Canada’s Pond Technologies has entered into a research agreement with AB Agri business, Livalta, and other parties, to find strains of algae that could help reduce enteric methane emissions from cattle when included in feed.
Rapeseed production remains low in the UK, which is leading to increased reliance on imports of oilseed, meal, and oil, according to a USDA FAS report.
Beneo is investing €50m (US$52.8m) in a new pulse processing site in Offstein, Germany. The new facility will produce protein ingredients for food and feed.
Sonac, a Darling Ingredients company, has been supplying several compound feed producers in the Netherlands and Germany with pig derived processed animal protein (PAP) for inclusion in poultry feed.
Canadian insect protein ingredient company, Entosystem Inc, has raised CAD$66m (US$52m), from both public and private investors, to start building a second production facility.
Canadian farmers are expected to plant more wheat, corn, soybeans, and oats in 2022, while the area seeded to canola and barley is anticipated to decrease compared with 2021, according to a new report.
US agribusiness giant, ADM, expects lower crop supplies for the next 18 months and beyond arising from the weak Canadian canola crop, the cut in South American soy and grain output, and Black Sea conflict related disruptions.
Specialty chemical company, BASF, reports a renewed focus on agricultural innovation aimed at supporting food security for future generations, while minimizing the impact of farming on the climate and the environment.
The EU imported 12% more vitamin E volumes in 2021 compared to 2020, noted Kemiex, which has been tracking vitamin supply and demand trends over the past year.
DSM is joining forces with Arla on a pilot to test its additive aimed at methane emissions reduction, Bovaer, in 10,000 dairy cows across three European countries.
US synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks and Elanco Animal Health Inc are launching a new business targeting unmet needs in pet and livestock markets.
Alongside the global market concern for corn, wheat, rapeseed, and sunflower production in Ukraine, barley is also a key feed grain crop exposed to the Black Sea conflict.
A dairy cattle diet containing rapeseed cake has the potential to reduce enteric methane emissions and simultaneously improve milk production along with its nutritional composition, find researchers.
China’s fishmeal imports in January and February 2022 decreased year on year, with Peru, Russia, and Vietnam the top suppliers of the raw material to the Asian country, finds the IFFO.
ATCC, a US biological materials management and standards organization, is set to modify specific cell lines for ASF virus vaccine research and production.
Ukraine’s ministry of agrarian policy and food is trying to increase the export of agricultural products to 1.5m metric tons (MMT) per month by railway, along with 0,6m Mt via ports and 0,2m Mt by land.
A new report finds a 20.3% reduction in GHG emissions could be achieved within the dairy sector when a methane inhibitor, with an assumed effectiveness of 30% reduction, was applied to all dairy animals across the UK.
Convent Capital is investing €3.5m in Dutch feed additive company, Animal Health Concepts (AHC), the first outlay of a newly launched Agri Food Growth Fund.
Agribusiness giant, ADM, has announced a multi-million dollar project that will see its oilseed facility in Mainz, Germany have the capability to process non-GMO soybeans.
UK former foodstuff processing company, SugaRich, in a bid to gain a stronger position in the European former foods sector, is acquiring the former food processing business of France based Duynie.
Canada’s total production of oilseeds - canola, soybean, and sunflower seeds - is expected to increase 35% over last year, reaching 25.7m MT, finds a new report.
BioMar’s parent company, Schouw & Co, is investing a ‘three-digit million Danish Kroner sum’ to acquire Australia-based company AQ1, an intelligent feed technology company focused on shrimp farming.
Trial work provides evidence DL-Methionine is more efficient than hydroxy analogues of methionine, not only for weight gain and FCR, but also in terms of protein retention, says Evonik.
One of Australia’s largest cattle producers, the North Australian Pastoral Company (NAPCo), has signed a collaboration and supply agreement with DSM, which will see the Dutch company’s feed additive, Bovaer, used through the NAPCo supply chain.
A study from the US-based Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) suggests that if more US food companies want non-GMO feed for their livestock and poultry, then greenhouse gas emissions on farms could rise.
Mini-insect farm developer, Better Origin, has raised $16m. The funding round was led by Balderton Capital but existing investors Fly Ventures and Metavallon VC also participated.
As Vietnam looks to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic through economic recovery packages and loosening of restrictions, total animal feed demand is forecast to increase to meet animal production demands, finds a publication.
