Alabama’s Attorney General (AG) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the State of Alabama, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) against Tyson Foods Inc over two river spills...
A research project looking at combating weaning stress in piglets with next-generation probiotics and antimicrobial peptides has won Nutreco’s inaugural Young Researchers Prize.
The management teams from the VICTAM Corporation and VIV worldwide have postponed the VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia trade show in Bangkok to January 18-20, 2022.
Northern Ireland agri-tech company Devenish has signed a 10-year R&D and supply agreement worth £30m with Jamaican poultry producer Caribbean Broilers (CB).
Tyson Foods Inc has faced no sanctions yet over a feed factory river spill in Alabama, US, last June that caused 175,000 fish to be killed, one of the largest such fish kills ever in that state.
The NGFA has urged the US Congress and the Trump administration to take action to facilitate the availability of workforce health measures and practices to allow businesses restore operations.
China is to increase soy purchases, while feed milling and logistical operations are getting back to normal, according to analysis from S&P Global Platts.
A Danish project, called Ablacto+, will determine the efficacy and safety of using a nanobody-based product in piglets to prevent outbreaks of E. coli induced post-weaning diarrhea.
Cargill says polymerase chain reaction (PCR) equipment it donated to biochemical researchers and professionals at Magallanes University and the University of Concepción in Chile will dramatically increase the testing capacity for SARS CoV-2, the cause...
Agri-commodities giant, Bunge, is to sell 35 of its US grain elevators to Zen-Noh Grain Corporation. The completion of the sale is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval.
The EU Commission has been urged to lift certain restrictions on protein crop production in Europe to address what the EU farming lobby terms ‘a growing risk’ to supply.
Non-GMO food products now account for more than 5% of total food sales in Germany, reported the German Association of Food Without Genetic Engineering (VLOG).
Farm income and market prices for corn and other crop commodities are directly linked to the health of the renewable fuel industry, say the governors of four US states; they are seeking funding for the biofuel sector during the COVID-19 crisis.
Regional weather conditions contributed to varying mycotoxin risks across geographies last year, found a 2019 global mycotoxin risk analysis report by Trouw Nutrition.
A US industry and policy stakeholder group is planning to submit an application in August this year to get approval for the use of hemp seed, meal and cake as protein supplements for use in the diets of layers and broiler chickens.
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has provided legal clarification on reformulation and feed labelling in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) and other UK organizations had requested the guidance.
You shouldn’t be asking if your business is essential, but how prepared your essential business is to maintain supply and service during a lockdown, says Guy Soreq, co-founder of Israel-based data provider, Glowlit.
Rabobank forecasts a downturn in full-year animal protein consumption in Southeast Asia which, consequently, will see reduced demand for grain and oilseeds in feed.
The UK’s departure from the EU will not change policy or trade in genetically engineered plants or animals in the short to medium term, but Brexit has the potential to change many policy areas, including agricultural biotechnology, finds a USDA report....
The EU feed sector has noted significant improvement of the COVID-19 outbreak triggered EU ‘Green Lane’ system over the past week, said FEFAC. However, it is still not business as usual throughout the feed supply chain, other obstacles remain.
Dutch food and biochemicals company Corbion is leveraging fermentation technology to help make aquaculture more sustainable, reducing the industry’s reliance on wild caught fish for fishmeal.
The COVID-19 pandemic has visible implications for the effective functioning of agriculture and other sectors directly involved in feed and food production activities including on the insect production sector, says IPIFF.
Swedish chemical and feed additives supplier, Perstorp, said it is looking to address the disinfectant shortage in Sweden by repurposing some of its production to that end.
US farmers are panic buying feed, concerned that they could run out of supplies if feed mills shut due to employees becoming ill, or deliveries are reduced due to truck shortages, according to an article on Bloomberg.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) also forecasts higher soybean meal use in the US with an expected reduction in available supplies of DDGs resulting from lower ethanol production.
The current shutdown of the UK food service and hospitality sectors due to restrictions in place over the coronavirus outbreak means there is a lot of surplus milk, which potentially presents an opportunity to some pig producers, said the UK National...
The AIC, the UK feed and agri-supply industry representatives, says that supply chains in the UK are holding up as business adapts to the new trading landscape triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak.
The US National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA), in a letter to US state governors, has tried to press home the need for officials to adopt measures to allow the issuance of new commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) during shutdowns or reduced operations...
The FeedNavigator Summit 2020 Young Animal Nutrition (YAN20), last month in Amsterdam, showed the industry is becoming more refined in its understanding of when and what to put into young animal diets but knowledge gaps remain.
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent measures implemented by EU governments to contain it have resulted in an abrupt closure of most of the continent’s food services, negatively impacting suppliers to these services from across the agricultural...
Weakness in the maize market is arising out of lower demand in the US on the back of weak crude oil and reduced fuel demand, and reduced ethanol demand, according to the latest AHDB cereals and oilseeds market report.
Covantis, a technology company focused on digitizing international trade, says it has received regulatory approvals and has launched as a legal entity, based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Feed millers need to start demanding more coarse substrates from suppliers for their pelleted piglet diets, said Francesc Molist, manager, research and development, Schothorst Feed Research in the Netherlands.
The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM) has extended the investigation period of its methionine anti-dumping case against imports of methionine originating in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan by six months, reported Evonik....
Following a challenging start to the year, a US based grain safety program seek to reduce injuries and fatalities in the industry through training and education.
Volume demand is buoyant, noted UK headquartered feed additive company, Anpario, last week as its CEO debriefed us on the company’s coronavirus contingency plans.
Agribusiness giant, ADM, closed a $1.5bn notes offering last week, comprising an $0.5 bn aggregate principal amount of 2.75% notes due in 2025 and an $1bn aggregate principal amount of 3.25% notes due in 2030.