News & Analysis on the Global Animal Feed and Pet Food Industries
As consumers continue to treat their pets like children, fads that are typically reserved for humans are now tracking in the pet category. One trend that is on the rise is pet supplements, a topic highlighted at the recent IPA World Congress + Probiota...
SCPs with a 'remarkable protein content' can serve as an environmentally-friendly alternative to animal-derived proteins
Finding ways to support the greater uptake of circular and advanced feeding technologies in the EU livestock sector was one of the themes of the 30th FEFAC congress.
Reports from the Blue Food Innovation Summit in London
'It's not about wild versus farmed, it’s about responsible blue foods," says BioMar’s Katherine Bryar.
Reports from the Blue Food Innovation Summit in London
Over the past 20 years, pressure on the marine ingredients industry has made it get its house in order, says Dr Brett Glencross
Dispatches from the World Nutrition Forum 2023 in Cancun, Mexico
The past 30 years have seen a dramatic shift in how sustainability is viewed within the corporate world, says a CSR expert.
Dispatches from World Nutrition Forum in Cancun, Mexico
The successful alignment of DSM and Firmenich was confirmed at the World Nutrition Forum (WNF) in Cancun in Mexico this week.
A Norwegian expert see benefits in redefining the grinding and pelleting process for optimized micro- and macrostructure of broiler diets.
Andritz Feed and Biofuel launched process efficiency targeted technology at VICTAM International 2022, held in Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, The Netherlands, in tandem with VIV Europe.
DSM has reached an agreement to acquire Prodap, a Brazilian animal nutrition and technology company looking to drive efficiency and sustainability in animal farming.
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’...
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Manipulation of breeder diets could result in hatching eggs enriched with antibodies, says Canada based animal scientist.
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 at...
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.
special edition: reports from IPPE
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.
special edition: reports from IPPE
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.
special edition: reports from IPPE
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...
Australia’s milk production is expected to continue to contract in 2020, reaching the lowest level in 25 years.
Reports from VICTAM 2019, in Cologne
Dutch company, Geelen Counterflow, won an aquafeed innovation award at VICTAM 2019 in Germany for its hybrid electric dryer.
Reports from VICTAM 2019, in Cologne
EFS Holland was promoting its new feed raw material mobile decontamination plant at VICTAM 2019 in Cologne last month.
Reports from VICTAM 2019, in Cologne
Dutch processing equipment manufacturer, Dinnissen, has redesigned its Hamex hammer mill, which has automatic sieve exchange.
Reports from VICTAM 2019, in Cologne
Van Aarsen won the Animal Feed and Nutrition Innovation Award at VICTAM International 2019 for its new Hot Start Steam Mixer.
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.
Reports from VICTAM 2019, in Cologne
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.
Reports from VICTAM 2019, in Cologne
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...
Reports from VICTAM 2019, in Cologne
Bühler launched a single screw extruder, the PolyOne, at feed processing technology trade show, VICTAM 2019, in Cologne earlier this month.
Reports from VICTAM 2019, in Cologne
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.
Reports from VICTAM 2019, in Cologne
Spray dried porcine plasma (SDPP) producer, Darling Ingredients, continually runs tests to ensure virus inactivation through processing of that ingredient.
Reports from VICTAM 2019, in Cologne
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 of...
Reports from VICTAM 2019, Cologne
DSM and Bühler teamed up on research looking at feed additive stability during feed hygienization.
Dispatches from One: The Alltech Idea's Conference
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.
A slight decrease in European compound feed production is forecast for this year.
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...
Wild-catch seafood production is flat, while aquaculture keeps growing, says Rabobank in an industry note.
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.
Reports from IPPE
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.
Reports from IPPE
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.
Reports from IPPE
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.
reports from IPPE
Trade considerations including ratifying new agreements, starting new negotiations and improving market access predict a busy year for AFIA.
Global pig feed production saw an increase of about 1% in 2018, finds an annual review of animal feed industry metrics.
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
Some US feed, grain and feed ingredient exports could see a challenge on the global market as total exports are expected to decline to $141.5bn.
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 3].
Milk production has also pulled back in Australia, due to the effect of weather conditions on feed quantity, quality and cost, says the analysts.
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.
Reports from EuroTier 2018
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...
Reports from EuroTier 2018
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...