The slowdown in milk production in the Big 7 exporters - the EU, the US, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay - in Q2 has trickled through to Q3 2018, according to the latest Rabobank Q3 Dairy Quarterly.
Cargill published its first quarter FY 2019 results yesterday. The US agribusiness giant said adjusted operating earnings for the period, ending 31 August, totaled $883m, nearly matching the $888m of last year’s comparative period.
Damage to agricultural production in North and South Carolina is forecast to be more than $1.1bn based on loss of feed and other crops and livestock, reported the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA).
If sows are fed within the last three hours before farrowing, they will repay with a shorter farrowing time and considerably fewer stillborn piglets, according to a Danish researcher.
UK bulk liquid and powder road tanker firm, Abbey Logistics, has launched a new tanker division, focused on providing nationwide bulk transport and logistics for liquid feed.
Tariff interchange and escalation is expected to exacerbate the damage done to trade markets and some feed crop producers, however cutting soy from feeds could have unexpected consequences, says ASA director.
A study confirmed the yeast species, Yarrowia lipolytica, in combination with a probiotic - a mixture of Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus subtilis - is highly suitable for feeding piglets.
Bühler has launched a cloud-based digital feed and food drying service, MoisturePro, that it says boosts yield, while reducing costs and the environmental footprint of thermal processing in the feed and food industries.
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are seeking stakeholder involvement in an advisory meeting and are also looking for data to address the issue of the carryover from feed to food of unavoidable and...
Ian McIntosh, formerly chief strategy officer at agribusiness giant, Louis Dreyfus Company Holdings BV (LDCH), has been appointed the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
With formaldehyde banned in the EU, preventative measures to fight pathogens like Salmonella in feed are even more critical and industry must consider all aspects from raw material input to storage and transport, say Kemin executives.
We track new plant developments as far apart as Tasmania and Austria, and we find out about the winners of an agriculture and food start-up accelerator initiative in London, as well as an acquisition of an animal health player by a UK agribusiness group.
The EU Commission yesterday published the latest figures on EU imports of soybeans, showing that the US has become Europe's main supplier of this agri-commodity, reaching a 52% share compared to 25% in in the same period last year.
Botanicals company, Nor-Feed, and SONAS, a research unit of Angers University based in western France, have launched LabCom FeedInTech, a joint laboratory for the close study of plant based feed additives.
Use of lipid sources with high levels of saturated fatty acids may support fish production and omega-3 levels in farmed fish fed diets with no fish oil, says researcher.
Agrotop and the Integrated Solutions Africa (ISA) Group have won a contract from the government of the Republic of Sierra Leone to construct a large-scale layer and pullet farm, costing $60m, in that country.
Evonik, as part of a scientific collaboration, is backing a new feed mill for production of pelleted trial feeds, which is located at the Nong Lam University campus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
In its third forecast for the 2018 crop, Coceral has revised down its EU total grain crop forecast from its early June figure of 299.1 million tons to 283.5m tons, with most European farmers having been hit by severe droughts.
Food production is increasingly competitive and with that comes rising pressure around feed safety but big data, strong validation of controls and knowing your supply chain from farm to fork can help, say experts at Kemin's feed safety conference...
Flaxseed oil use in organic dairy cows diets improved performance, feed efficiency and milk yield in cold conditions and highly digestible dietary starch may boost omega-3 presence in milk, says researcher.
Improving regulation, setting duration limits and supporting the development of antibiotic alternatives are among the elements of a new plan to reduce in feed use of antimicrobials in production animals, says FDA commissioner.
Kemin has established a centralized R&D division for aquaculture that should bolster revenues from the category by around 14%, its group president of animal health and nutrition says.
High value protein derived from grass biomass shows the most potential for replacing protein imports like soybean meal for Danish farmed animal production, finds a review.
German amino acid producer, Evonik, said research conducted using modern broiler genetics has confirmed the bioavailability of methionine from liquid hydroxy analogue (MHA-FA) products is only about 65%, compared to DL-methionine (DLM) products such as...
Although both corn and soybean production are looking at large yields, the overall outlook paints separate pictures as soybean trade uncertainty weighs on the industry, said analysts.
Lack of details on trade and failure to acknowledge food as a ‘public good’ within the UK government’s Agriculture Bill are disappointing, said the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) a trade group that counts the UK feed sector among its member...
Protelux has completed the construction of a 6,000 ton per year methane to feed protein plant in Russia, based on technology from Danish company, Unibio.
Organic research, consumer outreach and education are among the focuses of a new, voluntary checkoff program that the Organic Trade Association is seeking to start, says CEO.
Ohio based insect protein company, EnviroFlight, announced on Tuesday [September 11] that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended the amendment of the ingredient definition for dried black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) so that it can be...
Nutriad flagged up some of the current challenges in production of freshwater fish like tilapia, with disease being central to that, at Aqua 2018 in Montpellier.
DSM and Novozymes have co-developed a new enzyme product, branded as Balancius. The feed ingredient is designed to remove bacterial cell debris from the animal’s gut, helping to optimize nutritional absorption and digestibility.
Both Purina Animal Nutrition LLC and Texas Farm Products Company (TFPC) requested that some components of the lawsuit brought against them by Veath Fish Farm LLC be rejected in summary judgement in August.
Microalgae may be an environmentally sustainable feed ingredient for pigs while providing a health boost when added to diets in small amounts, says researcher.
