As increased animal feed costs are blamed for sub-par profits at Finnish food group Atria, an analyst's advice to meat and poultry producers in Russia, Scandinavia and the Baltics is to 'think about covering some of the raw material requirements...
Northern Ireland headquartered, Devenish Nutrition, has invested €1m in developing the Ugandan pig and feed industry via a long term project that has transformed productivity.
The implementation and funding of the Farm Bill, streamlining ingredient approvals and ratifying the USMCA mark political priorities for the American Feed Industry Association in the coming year.
Bartek Ingredients is expanding production of several of its acidic feed ingredients as the company looks to expand its work in animal nutrition and meet growing customer needs, says VP.
A workshop highlighted that, like any other sector interacting with farms, the feed industry must have in place biosecurity plans compliant with EU and national rules to prevent dissemination of viruses such as African Swine Fever (ASF) from farm to farm.
Ocean Harvest Technology is looking to boost the use of seaweed-based feed additives to support producers interested in curbing or cutting the use of antibiotics in production, says CEO.
As China agrees to increase purchases of US soybeans, questions regarding lifting tariffs on the feed ingredient and ongoing trade negotiations remain.
Brussels based, International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF), has just unveiled a guidance document on the best practices in quality and hygienic insect production
The basic concept of in-ovo feeding is to supplement the amniotic fluid, which is the first meal of a chick before it hatches, in order to provide nutritional input that can help with the development of that young bird towards hatch, says Dr Peter Ferket,...
Trypsin inhibitor levels in soybean meal vary by country and region, but they do not necessarily correspond with urease activity and need to be measured separately, says researcher.
The feed acidulants market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.1% from 2018, to reach a value of US$3.5bn by 2023, according to a report by MarketsandMarkets.
The 2019/20 season looks set to see a shake-up in the European rapeseed market as France, Germany, Poland and the UK are all forecast to have reduced planted areas, say grain and oilseed market specialists.
Adding additional dietary phytase may boost chicken performance and feed conversion when in-feed levels have lower levels of digestible amino acids, says researcher.
An eubiotic, essential oil-based feed additive may boost gut health, feed conversion and broiler chicken response to necrotic enteritis for producers working without antibiotics, says Novus researcher.
Sensors, AI or predictive processing and blockchain have been touted as some of the technologies set to revolutionize the feed and animal production industries. An industry expert gave IPPE trade show attendees the low-down on some of those.
There is pressure on European pig producers to find alternative feeding strategies in light of the upcoming EU-wide ban on zinc oxide and the growing trend away from the use of antibiotics.
The lack of organic education resources, soil fertility and weed challenges along with transition period risk are some of the main hurdles to further expansion of organic feed and food grain production, say US organic groups.
Phosphate production from livestock manure declined further in the Netherlands in 2018, according to provisional figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has forecast Australian wheat production for 2018/19 will decline to 17 million metric tons (MMT), the lowest since 2007/08, as dry and hot conditions prevail across major wheat growing areas. It expects wheat exports...
Salmonids may see a change in menu as the alternative protein market adds a new feed protein ingredient following the FDA’s recognition of KnipBio’s single-cell protein as safe for use in specific aquafeeds, says CEO.
In an effort to address producers’ move away from antimicrobial use, Phibro Animal Health Corporation is turning to the production of direct-fed microbials for poultry.
Evonik says the algal oil produced through its joint venture with DSM – Veramaris - is a non-GMO product, and was recently recognized by a non-GMO standard in Germany.
Boosting animal production and daily gain, cutting methane generation and providing an alternative to antibiotic use are among the goals for Californian firm's focus on endomicrobial feed additives, says COO.
Accounts just filed by Vivergo Fuels, a UK ethanol producer and a leading feed - DDGS - supplier in the UK market, show that, in the year up to the end of August, just before the plant closed, it made a loss before tax of £68.6m (US$87.9m).
An international group of researchers in a study saw that incorporation of the microalgae, Scenedesmus sp., of up to 10% in low fishmeal diet did not affect the feed intake, growth and chemical composition of salmon.
Draft rules to shore up the EU risk assessment procedure for food and feed were informally agreed under the Romanian Presidency this week. We gauge reaction.
Pigs, under a premium pork brand from the German food retailer, Edeka Südwest, are now being fed with certified European soybeans, reported Donau Soja, an Austrian not-for-profit initiative promoting GM-free soy production in Europe.
DSM says its animal nutrition division had a strong year, with 8% organic growth in the underlying business. The feed additive producer released its overall full year 2018 financial results today [February 14].
The Cherkizovo Group, the largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, is one of several agribusiness operators in that country being investigated for alleged tax evasion. That company says it remains tax compliant.
Black Soldier Fly (BSF) derived protein and single cell proteins from bacterial sources are two products nominated by an expert group as having potential in terms of new feed inputs for pigs and poultry.
Fish feed suppliers Cargill and Skretting are joining forces in fish feed transport in Norway in an attempt to limit shipping traffic and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from logistics.
AB Agri Ltd, part of Association British Foods, has acquired Michel Pasze, a specialist young animal nutrition business based in Smigiel, Poland. It will operate as Primary Diets Polska.
Adding a fish processing waste-derived by-product to farmed catfish diets may boost fish growth, performance and generate a prebiotic effect, say researchers.
A team involving Chilean and UK based researchers tested the effects of including different fat sources in dairy cow diets in the form of unprocessed oilseeds including rapeseed, linseed and cottonseed simultaneously on methane emissions, nitrogen utilization...
Feed production in Great Britain (GB) was up 4% for cattle and calves, 1.7% for poultry and down 3.3% for pigs from July to December 2018, compared with the same period in 2017/18, according to a new report from AHDB.
Interest in boosting efficiency in cattle production and labor challenges are changing the the role grow yards play for cattle feed yards, says industry analyst.
