Dietary valine supplementation can decrease the negative effect of feeding low crude protein (CP) diets to broiler chickens, but during the starter and growing periods only, said an Iranian team of animal scientists.
French mealworm derived feed protein producer, Ÿnsect, has been selected as one of France’s 40 most promising startups – the NEXT40 index, a list of companies deemed to have the strongest prospects for global growth.
US agricultural exports are projected to reach $137bn in fiscal year (FY) 2020, up $2.5bn from the revised forecast for FY 2019. The anticipated increase will primarily be driven by higher exports of pork, beef, soybeans, and horticultural products, found...
Improved understanding of how a tropical forage grass passes its traits may allow for faster varietal development work and provide improved feeds for cattle producers, say CIAT researchers.
Adding choice white grease may improve weaned-pig feed efficiency during normal and heat-stressed conditions, while feeding supplemental copper may boost growth performance and blood elements, says researcher.
We go back to the hot days of summer to see what stories proved most interesting to our readers. Cargill features in two of those most popular articles, alongside news about methane reduction, single cell protein production, insect feed, artificial intelligence...
Trial findings support the use of krill meal as an effective growth enhancer in fishmeal-challenged diets for whiteleg shrimp, says krill meal producer, Aker BioMarine.
Japan is seeing an outbreak of the crop damaging pest, Fall Armyworm (FAW), with silage corn the primary crop affected by the disease, but also at risk is corn for grain, writes the USDA’s FAS office in Toyko in a report.
Following the release of their findings on some of the factors affecting sow colostrum yield and composition, an academic team is now concentrating on studying farrowing management, more precisely how to reduce farrowing duration, improve hormonal balance...
A leading port in Derry in Northern Ireland, which trades in global commodities such as animal feed and fertilizers, said it would lose 40% of its business in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
A new £300K (US$373.5K) study involving researchers from the Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) at the University of Stirling, Scotland and a UK animal feed manufacturer is aiming to explore how certain feed ingredients can reduce infections in farmed fish.
