Philippines headquartered, Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc (AEV), is weighing up a sale of a minority stake in its feed business, Pilmico Foods Corp., reported Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the move.
As part of its strategy for growth, ABN has unveiled its plan to build what will be the UK’s biggest, state-of-the-art, feed mill in the East of England, capable of producing 1m tons of pig and poultry feed on an annual basis.
Barentz International, a global ingredients distributor, has expanded its activities in the Central European region through the acquisition of a majority stake in the Noack Group, a distributor of specialized feed additives for the animal nutrition and...
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has welcomed the US Senate's confirmation of the Biden administration’s nomination of Tom Vilsack as head of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The demand for insect protein, mainly as an ingredient in feed and pet food, could reach half a million metric tons by 2030, up from today’s market of around 10,000 metric tons, predict the authors of a new RaboResearch report.
Mosa Meat, the company behind the world’s first cultivated beef hamburger, a feat it realized in 2013, announced the third and last closing of its Series B funding yesterday [February 23].
Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) has expressed ‘keen interest’ in insect protein, indicating many years of research in that field, and announcing it has signed an agreement with Thailand’s Chiang Mai University to develop Black Soldier Fly (BSF) derived...
The carbon footprint of British pig farming has reduced by almost 40% over the last 20 years, according to a new study, using a new methodology, led by the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.
French botanicals producer, Nor-Feed, has established a distribution partnership with New York headquartered animal health company, Natural Biologics, aimed at improved access to its plant extracts for existing and new US customers.
We track developments in the global wheat, maize and soybean markets in the past week, and report on the latest USDA estimates on US maize and soybean planting in 2021-22.
Leading supermarket chain, Co-op, has expressed caution over the UK government’s review into the future legislative approach to gene editing of crops and livestock in England.
Denmark headquartered agribusiness group, DLG, and global animal health and nutrition player, Alltech, are partnering again, this time to purchase Finnish company, Kärki-Agri, following on from their collaboration in Russia.
Chilean salmon producer, Salmones Camanchaca, has signed a standards agreement with leading companies, BioMar and Skretting, with the aim of mitigating the environmental and social risks associated with salmon feed production.
The findings of newly published research from animal health and nutrition company, Alltech, suggest a mannan rich fraction (MRF) from the cell wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae can influence the metabolism of bacteria such as E. coli, and, in doing so,...
French company, NUQO, has signed a distribution deal for its feed additive range with Barentz Animal Nutrition, targeting the Benelux and several surrounding countries.
Pan-European private equity firm, IK Investment Partners (IK), is to acquire a majority stake in Antwerp, Belgium headquartered, Innovad, a specialty blended animal feed and drinking water additive producer.
Multiple new technologies are entering the market to support producers in improving sustainability, traceability, and animal welfare from farm to fork.
Former Bacardi UK operations director Iain Lochhead has been appointed chief executive of Horizon Proteins, a biotech that transforms underused co-products from whisky distillation into nutrients for the aqua and animal feed industries.
Correct application of a common safety procedure would help prevent engulfment, electrocutions, and entanglement incidents involving workers in the US feed, grain and processing sectors, according to OSHA.
A new circular economy industrial approach could not only produce large quantities of biomass for animal feed but also create thousands of new sustainable jobs.
Political action is required to resolve the problems facing British animal feed businesses that export feed materials and finished feeds to the EU and Northern Ireland.
Private investment group, Tattarang, owned by Australian mining and agribusiness billionaire, Andrew Forrest, has spent AUS$12mn (US$9.3m) on a stake in leading domestic feed manufacturer, Ridley Corporation.
The findings of a study assessing the use of a wood derived protein ingredient, SylPro, in feed for rainbow trout are consistent with previous trial results and again show the nutritional and functional performance the product offers feed formulators,...
A combination of supply chain events have created more volatility and higher additive prices; they range from the extended spring holidays in China, costly grains, sugar and oil, as well as dysfunctional freight markets and lockdowns in Hebei, Hubei,...
Family-owned premium poultry producer, Bell & Evans, is to invest US$500m in US organic-certified grains, announcing a sourcing deal with Cargill that aims to transition 50,000 acres of conventional corn and soybean production to USDA Certified Organic....
An essential oil blend can be used together with a coccidiosis vaccine without compromising the efficacy of either, finds new Novus research presented at the International Poultry Scientific Forum (IPSF), held as part of a virtual IPPE trade show that...
Chinese demand is continuing to support feed grain prices but disease outbreaks amongst China’s pig herd are reportedly hampering recovery with Reuters reporting porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) as well as more frequent outbreaks of swine flu in the northern...
We track career developments in the feed and animal nutrition industries globally, with notable comings and goings at DSM, ForFarmers, Alltech, and more this month.
Dutch insect protein producer, Protix, has generated €15.5m (US$18.5m) in a new funding round, with the investment set to support the next leg of its development.
A trial undertaken at the dairy campus based at Wageningen Livestock Research in the Netherlands, has shown a feed additive, developed by DSM, and branded as Bovaer, can reduce methane emissions when included in dairy cattle rations.
Czech researchers analyzing the microbiota of pigs pre and postweaning found there was a hike in Fusobacterium or Anaerovibrio bacteria in piglets with postweaning diarrhea while an increase in Prevotella bacteria was a feature of the healthy weaned piglets.
A new paper from France and New Zealand based researchers finds there is a lack of a consensus approach to how to best evaluate the piglet’s intestinal health.
New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra and DSM have signed a collaboration agreement to accelerate the transition to lower methane agriculture, exploring the options that the DSM developed feed additive, branded as Bovaer, can bring to the table.
South African scientists have warned that rising demand for affordable meat and the expansion of intensive animal agriculture creates the ‘perfect breeding ground’ for the development of viruses that could spark future pandemics.
