All news articles for May 2019

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UK trials on GM oils for feed and food greenlighted

By Jane Byrne

A five-year UK project targeting novel feed and food ingredients, involving a series of trials on genetically modified (GM) camelina plants, has been approved, despite anti-GM campaigners’ ongoing reservations.

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Vietnam hikes imports of animal feed

By Jane Byrne

Vietnam bought US$1.3bn worth of imported animal feeds and materials for animal feed production in the first four months of this year, up 2.4% against the same period last year, according to data from the country's Ministry Agriculture and Rural...

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News in brief

Novus hikes prices on methionine products

By Jane Byrne

Feed additive company, Novus, has announced a price increase of 8% for two of its methionine hydroxy analog feed supplement products.

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Investments in Vietnamese pig sector despite ASF challenge

By Jane Byrne

Leading Chinese feed producer, New Hope Group, is planning to construct three pig farms in Vietnam, despite the threat from the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus sweeping through that country and other markets in South East Asia.

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Unibio joins SDG Accelerator Program

By Jane Byrne

Danish methane to feed protein company, Unibio, by invitation of the UNDP, has joined the SDG Accelerator program, an initiative aimed at fast tracking the private sectors impact on the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.