on Aller Aqua’s radar

By Jane Byrne

Danish feed company, Aller Aqua, launched an updated fry feed portfolio, including reformulations of existing products and a new product for larvae and small fry at Aqua 2018 in France this week.

© GettyImages

Balchem buys Italian feed ingredients firm

By Jane Byrne

Balchem Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Balchem Italia, has announced the acquisition of Bioscreen Technologies, a small privately held manufacturer of encapsulated and fermented feed nutrition ingredients, headquartered in Bertinoro,...

Photo of researcher working at Alltech's former Winchester, Kentucky algae site © Alltech

Reports from Aqua 2018 in Montpellier

‘Alltech has not exited algae'

By Jane Byrne

At Aqua 2018 in Montpellier, France FeedNavigator spoke to Patrick Charlton, vice president, Alltech Europe and CEO of the group’s specialist aqua feeds business, Coppens, to get a deeper dive into the reasons behind the shutting down of its US omega-3...

 ©GettyImages/ agcuesta

Mexico, US agree on preliminary NAFTA revamp

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

US feed and agricultural organizations are welcoming news of a preliminary agreement between the US and Mexico in the renegotiation of NAFTA, however questions about the timeline with Canada remain.

© GettyImages

Supplement sow, not piglet diets with feed additives

By Lynda Searby

Early nutritional programming via the maternal diet could be the key to the development and growth of piglets, whereas there is no benefit to supplementing post-weaned piglet diets with feed additives, say researchers.

© Aqua Spark

Deep pink: fish bone ingredient enhances salmon color

By Lynda Searby

Norwegian scientists make the “unexpected” discovery that the addition of a fish bone mineral hydrolysate to salmon feed can increase pink flesh pigmentation, producing fish that is potentially more attractive to consumers.

©GettyImages/ Rasica

Long-term US soybean outlook calls for drop in acres, lower prices

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

A 10-year assessment of US soybean production highlights the role of trade and points to continuing low prices and a reduction in planted acres as consequences stemming from China’s ongoing tariffs on the feed ingredient, says analyst.

© GettyImages/ RGtimeline

Lessons from PEDV: preventing in-feed transit of ASF

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Outbreaks of African Swine Fever in China are raising concerns for swine producers in the US as the disease may be able to survive the importing process in feed or feed ingredients, says expert.

© GettyImages/ Jevtic

Feed transport challenges for ABN

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Feed transporters working at an ABN feed mill in the UK are considering union action, which could include striking, after the company proposed schedule changes.

© GettyImages/seventyfour

Summer months bring expansions, changes for feed industry

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Summer has not been a quiet season for many companies and organizations in the animal feed and agricultural industries. Several have seen the arrival of new faces, while a few others have said farewell to longtime employees.

The following...

© GettyImages/Natali_Mis

Gene editing: Amfora sprouts plans for high protein crops

By Lynda Searby

High protein soybean meal for aquaculture could soon be a commercially reality, as US biotech company Amfora embarks on a program to apply its patented gene editing technology to develop crops with an enhanced protein content.

© GettyImages/ligora

Supersize me: feeding Britain’s poultry mega farms

By Lynda Searby

In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, predicted the rise of poultry ‘mega farms’. FeedNavigator catches up with him to find out what implications this would have for the feed industry.

 © GettyImages/ Petma

Nestle lawsuit looks at GMO feed use, labeling

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

A lawsuit filed in California is alleging that Nestle has been misleading customers regarding the presence of GMO ingredients in its products, in part through the use of animal feed.