Since the start of the year, several feed industry companies have announced new hires, advancement from within and the filing of new positions – some also have seen changes in leadership or to elected positions.
Despite strong returns for feed ingredients, corn and agricultural service segments, Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) saw a decline in segment operating profit for the last quarter of 2017.
Archer Daniels Midland Company is expanding its specialty feed ingredients portfolio to include a fiber-degrading enzyme for use with poultry and swine diets, says nutritionist.
Cattle feeding challenges and water use are among the initial production hiccups highlighted by a new visual tracking system that can be used to identify individual cows, says biotech firm.
A study has found that prevention strategies at the pre and post-harvest stages are the most effective ways of reducing mycotoxin load as, once they are present in feed ingredients, mycotoxins are hard to eliminate.
In Europe, the use of processed animal proteins (PAPs) in fish feeds used to be prohibited, but regulatory changes enforced in June 2013 opened up the European aquaculture sector to this protein source. However, retailer and consumer perceptions are said...
Dr David Bravo, chief innovation officer, Pancosma, provides us with some insights from his numerous years working in animal nutrition targeted research and development.
The US agribusiness gaint has been working with German chemical group, BASF, to develop a strain of engineered canola seed that can produce omega-3 long-chain fatty acids.
The US initiative is seeking to streamline the information transfer process for grain as it moves from the field to grain elevator and on to end users.
Research at Aalborg University in Denmark suggests that green bio-refinery processes have the potential to generate organic protein-rich animal feeds from green crops for pigs, poultry and dairy cows.
Minneapolis headquartered agribusiness giant, Cargill, reported profits were down as it announced its 2018 Q2 financial results yesterday; however, it said its animal nutrition and protein segment was the largest contributor to adjusted operating earnings...
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) said its soy crushing facility in Straubing, in southern Germany, is up and running again after a recent Salmonella contamination incident.
French animal health and nutrition group, Neovia, has acquired Epicore, a North American company specialized in the manufacture of larval feed and probiotics for the global aquaculture market, targeting shrimp in particular.
A House of Commons committee inquiry heard oral evidence from livestock industry players about the implications of uncertainty generated by Brexit for trade in agricultural goods.
As reports of supplies of vitamins A and E become very tight, the industry worldwide will have to manage the shortfall for several months, says UK feed and crop protection sectors’ trade group, Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC).
ForFarmers says it has signed an agreement to sell its arable activities to CZAV, a Dutch cooperative with a strong position in arable products in the south of the Netherlands.
The supply of protein rich starch co-products like vital wheat gluten and corn gluten meal will be hard pressed to keep up with demand, warns LMC International; the consultancy has been evaluating protein supply in the food and feed segments and how that...
Precision feed and nutrient recommendations for multiple sites and across time periods are some of the elements altered in a new style of feed formulation software.
Cargill is starting site work on its first feed facility dedicated to manufacturing non-medicated, antibiotic-free products, says director of operations.
Cargill says a hearing in the appeal process it initiated in the Seoul High Court against claims it participated in a feed cartel in South Korea has been postponed.
The Minnesota-based agribusiness group announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire feed additive company Integral Animal Nutrition on Friday. Additional financial details of the deal were not released.
A canola plant that produces DHA and EPA oil may help support the expansion of the aquaculture market by easing ingredient restrictions, says Cargill VP.
Trouw Nutrition researchers say they are continuing to glean insights into the effects of early nutrition and management on the development of the dairy cow.
Feed ingredient, AlgaPrime DHA, developed jointly by Bunge and Corbion, took top honors fat at the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s innovation competition at the GOAL in Dublin last week.
Cargill’s new software tool is said to contain key production components related to broiler economic performance to deliver optimal feeding strategies.
An ongoing lawsuit against Purina Animal Nutrition and Texas Farm Product Company is being allowed to continue after a US District Court judge ruled on a series of motions to dismiss.
Special Edition: Feed developments in the Middle East and Africa
We take a look back of some of the stories in the past 24 months that proved popular in relation to acquisitions, market expansion, R&D and international projects aimed at supporting feed industry development in Africa and the Middle East (MEA) regions....
Cargill’s digital technology platform offers dairy producers an easier way to understand their farms’ data and make feeding decisions, says product director.