A report from environmental campaigners claims that failure to take action on methane emissions by the world’s biggest meat and dairy companies is fueling the climate crisis.
EU compound feed production has been negatively impacted by the spread of animal diseases but boosted by the continuing global grain market rally this year, according to data from FEFAC.
A partnership between industry, government and academia will see renowned US institute, Cornell University, build a lab aimed at reducing methane emissions.
Stellapps has completed the first close towards its pre-series C round from various investors. Led by Dutch animal nutrition and feed group, Nutreco, the fundraising effort also saw participation from existing investors including Qualcomm Ventures, Celesta...
Smart silo technology provider, Nanolike, says that after signing multiple contracts with food suppliers and agricultural cooperatives in Germany, Spain, Italy and the Nordics, it is now widening its discussions with customers in the UK.
The EU Commission has launched a public consultation for its review of animal welfare laws, which it committed to under the Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy.
This week started in a slightly bearish way, with data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) indicating that, post-WASDE, managed money funds had been reducing the number of long positions held across corn, wheat and soybeans, reported...
There is a strong need for technology interventions, especially in the emerging markets where the yield per animal is low, traceability is inadequate and quality is not up to the mark, says a tech startup CEO.
A Nutreco and Mosa Meat led project, Feed for Meat, to develop cellular agriculture and bring cultivated meat to the EU market, is being supported by REACT-EU to the tune of a €2m (US$2.3m) grant.
Their extended enzyme alliance looks to further innovation aimed at reducing nutrient waste, improving feed efficiency, and promoting animal growth and wellbeing.
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A US animal scientist, based at the University of Connecticut, will examine how over-feeding of the mother during gestation causes epigenetic changes in offspring liver that ultimately affect growth, metabolism, and inflammation.
Feed supplemented with biochar negatively affected performance traits of broiler chicks during the starter period but improved them during the grower period and over the birds’ entire cycle.
I’Anson Brothers Ltd, a fourth generation, family-owned and managed animal feed manufacturer, has signed contracts enabling work to begin on the construction of its new £20m (US$27.5m) mill in Yorkshire.
Mondelez and Saputo have defended their commitments to sourcing milk from sustainable producers, after a Greenpeace investigation linked the manufacturers to a complex supply chain that was devastating rainforests.
The cumulative 2021 production of fishmeal and fish oil from producer countries is higher year-on-year, according to data released by the IFFO this week.
UK feed manufacturers have been undertaking customized training in environmental management of mill operations, reported UK feed industry representatives, the AIC.
A new US$325m soybean processing facility to benefit supply chains for renewable fuels, food products and animal feeds will be constructed by Bartlett in southeastern Kansas, in the US.
Multi-strain yeast fractions could be used in combination with a traditional coccidiostat to reduce the negative effects of an Eimeria spp. challenge and preserve broiler growth performance.
Five more schemes offering responsible soy to the European feed market have passed the independent benchmarking process against the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines (SSGs) 2021.
Most customers are not willing to buy soy meeting sustainability criteria, including no-deforestation criteria, if it entails having to pay a premium, finds FEDIOL.
A newly opened analytical lab in Tulln in Lower Austria will be used to conduct nutritional analyses to help boost the nutrition, health and sustainability of livestock, says DSM.
Studies investigating hemp as an aqua feed ingredient and the optimization of algae feed additives for dairy cows are part of a US$146m spend by the USDA in sustainable agricultural research work.
The findings of initial research conducted in Northern Ireland indicate that willow leaves and branches could reduce methane emissions in livestock production.
Vietnam is by far the largest importer of corn in Southeast Asia and the USDA forecasts it to be the fifth-largest importer of that grain globally in 2021/22.
AB Vista is to become an exclusive distributor in the US, Brazil and Thailand of an Avivagen product designed to reduced antibiotic use in poultry, swine, ruminants, and aquaculture.
The main driver in the agri-commodities market this week was the grain stocks report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA); it was released yesterday.