Feed crop quality continues to be uncertain for feed users, even as questions remain about total production for current corn and soybean crops, says analyst at Iowa State University.
Adding supplemental zinc may boost piglet growth and oxidative status, while supplemental arginine in feed has a limited influence on oxidative status or piglet growth, say researchers.
South African growers are expected to increase plantings of yellow (feed grade) corn by 10% per cent in 2019, which “should decrease corn prices”, according to the latest report from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
Delayed plantings, wet spring weather and damaged alfalfa crops are combining to generate forage and hay challenges for beef and dairy producers, however, alternative feed sources do remain, say experts.
Weather-delayed planting, variable crop maturity and crop damage could all provide a basis for mycotoxin presence in the current feed crop, says an expert with Alltech.
Biotechnology company, Arbiom, has provided additional details on results from fish feed and functionality trials of its wood-to-food protein ingredient, branded as SylPro, while another SCP player gets US federal funding to optimize its fermentation...
Making agriculture greener and cutting food waste are key solutions in the climate fight according to the new report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Fish feed manufacturer, Alltech Coppens, says it is looking to discover and support ideas developed by fish farmers for fish farmers, with its new inventor project.
Cargill has received approval to grow biotech, omega-3 producing canola, in the US providing the next step in ongoing work to commercialize an alternative ingredient for use in aquaculture feeds.
A new variety of hybrid rye may provide a less expensive alternative to wheat use in swine growing and finishing diets in Canada as it supports growth performance, says researcher.
The Portuguese government has taken a hardline position against the threatened strike there by truckers’ unions, demanding 50-100% minimum transport services during the work stoppage, a level that would certainly lessen the impacts of any industrial action.
DSM is set to file for Brazilian registration of its new feed additive that it claims can cut methane emissions in cows by around 30%, as first reported by Reuters yesterday [August 7].
Supplemental taurine in farmed yellowtail diets may increase spawning rate, total egg production and improve young fish’s survival rate, say researchers.
As part of the continued effort to improve transparency and public access to information about approved animal drugs, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it has made medicated feed-related information more accessible and user-friendly.
