Meat, egg, and dairy ‘alternatives’ usually come with qualifying language (plant-based eggs; meatless nuggets, oatmilk). But what should we call next generation products that are not simply mimicking the real thing, but in many cases, are the ‘real’ thing,...
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Looking at ways to support broiler chick performance, Dr Emily Burton, associate professor in sustainable food production, Nottingham Trent University, talked about, among other strategies, the role of silicon in supporting bone development post hatch...
Ivan Rychlik, who is based in the Veterinary Research Institute, in Brno in the Czech Republic, was talking around the idea of next generation probiotics for poultry at the FeedNavigator Summit 2020: Young Animal Nutrition in Amsterdam, earlier this month....
Integrating technology and animal nutrition to provide usable insight for producers is one area where digital development and the use of new tools can help improve industry productivity.
The American Feed Industry Association is promoting steps to improve feed industry biosecurity and supporting US-based and international work to improve feed ingredient registration, says VP.
The US Poultry & Egg Association, the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) sponsored an Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit at IPPE to address how to optimize US feed and animal production practices...
The amount of planted corn acres in the US is provoking a bearish market response, despite uncertainty remaining about the total number of acres planted in corn and soybeans.
Clextral gave us the low down on fish and shrimp feed production trends behind extrusion equipment innovation at the Cologne feed processing show, VICTAM, earlier this month.
The iGrain hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) app was developed to make it easier for grain managers in feed mills and other milling operations to utilize CO2 monitoring technology and to get definite answers regarding grain quality condition....
Despite the remarkable progress made in poultry nutrition over recent decades, a researcher claims the broiler industry, by increasing the dietary nutrient densities in order to lower FCR, has progressively disregarded the original goals of pelleting.
Spray dried porcine plasma (SDPP) producer, Darling Ingredients, continually runs tests to ensure virus inactivation through processing of that ingredient.
Fermentation of plant-derived proteins can enhance food safety, improve protein digestibility and beneficially affect the intestinal microbiota and animal health, says Jürgen Zentek, professor at the Institute of Animal Nutrition, the Free University...
Tracking feed intake, herd nutritional health and milk composition are a few of the areas addressed by new technologies developed for the dairy industry, but wide-spread adoption still faces some hurdles.
Secondary plant metabolites are extremely promising for animal nutrition given their antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties and as science progresses, more will be understood in the next two years about how exactly these compounds can influence...
Ensuring the consistency of its probiotics in the field and being able to explain the mode of action behind the strains, why they work, are some of the fundamentals behind Evonik’s probiotic R&D work, according to a research lead.
Supporting feed and ingredient producers through the increasing application of Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements and improving ingredient approvals inform AFIA priorities.
In its first forecast for the 2019 crop, Coceral, the trade group representing the representing EU trade in cereals, rice, feedstuffs, oilseeds, olive oil, oils and fats and agrosupply, projects the EU total grain crop at 298.5 million tons.
AFIA works to address foreign animal disease concerns, promote a safe feed supply and prompt open communication about risk with biosecurity guidance development, says director.
The implementation and funding of the Farm Bill, streamlining ingredient approvals and ratifying the USMCA mark political priorities for the American Feed Industry Association in the coming year.
Feed crop producers are gaining a new chance to access financial support for export market disruption as FSA offices reopen and accept new Market Facilitation Program applications.
In the year up to September 2018, the feed conversion ratio (FCR) for the UK pig herd had improved compared to the 2017 average, according to the latest Agrosoft data, cited by the AHDB in a report
In the weeks ahead trade disputes, currency, weather and conditions of crops in Europe and South America will likely be key drivers behind oilseed markets, said the UK’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in a report yesterday [January...
A recent industry note published by Rabobank describes the impact of the draft Brexit deal on food and agribusiness companies in Europe, with the analysts recognizing the remaining uncertainty about whether this deal will be approved in the UK parliament.
Cow nutrition, especially in the dry period, in the last three months, seems to be of high importance for the ability of the calf to deal with pathogens, to respond properly to vaccines and to deal with feed ingredients, said Dr Hans-Joachim Schuberth...
Pig farmers in Northwestern Europe are working under tremendous constraints today, in terms of a shift away from antibiotics usage, the removal of zinc oxide and a reduction in copper inclusion levels. Agrifirm says it was mindful of those developments...
Cargill, which has a strategic partnership with Irish technology start-up, Cainthus, to bring its groundbreaking AI technology to dairy farms across the world, said it would be accelerating the commercial deployment of the visual tracking system from...
The second International Sorghum Congress took place on 7-8 November 2018 in Milan, Italy. The event looked at how sorghum could compete with other cereals both in terms of profitability for farmers and economic and nutritional interest for users in both...
Dispatches from the Cornell Nutritional Conference
Almost all classes of nutrients can act like hormones, and some feed additives may need to be reconsidered in terms of their role in signaling, says researcher.
Rabobank has published a new report showing how it sees opportunities for establishing soybean crushing in Indonesia, although there are some challenges as well.
Polish poultry and livestock producers are maintaining pressure on the government to postpone a ban on the use of GM feeds beyond the current January 1, 2019, deadline.
The African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in China will change the structure of the swine sector there, accelerating a consolidation trend, according to RaboResearch’s latest Pork Quarterly report.
Russian poultry and livestock producers are looking for the ways to save on feed costs, to boost their profitability, as feed prices continue to increase in that market, according to a new report.
Dispatches from World Nutrition Forum in Cape Town
The mycotoxin load in staple food and feed crops is likely to increase due to combination of climate change factors including increasing temperatures and CO2 levels, extreme wet and drought conditions, says an expert.
