All news articles for February 2020

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How to minimize EU contribution to deforestation

By Jane Byrne

Around 80% of global deforestation is driven by agricultural expansion, a phenomenon which has roots in the global demand for products such as palm oil, soy and beef, says the EU Commission.

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Arrests in feed fraud case in the Netherlands

By Jane Byrne

Three employees of a feed company based in Noord-Brabant, in the Netherlands, have been arrested for selling non-certified food waste as feedstuffs to livestock farmers, according to a statement from the Dutch public prosecution office [OM] yesterday...

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Canada: Increasing levels of wheat go in feed direction

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Poor weather conditions in Canada have diminished wheat quality and resulted in an increase in the share of production going into feed wheat, compared to the previous marketing year, finds a USDA report.

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special edition: Reports from IPPE

Delacon turns to plant blend to address poultry heat stress

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Delacon is looking to address challenges related to heat stress in North American poultry production, focusing on a blended phytogenic feed additive that is said to support weight gain and FCR.

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Cainthus launches dairy feeding monitoring technology

By Jane Byrne

Dublin-based agtech company, Cainthus, has released its first product, ALUS Nutrition, bespoke technology that allows a producer to track accessibility of feed 24/7; the system highlights times when feed is inaccessible, enabling adjusting of feeding...

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Have vitamin E prices been affected by the m-cresol outage?

By Jane Byrne

There would not seem to be major volatility in vitamin E pricing since November last year when a force majeure was announced by LANXESS for the production of m-cresol, an intermediate in the manufacture of vitamin E, at its site in Germany.