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AB Vista: 1+1=1.6 when combining poultry feed enzymes

AB Vista: 1+1=1.6 when combining poultry feed enzymes

By Lynda Searby

Latest research from feed ingredient supplier AB Vista suggests that enzyme performance benefits are not ‘additive’ when combined, challenging the assumption that incorporating more enzymes into poultry feed will mean better digestibility.

Feed experts: EFSA rings the changes

Feed experts: EFSA rings the changes

By Jane Byrne

There are a lot of changes in the line-up of the European Food Safety Authority’s FEEDAP panel for 2015 to 2018, but the EU risk assessor has also retained 10 previous members.

Lallemand: heat stress is a reality in European dairy production

Lallemand: heat stress is a reality in European dairy production

By Lynda Searby

Lallemand Animal Nutrition is advising dairy farmers to adopt nutritional programs designed to protect the rumen and promote rumen efficiency, on the back of a new survey that identified heat stress as a real threat throughout Europe.

Aramark to outlaw controversial growth hormones from its supply chain

Aramark to outlaw controversial growth hormones from its supply chain

By Lynda Searby

US food service firm Aramark has agreed to work with its suppliers to eliminate the use of hormones and feed additives that it says are harmful to animals, including recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH or rBST), zilpaterol hydrochloride and ractopamine.

AFIA objects to record retention timeframe under new VFD rule

AFIA objects to record retention timeframe under new VFD rule

By Jane Byrne

The US feed sector has questioned the reporting obligations sought under the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) as the FDA releases the final version of the rule that aims to bring the use of medically important antimicrobials under veterinary supervision.

Managed money expecting lower prices on grains

Special Edition: Commodities Outlook

Managed money expecting lower prices on grains

By Jane Byrne

Speculative funds in agricultural commodities currently are said to be broadly short, and such positions benefit when grain prices fall, said an industry specialist.

EFSA cautions against use of ferrous carbonate as an iron source for young animals

Risk assessor also recommends lower iron levels for bovine and poultry feed

EFSA cautions against use of ferrous carbonate as an iron source for young animals

By Jane Byrne

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), in a scientific opinion, said ferrous carbonate would be insufficiently bioavailable for young animals such as piglets, calves and chickens, as they require a highly efficacious iron source for a rapid response...

Feed phosphate prices could slide on Saudi firm expansion

Special Edition: Commodities Outlook

Feed phosphate prices could slide on Saudi firm expansion

By Jane Byrne

There could be a weakness in inorganic feed phosphate (IFP) prices when an additional 250,000 tons capacity from a Middle Eastern player comes on stream in early 2017, said an analyst.

US company accused of knowingly supplying tainted feed

US company accused of knowingly supplying tainted feed

By Jane Byrne

Ohio based Shur-Green Farms sold contaminated soy oil soon after an earlier shipment of the product was responsible for causing losses of $1 million and the death of 57,000 turkeys at a network of family farms in Michigan, alleges the US Food and Drug...

Nutreco inks Marine Harvest feed deal

Nutreco inks Marine Harvest feed deal

By Jane Byrne

Nutreco has extended its feed sales contract with Marine Harvest and has managed to reduce its exposure to the loss of business from Mercadona in Spain, said CEO Knut Nesse.

EFSA told to improve 'bilateral communication' with feed industry

Possibility of pre-submission meetings with groups of applicants on cards: EFSA

EFSA told to improve 'bilateral communication' with feed industry

By Jane Byrne

EFSA said a recent meeting with feed additive producers shows the various initiatives it has carried out aimed at improving the way it communicates with industry have been well received.

ADM capitalizing on rocketing Chinese meat demand

ADM capitalizing on rocketing Chinese meat demand

By Jane Byrne

Archer Daniels Midlands (ADM) aims to leverage expected growth in the swine, poultry and aquaculture sectors in China over the next decade by expanding its premix footprint there with a new plant. 

System for life cycle assessment of feed hailed as 'milestone'

Special edition: environmental footprint reduction initiatives

System for life cycle assessment of feed hailed as 'milestone'

By Jane Byrne

The new LCA guidelines, developed under the LEAP project, are ‘game changing’ as they synchronize the plethora of existing feed impact assessment methods and provide the feed sector with one set of rules to reduce its environmental footprint, said FEFAC.

Lallemand links up with Texas A&M on yeast research

Lallemand links up with Texas A&M on yeast research

By Jane Byrne

Lallemand Animal Nutrition said it is partnering with the US institute, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, to document mode of action, biomarkers of efficacy and benefits of existing yeast and bacteria strains for beef and dairy cattle.