Betagro PCL, a Thailand based integrated food company, has opened an advanced feed mill. The facility is located in Nong Bun Mak, Nakhon Ratchasima, around 260km northeast of Bangkok.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have launched a new project aimed at benefitting 1,500 farmers in Niger.
UK company, Volac, has launched a new feed additives division as it looks to help the international feed industry advance efficiency and meet the Net Zero challenge.
Japanese company, Marubeni, has signed an agreement with French insect producer, Ÿnsect, to collaborate on ways to integrate its insect protein into feed for farmed fish in Japan.
Confidence in Brazilian second corn crop remains high, and planting of US corn has become incentivized due to the sustained and large-scale reduction in fertilizer costs, finds a CRM Agri outlook.
The use of formaldehyde in US feed and in other industrial applications could be restricted under a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) led review process.
Unresolved talks over the extension of the Ukrainian grain export corridor ensures uncertainty remains in grain markets short and longer term, say analysts.
Evonik is expanding its capacity to produce its DL-methionine product, MetAMINO, at its production hub in Jurong Island, Singapore, by 40,000 metric tons.
The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) believes its recommendations for copper concentration in commercial dog foods are appropriate, until scientific data shows otherwise.
The president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) has launched a scathing attack on the Irish government over the delay in the introduction of its new nitrate banding rules.
BioMar has gone beyond feed in terms of its innovation strategy and has entered the world of pond and tank health with a new bioremediation range, SmartCare Balance.
The USDA forecast a cut in Argentina’s dryness-threatened soybean crop of 8Mt to a 14-year low of 33.0Mt, a bigger downgrade than investors had expected.
EY has released the seventh edition of its annual Norwegian Aquaculture Analysis. It looks at the trends shaping the Norwegian aquaculture industry in 2023.
Cargill has been investing in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, through new plants and an innovation center. The company reports that, in the last four years alone, its animal health and nutrition business has grown by double and even triple digits in key...
The US is looking for formal trade talks with Mexico over the country’s plans to restrict imports of genetically modified corn and other agricultural biotechnology products.
Waitrose has started trials diverting surplus food to the animal feed sector; It says the exercise should prevent 70% of food going to waste. Leading UK retailer, Tesco, is researching the use of surplus food as feedstock for insect rearing.
EFSA’s recently released scientific opinions related to the welfare of broilers and laying hens is based on a particularly narrow mandate on animal welfare set by the EU Commission, argues EU farming organizations.
BASF and Schothorst Feed Research (SFR) have signed a pact whereby SFR gains certain non-exclusive licensing rights to Opteinics, BASF’s digital platform designed to calculate the environmental impact of feed and animal protein products to identify opportunities...
An extension of the Ukrainian grain export corridor is anticipated, though the outcome of talks will be crucial for the short and long-term price direction, finds an AHDB report.
Raisio has sold its fish feed business to a subsidiary of Finnforel Oy. The other shareholders of the new company are Alltech and the Finnish Heino Group.
China will be a key focal point for the global beef market in 2023, as the country emerges from Covid lockdowns amid a slowing economic environment, according to a new report from Rabobank.
Danone is strengthening commitments to support the agricultural sector as a survey reveals 85% of French consumers say they are worried about its future.
Kemiex has secured equity investments from the strategic investment arm of CME Group, CME Ventures, the global data and analytics company DTN, as well as the family office Wille Finance.
In the EU, processed animal protein (PAPs) have been readmitted as a nutrient-rich and sustainable feed ingredient in monogastric diets, but the animal nutrition industry has outdated knowledge on how to utilize them..
Consumer perceptions could be a potential challenge to using protein produced from plastic-fed waxworms in salmon feed, but the benefits would far outweigh the negatives, Martin Llewellyn, professor of Molecular Ecology at Glasgow University and founding...
Concerns about the African swine fever (ASF) virus entering the US swine herd through imported feed ingredients has seen the launch of a new four-year research project.
Equilon Enterprises, a subsidiary of the Shell Oil company, is partnering with US agricultural business, S&W Seed Company, in a joint venture (JV) aimed at developing novel plant genetics for oilseed cover crops as feedstocks for biofuel production....
Nutreco has taken a minority stake in animal health targeted microbiome biotech company, BiomEdit. It did so through the company’s recent Series A financing round, initially raised in April 2022 in its carve-out from Elanco Animal Health.
Valio, the international dairy ingredients company, is continuing to focus on its green credentials by developing an eco-friendly way of breaking down methane in barn air.
Creating a sustainable food supply to meet population demands will require more than just a focus on growing the alternative proteins sector despite its current hype, according to industry experts.
A new report has found that Dutch multinational banking and financial services company, Rabobank, has provided billions of dollars in finance to some of the world’s biggest emitting industrial livestock companies.
