Sales of antibiotics for livestock in Europe have fallen again, with the latest data signifying a reduction of over a third in antimicrobial usage in farm animals in the region between 2011 and 2018.
Single cell protein (SCP) innovator, Deep Branch, has been awarded €2.5m (US$2.93m) from an accelerator fund to help shift it towards industrial scale production and get volumes of its protein feed, Proton, out for testing purposes.
Researchers claim spray coating probiotics onto broiler feed pellets may be an effective solution to prevent thermal deactivation of the microbials during pelleting.
Preliminary data from a trial evaluating a Locus Fermentation Solutions’ microbe in cattle at UC Davis showed significant reduction in methane emissions in cows, without sacrificing animal health or performance.
The decreasing number of ‘generic’ feed additive products and supplier companies in the EU was identified as a growing concern by industry during a virtual conference today.
In detecting Salmonella in feed, it is essential to use suitable methodology, says a team of researchers based at the USDA-ARS National Poultry Research Center, in Athens Georgia and pathogen control provider, Anitox.
In 2019 there was little change to report in terms of biggest marine ingredient exporters and importers – Peru remained the main pelagic-based fishmeal and fish oil production and exporting country, while China stayed the biggest importer of fishmeal...
EU feed trade group, FEFAC, has welcomed the European Commission’s recognition of feed materials and additives as part of the solution to help reduce methane emissions from cattle farming.
FeedNavigator’s webinar on poultry gut health will navigate current strategies targeted at microbiota management and will evaluate next generation approaches.
US company, Blue Ocean Barns, says it has developed a feed supplement from the red seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, which, when minimally processed and fed in small amounts to cattle, significantly reduces their methane emissions.
Despite the recent import duty suspension by the Brazilian government, soybean crushers are not keen on importing soybeans and are ready to wait until the new Brazilian harvest hits the market in February, market sources told S&P Global Platts.
Embion, a novel bioactives developer, has been awarded a grant of CHF250k (US$276k) from a Swiss public purpose fund, Foundation ALCEA, which it says will help it kick-off a Series A financing round in November.
The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has penalized Hi Peak Feeds Limited over safety violations that led to an incident, nearly two years ago, where part of an employee’s arm was severed by a moving conveyor.
EU associations representing a raft of food and feed sectors have been stressing in recent weeks that molasses should not be included in the list of potential advanced fuels under the EU Renewable Energy Directive (REDII).
ForFarmers has acquired Dutch poultry feed producer, De Hoop Mengvoeders, and becomes a leading broiler feed manufacturer serving the Netherlands, Belgian and West-German markets.
The EU Commission has asked EFSA for an opinion on the risks for animal and human health linked to the presence of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) in feed and food.
China has become the biggest player in animal protein trade globally, and there should be concern about the implications, politically and economically, of such strong market dominance, says an analyst.
A newly devised method for pig feeding monitoring is said to have great potential for application in the early detection of health and welfare challenges of commercial pigs.
Aquaculture was the initial focus of FEED-X, under Project X, an initiative working to accelerate the adoption of environmentally sustainable solutions within global supply chains; a subsequent cycle will look to speed up feed innovation in the poultry...
German specialty chemicals company, Evonik, is set to manage all its DL-methionine production from three hubs in Europe, Americas and Asia to maximize economies of scale.
Gain Animal Nutrition has identified the contaminated ingredient that led to issues with its horse feed products in France earlier this month. Its bagged ruminant feed gets the all-clear.
The USDA, citing lower supplies in the US and higher foreign use, reduced global soybean ending stocks by 4.9m tons to 88.7m, according to the latest WASDE report.
China’s commerce ministry (MOFCOM) has ended its anti-dumping investigation against imports of methionine originating in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan, and will not be implementing tariffs on such imports.
During the first five months of 2020, the volume of Spanish pork exports grew by 11% fueled by record-level exports to China, finds newly released data.
Ireland’s Gain Animal Nutrition has placed a “temporary hold” on the sale of some of its bagged ruminant feed product lines as a “precautionary measure”.
Spain’s Bioiberica has inked a strategic agreement with Barentz for the exclusive distribution of its Palbio and Nucleoforce animal nutrition lines in Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, the UK, and Ireland.
Spain headquartered, Indukern Group, has rebuffed any suggestions it is looking to divest its chemical distribution business focused on the feed, food, vet and pharma sectors.
We look at industry exits and new appointments over the past four weeks. Our career gallery tracks appointments at single cell protein producer, Calysta, at feed additive supplier, AB Vista, new feed space entrants and more.
Demand for Australian wheat from Asia is expected to gain momentum in coming months, with the 2020/21 Australian crop estimated to be the largest crop in the past four years.
Greenpeace has released misleading, inaccurate data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from EU animal agriculture, alleges a UC Davis professor in a Twitter tirade.
Bulgaria-headquartered insect producer, Nasekomo, is looking to secure a niche function in the less capital intensive, upstream part of the insect protein value chain.
