Annually-negotiated compensation from the leading dairy companies together with retailer pressure are maintaining the Swedish dairy sector’s de facto commitment to avoid using genetically-modified (GM) soy, despite concerns about GM-free supply and pricing.
Australia is braced for its second largest wheat crop on record, which should garner interest from feed makers given the low price tags this season, an expert says.
The grain market in Venezuela continues to flounder as consumption and production remain stagnant and producers struggle to feed animals, says specialist.
South African group, Astral Foods, warns high feed costs, poultry imports and the weak consumer market have had a detrimental impact on its third quarter performance.
Feed organizations were quick to offer support after the US House of Representatives passed a federal bill addressing labeling GMO products and preempting a state-level law.
The National Chicken Council is calling for a reduction in the proposed amount of corn-based biofuel to be generated in 2017 and a reassessment of the overall biofuel program.
Zimbabwe is turning to the US, Mexico and Latin America to fill a gap in corn, feed crop production after a dry growing season, say analysts with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
And the UK livestock sector, as some experts had previously suggested, will not become more self-sufficient due to the UK opting to leave the EU - that was an opinion expressed in strong terms by pollsters in our survey on the likely fallout for the feed...
US grain commodity futures took a hit on Friday following the Brexit referendum vote, but an economist does not anticipate long term ramifications from the result.
Special Edition: Feed Industry Consolidation Review
We caught up with Christopher Nolan, managing director, global deals origination at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, who recently spoke at Alltech’s One conference, to hear about his views on amalgamation of the global feed sector.
Special Edition: Feed Industry Consolidation Reveiw
As the weather phenomenon known as El Nino ends, a shift to a La Nina cycle may happen, says the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Special Edition: Feed Industry Consolidation Review