Feed contamination by the mycotoxin, DON, at concentrations below the EU maximum guidance level, is a predisposing factor for the development of necrotic enteritis in broilers, found researchers.
The need to find ways to optimize cattle feeding and hence productivity and welfare concentrated the minds of 150 experts at the recent International Beef Exchange in France.
Meat prices are at an historic high – despite international food markets being more stable than they have been in years, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s latest Food Outlook report.
An alignment of two responsible soy standards, RTRS and ProTerra, will help boost physical flows of certified soy by keeping audit costs low, increasing market transparency and enhancing farmer training, says the ProTerra Foundation.
The lawsuits brought against Syngenta over sales of its GM corn seed, MIR162, into the US prior to trait approval by China keenly show other countries' regulations cannot be ignored in domestic courts and by US companies, says a law professor.
Agri giant's Q1 results show solid performance for animal nutrition and meat division
Cargill has not had any new cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) within its pig operations since March this year, but the agri-giant is not throwing caution to the wind as a result.
Algasol Renewables behind floating bag based algae cultivation system site in Bangladesh
A pilot scale initiative in Bangladesh backed by two international technology players is aiming to show how cheap fish feed can be derived from a novel algae production method.
New research from the US shows that a liquid antimicrobial product made by Kemin Industries could reduce the risk to piglets from the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus.
Research efforts at AB Vista have yielded insights into enzyme technology, showing the vital importance of specific enzyme characteristics, which the company says will aid poultry producers and feed formulators.
“Our reactors can generate more protein that an acre of soy. Moreover, our process does not use herbicides, or fertilizer, and also diverts food waste from landfills,” said Robert Olivier, CEO of Texas based bioconversion firm, Prota Culture, which is...
Feed safety and antimicrobial resistance were two subjects grabbing the headlines at the annual meeting between long-time bedfellows, the UN’s FAO and the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF), in Rome last week.
The South Asian poultry market is the first staging post for US enzyme developer, BRI, as it has a shift in strategy for the roll-out of its new thermo stable xylanase feed enzyme, Xylamax.
Eight suspects including the head of a cooking oil company and three executives from an animal feed manufacturer have been formally charged over their role in Taiwan's tainted oil scandal, according to media reports.
Pre and probiotics supplementation of pig feed is relatively unchartered territory for US pig producers, and it remains quite an under-researched topic in the US, says a pig nutrition expert.
In vetoing a livestock antibiotic bill on Tuesday, the governor of California is, in fact, calling for stronger action to curb unnecessary antibiotic use in that state, say US environmental and consumer groups.
UK firm, Micron Bio-Systems, is set to enter the well-established yeast-derived feed additive market in the EU on the back of approval by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for a product targeted at the dairy sector.
The proposed EU-US trade deal could see the European market opened up to US imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), despite the Commission's public assurances to the contrary, claims Friends of the Earth.
Tainted feed should not be ruled out as a potential source of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), said a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) led team.
The proposed EU-US trade deal could see the European market opened up to US imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), despite the Commission's public assurances to the contrary, claims Friends of the Earth.
Nutritional modeling systems developed by a US university to lower feed costs are now being used to reduce methane emissions from cattle feed, says the researcher behind the project.
Probiotics enhance performance, promote a healthy balance of microbiota in the gut, and counteract the negative consequences of enteric diseases in poultry, found two leading US researchers following a comprehensive review of the literature.
Former Tyson Foods boss, Richard Bond, has joined the board of directors of Nutrinsic, a US firm involved in the upcycling of unused nutrients from wastewater for feed uses.
The US brewing sector is hailing the revision of the animal feed rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that see spent grains production exempt in terms of new controls but feed industry advocates argue that any facility producing food for...
Global animal nutrition group, Alltech, says it is intending to leverage the technical know-how and reach of recently acquired premix manufacturer Lienert, to develop the dairy and beef side of its business in Australia.
The initial results of a ground-breaking survey, which set out for the first time to assess views on beef cattle welfare in the US, shows there is more accord than previously thought between beef producers and consumers.
Boosting livestock health and FCR is the reported goal of a new deal between Elanco Animal Health and the Dow Chemical Company’s biotechnology and crop protection arm, Dow AgroSciences.
BASF tells us its 20% vitamin B2 (riboflavin) price hike is due to “rising demand” across human and animal nutrition, but gave no further data on the significant jump.
US group unveils new protein blends to combat whey price hike
US group, Land O’Lakes, as it unveils new protein products for calves, says it is aiming to get producers to feed calves more frequently and at a higher plane of milk nutrition to boost their health and growth.
Exploiting the potential of bacteria to produce natural feed additives is the aim of a new partnership between two French companies - animal nutrition and agribusiness group, Sofiproteol, and biotechnology firm, Deinove.
French firm, Nor Feed Sud, said it has leveraged its long established partnership with medicinal plant producers’ cooperative, Adatris Anjou Plantes, to develop Ubigreen – a series of “well-defined and high quality” botanical products for animal feed...
Hazard control procedures in UK feed mills need to be enhanced, found a Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) review of the systems in place to verify that UK feed operators identify and manage risks effectively.
US group, Sabinsa, is training its portfolio of botanical ingredients, probiotics and enzymes on companion animals and livestock as it sets up a new animal nutrition division, VetVitals.
A US scientist, in a review of the literature, reports that GM feed is safe and nutritionally equivalent to non-GM feed, with no indication of any unusual trends in livestock health since 1996 when GM crops were first harvested.
Tennessee based feed and pig production company, AgFeed Industries, has agreed to pay $18 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case over fraud allegations, said the US regulator yesterday.
Livestock producers can expect abundant feed grains and subsequent downward pressure on prices as bumper maize harvests are predicted in the EU and the US, and a greater proportion of the EU wheat crop is diverted to feed use.
The animal feed sector has not been left untouched by the waste oil scandal in Taiwan, with a governmental inquiry finding toxic chemicals in feed produced by local manufacturer, Ching Wei, according to local media reports.
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) oils can help control salmonella in piglets and may lower the incident of campylobacter in chicks, says a scientist, as US firm, Horn Animal Wellness, releases an infographic to show the functional benefits of the ingredient...
A credit lending firm, Rabo AgriFinance, is suing US commodities broker, Turner Grain Merchandising, which is said to be on the brink of filing for bankruptcy, for an alleged breach of contract.
There is a dire need for pre and probiotic strains that are cost effective and give consistently good results in terms of a beneficial effect on the intestinal flora of pigs, says a Danish scientist.
Adding alfalfa saponin extract (ASE) into the diet of weaned piglets may improve antioxidant activity and, in the process, promote piglet growth, finds a new study from China.
The clarification of the legal status of medicated feed products as proposed under draft EU Commission regulation has been hailed as ‘long awaited’ by the EU feed production lobby.
Leveraging functional ingredient R&D will help counterbalance lower volume growth in the salmon farming sector for feed makers over the next two years, estimates an industry analyst.
If a $3.4million EU Commission funded seaweed cultivation project can deliver on its high yield claims, there will be substantial benefits for the EU feed and food sectors, which, currently, are heavily reliant on imports for protein inputs.
French animal nutrition and health group, InVivo NSA, says its acquisition of Swiss feed ingredients firm, Pancosma, will help it consolidate its position in the specialty feeds market.
