Fishmeal has moved from being a commodity to a high priced strategic ingredient in feed where other protein sources cannot be used, says Rabobank and the IFFO agrees.
The WWF is stepping up pressure on the feed industry to source soy responsibly following the release of a new research report, which found that 93% of the soy consumed in the EU is embedded in animal feed.
The US is exporting record levels of feed grains to South America, on the back of free trade agreements with Colombia and Peru, say latest figures from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.
The AsiaPacific and Central and South American regions, where usage rates remain lower than in North America and Europe, are the markets that offer the most growth opportunities for feed enzyme producers, said a market analyst.
Poultry industry feed demand will be under pressure for the remainder of 2015 and beyond given the increasing number of avian flu outbreaks globally and the impact of trade restrictions on breeding stock supply in several markets, said an analyst.
Speculative funds in agricultural commodities currently are said to be broadly short, and such positions benefit when grain prices fall, said an industry specialist.
The margin between world grain production and demand is far too narrow to call, making the market sensitive to weather - both good and bad, said a commodities analyst.
The Brazilian ministry of the environment has extended the deadline for soy farmers to complete the Rural Environmental Registration (CAR) by one more year.
There could be a weakness in inorganic feed phosphate (IFP) prices when an additional 250,000 tons capacity from a Middle Eastern player comes on stream in early 2017, said an analyst.
Chinese imports of maize are expected to be cut from three to two million tons in 2015/16, reports the grain market analysis division of a UK agriculture research agency.
Special Edition: Environmental footprint reduction initiatives
The interplay of academic institutes, industry and multi-disciplinary content means an EU post-graduate program is fielding highly trained experts to help ensure environmentally sound livestock production, said Aarhus University.
The Masan Group has a acquired a 52% and 70% equity interest in Vietnam French Cattle Feed JSC – Proconco – and Agro Nutrition Company JSC – Anco – respectively - a deal which makes it the second leading animal feed producer in Vietnam.
The Chinese pig sector’s demand for feed will remain under pressure for the remainder of the year but is expected to be higher in early 2016, said Rabobank.
A newly published survey of farmers, agriculture sector stakeholders and consumers shows attitudes towards the idea of using insects in animal feed were generally favorable.
Special Edition: Environmental footprint reduction initiatives
Dietary approaches from ration balancing to plant extract supplementation could boost milk yields in developing countries while supporting a reduction in methane emissions, said a leading Indian researcher.
Factors such as a larger acreage than expected and buoyant stock levels going into the year have weighed in on US corn prices, notes a grain market specialist.
Soy based feed supplier, Hamlet Protein, is looking to leverage recent industrialization of pig production in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar along with growing its share of the pig and poultry sector in well-established South East Asian markets.
Dry weather concerns in parts of the US are lending support to winter wheat grain prices, says the UK’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
The newly announced USDA grant for organic agriculture research, education and extension projects will indirectly help grain and feed producing farmers to grow more organic products, says a Washington based lobby group.
McDonald’s call to its chicken suppliers to phase out the use of antibiotics used in human medicine is potentially game changing for all animal protein sectors in the US, says a leading academic.
With Maharashtra now joining the states of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Gujarat in banning the slaughter of cows, India’s prime minister is now looking at the validity of encouraging other states to adopt a similar law.
From methane reduction strategies, to innovation in amino acids and yeasts, to early animal nutrition R&D, FeedNavigator’s special editions editorial calendar 2015 spans the hottest topics for the global feed industry.
Cargill Animal Nutrition hopes to leverage the ever increasing demand for animal protein products in African markets as its new US$12.5 million South African feed premix facility, targeting the swine, poultry and ruminant sectors, goes operational.
The compound feed industry needs to get behind initiatives that foster precision feeding on small farms in developing markets to help optimize use of on-farm ingredients backed by commercial feed mixes to plug nutritional gaps, says the FAO.
The dip in crude oil and bioethanol prices along with the weakening euro against sterling is cited as the reason why Associated British Foods (ABF) has decided to take a £98 million ($149m) impairment charge on its share in bioethanol and feed joint venture,...
Poultry feed stays top of the charts, but cattle and pig feed stumbled slightly, says FEFAC in releasing provisional EU compound feed production data for 2014.
A new joint venture will see the capacity of an export terminal in the northern Brazilian state of Pará jump from 1.5 million tons of grain annually to 6 million tons in a few years, say partners in the initiative, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Glencore.
IPPE attendees heard about the latest findings into the links between feed and porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus, the prospects for the US swine sector over the next 12 months and the impact of the removal of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in...
India had a considerable boost in feed production, up to 29.4 million tons last year, a 10% increase over 2013, owing mainly to favorable weather conditions and improvements in farming methods and technology, Alltech’s 2014 Global Feed Tonnage Survey...
Texas A&M University has licensed its patent for the super-intensive raceway system of land-based shrimp production for the US market to animal nutrition and health products firm Ralco Nutrition.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has raised its forecast for projected global soybean crop output to 314.4 million tons, up 1.6m on US and Brazilian gains in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), which were published yesterday.
The US continues to be the driver in the global beef market with constrained supply and strong demand keeping prices high, but the big question heading into 2015, says Rabobank, is whether a new norm has been reached for prices or whether they still have...
As 2014 draws to a close, we seek out the opinion of manufacturers, suppliers and US and EU trade representatives to determine how next year might play out for the global feed sector.
Insect derived meal, beer production by-products, fishmeal alternatives, and GM versus non GM animal diets were among some of the topics covered in the most popular ingredient stories of the year on FeedNavigator.
The holidays are fast upon us, so let’s put ‘business’ to one side and get into the festive mood. To keep in the spirit of things, we’ve got a ‘gift’ for you – enjoy. Happy Holidays!
All parties in the poultry supply chain, including feed producers, need to assess how they can help limit avian flu outbreaks, with no certainties about whether the spread of the disease will be checked in the coming weeks, says an industry specialist.
InVivo NSA has ambitions to accelerate the development of its premix and feed business in the lucrative Asian market, through intensified export activity from its Vietnam base, a push on laboratory analysis services and acquisition.
