Summer has not been a quiet season for many companies and organizations in the animal feed and agricultural industries. Several have seen the arrival of new faces, while a few others have said farewell to longtime employees.
Improved returns for animal nutrition, protein and in grain sales and trade helped Cargill see improved year-over-year results and an earnings bump in the fourth quarter.
Danish fish feed company, BioMar, says it has increased its research capabilities in hatchery with an expansion of its Aquaculture Technology Centre, ATC Hirtshals, in Denmark.
Nutreco has taken a stake in Israeli startup, ViAqua, as part of its strategy to invest in innovation aimed at combatting disease in the aquaculture industry.
ForFarmers says it has acquired the compound feed activities of Maatman, a Dutch company primarily active in the poultry sector but also in the ruminant sector in the Netherlands and Germany.
Improved feed and feed ingredient research and faster nutritional trials are some of the reasons Cargill researchers have designed a dual-stream artificial rumen.
