Feeding insoluble fiber better promotes growth performance and nutrient digestibility in piglets in the first two weeks post-weaning compared to soluble fiber, found China based animal scientists, in a new paper.
For the next decade, US feed crop producers are expected to face challenges from large stocks, flat domestic use, limited export market growth and growing global competition, analysts say.
Fluker Farms is seeking to establish its legacy by developing a pilot black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) program; it is also working with Louisiana State University (LSU) to improve campus sustainability.
Supplementing beef cattle diets with nitrate and canola oil lowered methane yield and daily methane production but it does not alter the flow of microbial non-ammonia nitrogen, researchers say.
A renovated Cargill feed production facility in Temple, Texas has gone live; it has been expanded to 70,000 square feet to address feed demand in the region.
Who was moving where last month? We check out the latest exits and entrances in trade groups, a leading fish feed producer and in certain feed additive players.
A broiler study showed that a 22–23 g/kg reduction in the crude protein (CP) content of grower and finisher diets, with adequate supplementation of essential amino acids, did not result in adverse effects on growth performance and slaughter yields.
Facing increasing global market competition from South America and the Black Sea Region, US feed crop producers are predicted to see shrinking market share for ingredients through 2028, say USDA economists.
Applying a precision feeding system to broiler breeder flocks or poultry production limits greenhouse gas emissions and may provide producers a way to reduce feed use while providing each bird individualized nutrition.
A meta-analysis of Asia-based research indicates that fermented feed ingredients such as soybean meal or rapeseed meal boost the growth performance of weaner and grower pigs, while fermented feed additives promote pig’s growth at all stages.
Supplementing transitional Jersey cow diets with oregano extract may improve social behavior, feeding rate and dry matter intake along with production, efficiency and animal welfare, say researchers.
Despite advances in genetics and management, metabolic and skeletal disorders are common among commercial poultry, leading to high mortality rates and large financial losses for producers.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is launching a US Domestic Hemp Production Program to guide the approval of state and tribal production plans and establish a regulatory framework for the crop.
ForFarmers saw small declines in compound feed volumes for the third quarter as growth in acquisitions along with sales in Germany and Poland could not offset declines in volumes and other regions.
Gut health is one of the three pillars of research at Alltech’s European Bioscience Center in Dunboyne, in Ireland. The other two pillars are trace mineral and crop science research.