Antibiotic alternatives such as pro and prebiotics and other gut health boosting feed components are to be welcomed as long as they don’t simply shore up intensive farming practices, says a leading farm animal welfare organization.
EFSA said it cannot evaluate the efficacy of a feed additive on the performance of weaned piglets due to a lack of supporting evidence from the developer, Norel.
Better prices will support margin recovery in the Chinese pig sector at the end of the third quarter this year, kick-starting a new hog production cycle and boosting demand for feed inputs by mid-2015, says Rabobank.
The EU Commission has published new rules that require more stringent controls on pork by-products used for animal feed before they can be imported in a bid to stave off exposure to the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PEDv) disease.
WWF says there is a lack of leadership from the feed sector on promotion of responsible soy production and it is calling on more EU feed companies to start demanding and buying responsible soy.
Better feed market conditions drove volume growth for DSM’s animal nutrition operations, but expansion was hit by ongoing animal diseases in certain regions, said the firm as it posted its first quarter results for 2014.
The Swedish dairy sector, mimicking the recent statements by the German poultry industry, is looking to migrate away from the use of non-GM soy due to the costs associated with sourcing the feed ingredient.
Commission to discuss French draft measures at Scofcah meeting today
France has proposed a ban on feed ingredients using pig by-products and the import of live pigs from North America, Mexico and Japan, in order to ward off the entry of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) into the country.
Joint ventures and license deals are the key to growth for US trace mineral and medicinal feed additive firm, Phibro Animal Health, says an analyst evaluating prospects for the group after its IPO mid-April.
Feeding for 30 Program celebrates two-year anniversary
Research shows that higher quality colostrum makes a significant difference in the growth rates and performance of piglets at the weaning stage, says US feed company, Purina Animal Nutrition, as its sow fertility program, Feeding for 30, hits the two...
The decline in the number of EU RASFF warnings about dioxin contaminants in feed last year compared to 2012 shows the risk management system is working, says a trade group.
Technology development firm Health Enhancement Products Inc. (HEPI) has a new urine test to measure critical biomarkers for stress and inflammation, which could have significant benefits for rapid identification of mastitis and ‘shipping fever’.
Defatted biomass from the biofuel industry may replace some of the corn and soybean currently used for weanling pigs, broiler chicks, and laying hens, report scientists from the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University.
Competitive grain sourcing, lower poultry imports and feed production efficiency have helped generate a profit hike of 35% for the animal feed and flour division of United Arab Emirates (UAE) food group, Agthia, for the first quarter of this year.
Evonik, as part of an investors’ consortium, has announced its backing of a microalgae derived beta-glucan that is said to support immune health for animals and could help the sector migrate away from over usage of antibiotics.
The Dutch feed group is extending its fish farming R&D capabilities for the Asian country in tandem with the construction of new factories in its strategy to be one of the top five feed makers in Vietnam.
A senior FDA official, in a move to quieten the outcry over the animal feed rule, said there is 'minimal' risk associated with feeding spent grains and it will revise the language around the regulation.
Mergers are expected in the Mexican hog sector in the coming years to offset the impact of the PED virus - Rabobank says global feed companies should be ready to capitalize on the feed demand generated by a more consolidated industry.
The Dutch feed company, in its trading update for the first quarter of 2014, said revenue for the period, at €853.3 million, was up 8.4% on the same quarter last year.
Elanco said its purchase of the Novartis animal health division will boost its cattle vaccines portfolio, and expand its presence in China and emerging markets.
A leading analyst firm in China is predicting a rebound in domestic poultry feed consumption with warmer weather reducing the risk of further outbreaks of avian flu.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has urged the US FDA to rethink its approach to animal food regulation to avoid imposing costs and burdens on animal food manufacturers that are even greater than those imposed on human food manufacturers.
The immune, nutrition, and growth enhancing activity of probiotics could see them improve production and profitability of farmed Atlantic cod, according to a new review in the journal Aquaculture.
A ruling in a lysine cartel case which saw damages awarded to French poultry breeder, Doux, against Ajinomoto will make it easier for victims of anti-competitive practices to bring an action for damages and prove prejudice, says a lawyer.
Cargill is funding feed-related research on Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) in a bid to understand how pigs become infected and to help try and eradicate it.
A new report predicts the value of the global feed additives market will hit the $20 billion mark in 2020, and shows amino acids topped the animal dietary supplement revenue charts last year.
Political insecurity in the Black Sea region and a lack of credit flow in Ukraine has hit grain sewing, forcing a leading grain analyst to downgrade its corn output expectations for that country.
Saudi dairy group, Almarai, has initiated a plan to ensure that 100% of its animal feed stock will eventually be imported from abroad in a bid to make it more sustainable.
Symrise is set to enter the aquaculture feed arena as a result of its purchase of flavor and ingredients producer, Diana, in a deal that values the French firm at €1.3 billion ($1.8bn).
Partial replacement of animal proteins by wheat proteins in the diet of piglets and veal calves can boost the animal's growth performance while wheat gluten could also improve the environmental profile of the aquaculture sector, said Tereos Syral...
No maximum limit should be set for the use of beta-carotene in milk replacers, says the EU feed additive lobby as an EC review on the use of the additive in animal feeds gets underway.
Phytases added to feed for broilers formulated with the optimal calcium and phosphorus ratio can improve the environmental profile of the broiler sector, finds a new study.
Merck said field trial evaluations on its feed additive – Zilmax – are underway in US cattle feeding facilities but Tyson Foods and Cargill are retaining their ban on the controversial product.
DSM is looking to get FDA backing for the use of its vitamin D3 additive in feed for turkeys and for swine in the US, but approval could take up to one year.
Swiss L-carnitine supplier Lonza said, following a two year evaluation and quality phase, it has now got the new production process for L-Carnitine at its Chinese facility under control, with significantly greater capacity for the vitamin-like substance...
The US regulator said it is re-evaluating a section of the animal feed rule that brings a brewing by-product, used as feed, under the regulation after an angry reaction from feed users and the brewing industry.
The new Norwegian feed plant from farmed salmon giant, Marine Harvest, is set to be operational by July with the company ambitious to set up feed sites in other fish farming markets.
The move last week by the Chinese state-owned food and feed giant, Cofco, to take a $1.5 billion majority stake in Noble Agri – the agribusiness arm of the Noble Group – will help China to diversify the source of its grains such as soy and corn, says...
A new thermostable enzyme, arising from the DSM and Novozymes partnership, is said to improve the quality of feed through enhancing the digestibility of a wide range of cereals.
Health Enhancement Products Inc., a Michgan-based development stage company with potential markets in nutraceutical products derived from algae as well as a personalized health measurement testing platform, has settled on animal nutrition as its closest-to-market...
The availability and the price of feeds given to dairy animals will be threatened by the new animal feed rule, says US milk producers, angry at the FDA’s decision to include the animal feed by-products of alcohol manufacture in the regulation.
Non-members of the International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organization (IFFO) are able to apply for ‘responsible supply’ (RS) certification, after the body altered its criteria recently.
