Last week saw the IGC amend its projections for global wheat production in 2021-22 to 782m tons, that is 6m tons lower than its July forecast but still an increase of 1.2% from 773m ton in 2020-21.
The AIC, alongside a number of UK food and drink sector bodies, via a new cross-industry report, is calling for a 12-month COVID-19 Recovery Visa to help alleviate the workforce shortages that are causing serious disruption across the whole of the supply...
Researchers at an Australian university are investigating the value of industrial hemp as feed for cattle and sheep, after a pilot study highlighted the potential value of it as a feed source.
Producers in the UK deserve the same opportunities as their counterparts in the EU, says the NPA; it was reacting to the formal adoption this month by the EU Commission of an amendment to the EU feed bank regulation, relaxing the rules on the use of PAPs...
Ensuring a balance between supply and demand of certain plants is critical given sourcing constraints, says an executive with a phytogenic feed additives producer.
Animal health company, Anifera, has received further investment from Stonehaven Incubate to initiate additional studies of its adjunct therapy in relation to bovine mastitis.
Weather and supply constraints are set to keep critical feed grain prices high, finds a new report on the prospects for the international beef production sector.
Norwegian research institute, Nofima, has launched the Millennial Salmon Project with partners with the aim of advancing the development of sustainable feed ingredients for farmed salmon diets.
Meat, egg, and dairy ‘alternatives’ usually come with qualifying language (plant-based eggs; meatless nuggets, oatmilk). But what should we call next generation products that are not simply mimicking the real thing, but in many cases, are the ‘real’ thing,...
Feed availability and price volatility will continue to challenge the poultry industry in India, triggering companies to diversify feed sources and to invest in feed manufacturing, finds a Rabobank report.
Argentina’s soy meal exports from the 2021 crop will lose US$575m, or 7% of their value, because of ebbing protein levels in harvested beans, according to a Rosario Board of Trade (BCR) study.
Allowing piglets to reach a desired body weight before introducing a new diet could improve their performance, according to work done at the Northern Ireland based Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI).
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), earlier this month, announced that it reached a US$40,294 settlement with agribusiness giant, Cargill Inc, regarding its Vermont facility that produces animal feed.
The Indian government is reportedly set to authorize the import of up to 1.5 million mt of soybean meal including meal derived from genetically engineered (GE) soybeans, according to local media.
Today sees the EU Commission adopt the decision to amend the feed ban regulation, allowing the use of processed animal proteins (PAPs) and insects to feed non-ruminant farmed animals such as pigs and poultry.
The University of Illinois says its new $20m Feed Technology Center with state-of-the-art processing and NIR technology will “move the entire industry forward” in terms of feed technology and animal nutrition.
Researchers are working to meet the New Zealand livestock industry’s need for low protein feed whilst addressing the problem of how to deal with food processing waste.
Next generation sequencing combined with functional metagenomic analysis and genetic engineering have the potential to expedite the development of enzymes for the control of mycotoxins at a feed level, says academic.
Enhancement of co-products with microbial proteins, improvements in protein digestibility and novel cell wall rupture techniques are among the important directions for future research, according to two feed technology luminaries.
A new US$5m grant will support scientists based at Bigelow Laboratory, a nonprofit research institute located in Maine, in the US, to reduce methane emissions from cattle.
As the aquaculture sector seeks alternatives to fishmeal, Aker BioMarine says its latest peer-reviewed study supports the replacement of up to 7.5% fishmeal with krill meal in sea bass diets whilst improving growth performance, feed utilization and liver...
Using feed additives to reduce methane production is one of the steps that Trinkler Dairy Farms, a milk supplier to Nestlé, will be taking to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
UK pig sector representatives, NPA, has welcomed a new £19.2m (US$26.7m) cross-government program to improve the detection and tracking of foodborne and antimicrobial resistant pathogens through the agri-food system.
Livestock and feed industry producers should consider how they could operate in the event of the US and China decoupling, new strategic alliances forming and trade restrictions being imposed, Rabobank analyst warns.
2021 Morrison Award winner Steven Zinn discusses his work on the impact of maternal diets on offspring, which suggests that underfeeding or overfeeding may cause multi-generational health issues.
Partially replacing fishmeal with Prairie AquaTech’s microbial enhanced protein in sea bass diets can reduce feed costs and may even benefit fish health, according to a new study.
Feed industry operators who haven’t adapted their security to the risks introduced by digitalization and supply chain globalization could be in the crosswire of ransomware attackers, warns Stroz Friedberg executive.
The US Grains Council (USGC) is advancing a strategy to promote corn co-products including new high protein distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to aquaculture producers in the high-potential North African and Southeast Asian regions.
Research center APC Microbiome is on a mission to develop microbiome solutions to industry challenges such as anti-microbial resistance, pathogen persistence and methane production.
The generous biotech funds that have transformed other sectors are now backing food and agriculture, with the potential to ‘disrupt’ the food value chain, says a venture capital fund insider.
“My team is excited to develop a low-polluting microalgal co-product diet for trout,” says scientist Pallab Sarker, after his lab is awarded a $1m grant to finance a new aquafeed project.
