German feed additives firm, FIM Biotech, has won EFSA approval for its Friedland clay product in terms of its binding and anti-caking efficacy after filling the holes in supporting data.
French botanicals group, Nor Feed, has recognized an Indian researcher for his work in plant extracts in the first edition of its Veterinarian Nor-Feed Award, which includes a €5,000 prize.
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) virus may have found its way into the US on large bags used to ship feed and bulk products, said the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a root cause investigation report released on Wednesday.
Lallemand Animal Nutrition is continuing to build on research it carried out on certain yeast strains as part of a study for the initial stage of an industry-wide project targeting methanogenesis in ruminants.
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Texas A&M and the UN’s Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) are training feed laboratory employees to develop quality lab practices and improve feed safety in developing countries.
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DSM is involved in ongoing R&D to further the understanding of the importance of vitamin supplementation for swine and improve productivity for that sector.
Antibiotic use in agriculture is expected to grow 42,000 tons by 2030, say officials with the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP).
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It is said that industry has only just scratched the surface regarding the benefits of adding trace minerals to animal feed and a leading Zinpro expert says there is some truth to that.
The question of if or when Zilmax will return to the US market remains unanswered despite recently published research into fatigue cattle syndrome and use of beta-agonists showing the cause to be ‘multifactorial’.
The recently released FEFAC soy sourcing guidelines risk legitimizing business as usual, and lowering Dutch, European and even global ambitions on responsible soy, says a group of mainly Dutch NGOs.
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Trace mineral impact is a central focus of current beef nutrition research at the Iowa State University, said the organizers of that US institute’s upcoming showcase of study priorities.
A US research team, led by US Department of Agriculture (USDA) based scientists, is aiming to improve the efficiency of rainbow trout production by the development of alternative feeds and fish better able to use those feeds.
A temporary change in Canadian regulation on fishmeal made from Pacific hake may mean that more fishmeal for farmed salmon and poultry will be on offer locally but it won’t have implications beyond that market, say officials with the Marine Ingredients...
The US soy sector’s new strategy aims at encouraging growers to increase the value of soybean meal and ensuring livestock industry recognition of soy’s “superiority” over other feedstuffs.
German feed additives producer, Phytobiotics, is chasing a global turnover of €120m within five years time fueled by its entry into the US, additional Chinese demand and further bans on antibiotic growth promoters in many markets.
A newly launched resource for US livestock producer and feed companies confirms whether a particular feed product meets the requirements for specific verification or certification.
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A group of researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the US is seeking to determine the amount of amino acids cattle absorb from different feeds.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) hail the inbuilt flexibility of the final animal food rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
If the commitment of farmers and traders to FEFAC’s new soy scheme yardstick is anything to go by, there could be greater availability of responsibly produced soy in Europe within the next 12 months.
Expansion projects by the three largest poultry groups in Saudi Arabia will see an 8% hike in broiler meat output there against 2014 levels but the production costs involved, especially feed, remain high, said the latest USDA GAIN report on the Saudi...
A trio of new facilities at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is set to promote research into dairy cattle nutrition, heat stress, disease and reproduction.
The feed industry and agricultural sectors in Ghana are set to get help from the American Soybean Association (ASA) backed World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) program.
US chicken group, Perdue Farms, is to acquire Natural Food Holdings from private equity firm, LNK Partners, in a deal that includes the antibiotic-free Niman Ranch meat brand.
DSM’s canthaxanthin supplement Carophyll Red 10% has received a generally recognized as safe (GRAS) label as a nutritive antioxidant to support the development of chicken embryos from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Cargill is ploughing US$100m into its soybean oil crush plant in Egypt in an attempt to double its output and meet the increasing demand there for soybean meal and vegetable oil.
Diamond V is currently in the process of patenting a fermented feed supplement that is said to limit foodborne pathogens like Salmonella and Campylobacter present in animals at harvest.
Intellectual property is the cornerstone of innovation in the competitive feed sector said the CEO of Finnish group, Raisio, as its first patents for Benemilk feeds have been granted in South Africa.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) says the FDA’s publication on the future use of nanomaterials in feed is to be commended and will facilitate further research into new technologies.
Nutreco has flagged up its plan to double its investment in R&D and innovation in both animal and fish feed as it rebrands its livestock nutrition activities.
The EU parliament’s agriculture committee today rejected the Commission's draft law aiming to give countries the power to restrict or prohibit the use of EU-approved GM food or feed.
The goal of Perdue Foods, said Bruce Stewart-Brown, senior vice president of food safety, quality and live production at the US chicken processing company, remains to end the use of antibiotics and eliminate the need to use them.
