Wheat prices saw record highs in mid-May, before falling notably in recent months, bringing markets back to where they started the year, finds a CRM Agri review.
After a turbulent 2022, with significant geopolitical tensions and high input costs, Alexander Döring, secretary general, European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC), looks at what might be in store for the industry in 2023.
Researchers are seeing benefits for the calf from the supplementation of the diets of the cow with choline, according to Balchem Corporation, which has been working with choline for the past 25 years, for both ruminant and monogastric application.
Silvateam is undertaking trials in beef cattle in Brazil on its additive, a blend of chestnut and quebracho tannins and saponins designed to reduce methane emissions in ruminants, following on from its recently formed partnership with JBS.
The US FDA has issued revised guidance for assessing the risk of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in people, which could result from the use of medically important antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals.
Tools that can help maintain a farm’s profitability margin and boost feed efficiency are increasingly important, given the escalating feed prices, says Lallemand Animal Nutrition.
The Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opened the registration process for a virtual public meeting on its role in the AAFCO feed ingredient definition process.
The UN’s Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended in Montreal, Canada, yesterday, with a landmark agreement to address biodiversity loss, restore ecosystems, and protect indigenous rights.
DSM’s recently updated vitamin supplementation guidance looks to ensure the tool reflects changes in the genetics and management of all farmed animals along with advancements in nutritional understanding.
China’s decision to provide additional subsidies to soybean and grain producers appears to have reaped rewards, with the state officials claiming the former increased by 27% and the latter hitting record levels.
Despite the hot and dry conditions experienced this summer in the UK, wheat, barley, oat, and oilseed rape yields are up on the year, finds AHDB’s review of new crop data.
Feedworks USA reports positive date from large-scale, split-herd trials across seven US dairy farms that evaluated the plant-based feed additive, Agolin Ruminant.
The sustainability debate in the European animal feed context is one that is continually evolving, and it can be challenging to keep ahead of developments, says a Cargill animal nutrition expert.
The Adisseo group has inked an agreement to acquire Nor-Feed and its subsidiaries, a group that produces plant-based specialty ingredients and plant extracts for animal nutrition.
The market for non-GMO milk and food of animal origin is still strong in Germany, but demand has fallen off in other European countries, according to a report.
A UK project aimed at transforming carbon emissions into algae feed ingredients, being run by Canada’s Pond Technologies and AB Agri division, Livalta, has achieved another milestone.
Juice, pulp, and other waste from Empire apples, when injected into broiler chicken eggs before hatching, show signs of boosting the animal’s intestinal health, according to a paper from Cornell University.
Ÿnsect has inked two major agreements for new facility builds: one in the US with Ardent Mills and another in Mexico with Corporativo Kosmos, a food service business.
The latest data reveals that grain exports out of Russia gathered some pace in November, with both corn and wheat exports jumping, relative to October, finds CRM Agri.
Danish enzyme and cultures suppliers Novozymes and Chr. Hansen plan to merge their businesses in a move they say will create a ‘leading global biosolutions partner’.
Last week saw US senator, Tammy Baldwin, lead a bipartisan group of colleagues in a letter to the US FDA encouraging the agency to review the role that feed additives play in achieving the Biden Administration’s goal of halving economy-wide GHGs by 2030...
Ecuador became the world’s largest exporter and producer of shrimp in 2022, overtaking India as an exporter and China as a producer, according to Rabobank’s Global Animal Protein Outlook 2023.
One of Ukraine’s largest agricultural producers and exporters is calling for the establishment of a ‘financing corridor’ to ensure the viability of the country’s agribusiness sector, post-conflict.
Lallemand Animal Nutrition has been expanding its reach in the global pet food business, and this year saw it broaden its companion animal team, which now comprises five specialists, who are based across North America and Europe.
Animal protein companies face strategic challenges of sustainability, animal health and market volatility.They must pivot in 2023 to secure their future, according to Rabobank’s Global Animal Protein Outlook 2023.
In all regions of Europe, grass and corn silage samples contained levels of mycotoxins that would be deemed higher risk for use in dairy production, finds the Alltech 2022 European Harvest Analysis.
A provisional political agreement has been reached between the EU Parliament and the Council in relation to EU regulation on deforestation-free supply chains.
DSM is to significantly cut back production of vitamin C at its Jiangshan, China based facility, with immediate effect. It says it will re-evaluate the situation in late January 2023, after the Chinese New Year.
The ICCF has released a draft guidance document for public comment, one that is focused on an environmental risk assessment approach for feed ingredients.
UK feed manufacturer, AB Agri, has acquired the dairy consultancy business Kite Consulting and its associated company, Advance Sourcing, for an undisclosed sum.
The hope is to eliminate all on-farm emissions in 10 years while keeping operations ‘commercially viable’. An opt-in subsidy scheme for farmers is also in the works.
