Cargill is seeing movement among members of its leadership team, as part of ongoing plans to address high potential markets, operational integration and fiscal discipline.
Wet weather in US corn-producing states is boosting mycotoxin presence in corn silage and could bring challenges for producers trying to use the feed ingredient, says an expert.
Newly submitted data from Norel confirms that an additive, zinc chelate of methionine sulfate, is safe for broilers when used up to the maximum content of zinc in complete feed allowed in the EU (120 mg Zn/kg complete poultry feed), concluded EFSA.
A new dairy system model would trace feed influence through the complete production cycle in an effort to improve system understanding, efficiency and environmental effect.
Use of a yeast-based protein and synthetic amino acids can maintain trout growth when replacing fishmeal, but more work is needed to understand the ingredients role in amino acid catabolism, say researchers.
Poultry feed producers today have multiple options for supplementing birds’ diets with a crystalline form of methionine (Met) including DL- methionine and, more recently, L- methionine, but Evonik says accuracy in supplementation of Met is critical for...
Trouw Nutrition is expanding its original swine LifeStart concept, looking at how conditions during the prenatal phase can influence the lifelong performance of a pig.
The EU Commission has asked EFSA to provide a report on the available occurrence data on nickel in feed and to provide estimates of animal exposure to that naturally occurring metal.
Phytogenic feed additives producer, Delacon, says it is investing over €20m in new headquarters and a production plant in Austria to expand its market position in the sector.
The African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in China will change the structure of the swine sector there, accelerating a consolidation trend, according to RaboResearch’s latest Pork Quarterly report.
UK activist group, the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance, has hailed the 18% reduction recorded for last year in sales of all antibiotics used to treat UK farm animals last year.
Evonik has invested in Dutch biotechnology start-up, In Ovo, a company focused on quick and reliable gender determination of chicken embryos in the egg to ensure the poultry farming industry can avoid the killing of male chicks.
New technology could unlock additional nutrition from fibrous feed ingredients, as improvements in understanding the ruminal microbiome show potential paths to improve efficiency.
Supplementing the diets of dairy cows facing heat stress conditions with a live yeast additive may shorten the time to estrus and improve cow fertility, say researchers.
Later weaning, high fiber diets and an emphasis on high feed quality are some of the elements involved in an alternative swine production system being modeled by some producers in the US.
Russian poultry and livestock producers are looking for the ways to save on feed costs, to boost their profitability, as feed prices continue to increase in that market, according to a new report.
Broiler chickens on a diet with black soldier fly larvae may out-perform birds on a commercial feed, and survive longer in the face of a disease challenge, say researchers.
As part of an effort to expand its global ruminant market, AB Vista is focusing on improving the use of fiber in dairy cattle diets to support increased milk production.
China has dropped a ban on rapeseed meal imports from India as the government seeks to diversify sources of protein used in livestock and poultry feed given the trade war with the US, reported Reuters citing Chinese officials.
Tweaking the levels of crude protein and phosphorus in feed could provide dairy producers a way to reduce feed costs, improve farm profitability and limit unwanted nutrient emissions, says expert.
A city-wide focus on reducing the amount of organic waste sent to the landfill is helping provide a new source of free feed ingredients to livestock producers in Texas.
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The mycotoxin load in staple food and feed crops is likely to increase due to combination of climate change factors including increasing temperatures and CO2 levels, extreme wet and drought conditions, says an expert.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned two feed mills about the use of monensin in feed production after both facilities produced horse feed containing the livestock drug.
Aqua-Spark has invested in CageEye, a Norwegian technology firm using hydro-acoustics and machine learning to monitor the behavior of the biomass in a cage and improve salmon feeding processes.
The Myanmar livestock feed industry has been growing steadily; the country’s total feed demand in 2018 is likely to increase by 15% from the previous year, and could reach 4 million metric tons (MMT) in 2020, report trade sources.
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Milk demand is growing rapidly in India but the lack of quality feed could jeopardize the country’s ambitious milk production plans in the coming years, says CEO of Lactalis India, Rahul Kumar.
US trace mineral producer, Zinpro Corporation, is acquiring two US companies involved in water-soluble-based animal nutrition and nutritional support products - Paragon Specialty Products (PSP), which is based in Alabama, and CouvLotta, which is located...
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A massive reduction in the mycotoxin load in DDGS, sensor led indication of toxin contamination of grains in silos as well as greatly enhanced biocontrol of aflatoxin development in the field – EU Horizon 2020 project, MyToolBox, has had a number of wins...
Chr. Hansen, in releasing the group’s 2017/2018 financial results yesterday, said its animal health business was positively impacted by strong growth in silage and solid growth in swine and poultry.
The Dutch feed manufacturer, De Heus Group, has announced the acquisition of an Indonesian poultry, fish and shrimp feed producer, Universal Agri Bisnisindo.
Altering dietary protein and fiber levels could play a role in changing emissions of methane and ammonia from swine and excreta when using intensive production systems, say researchers.
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Africa will be home to 25% of the global population in 2050, and the demand for animal-sourced food is projected to be extraordinarily high on that continent in the coming decades, but production will be challenged to keep pace with consumption, says...
Canadian Bio-Systems is focusing on supporting producers through production challenges and legislative change on antibiotics use in animal production with new feed science platforms and upcoming diagnostic technology.
US pork producers and feed suppliers are increasingly worried about feed safety due to the discovery and spread of African swine fever (ASF) in China where some feed ingredients, including soy bean meal, dried distillers grains and solubles (DDGS), amino...
Biomin is in expansion mode. It recently broke ground on a new mineral feed and premix production plant in Austria, while, in November 2017, it increased its capacity in the fast-growing Chinese market with the opening of a production plant in Wuxi, Jiangsu...
