An upturn in precipitation has resulted in good feed crop field water levels along with flooding in several states, offering additional grazing opportunities in some parts of the US.
China’s increasing imports of animal feed ingredients stem from the expansion and commercialization of animal production, but it also may be looking beyond the US for trade.
Heavy rains and flooding in parts of the US bring the possibility of soil erosion and nutrient loss, but not the same crop concerns as spring or summer flooding.
Biosecurity and energy management in feed mills is one area of focus in the educational seminars planned for during the International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) show in the US at the end of this month.
We ask the head of a US feed trade group, an agricultural economist and a feed additive supplier to tell us what their chief concerns are over the next 12 months.
Like this time last year, we dust down the crystal ball and gaze into it to determine what 2016 holds in terms of the fortunes of the global feed industry. A selection of industry insiders give us their forecasts.
Vitamin A boosted corn, improved feed crop production practices and soybean yield development will be among the projects looked at within a new facility at Purdue University.
The US National Chicken Council (NCC) says findings from a survey it ran showed 77% of consumers ‘mistakenly’ believed US chickens are raised on hormones or steroids and 78% that chickens are genetically modified.
With increasing competition and shrinking margins, producers need maximum efficiency on their dairies. Precision nutrition is said to help save labor costs and improve animal performance.
For the second year in a row, Beijing is planning to cut Chinese maize prices in a bid to encourage local processors to buy domestic stocks, reported Reuters citing industry sources.
The 2015 Nutriad wheat mycotoxin survey concludes that this year’s harvest of wheat in the UK and Ireland is of very good quality in terms of mycotoxin contamination.
Three quarters of EU-wide consumers polled would be “comfortable” eating livestock fed on insect protein, says the organization behind the survey - the €3m EU funds backed insect to feed research initiative, PROteINSECT.
Most of China’s nine major lysine manufacturers, which between them account for over 61% of the global market, are back up and running, but nearly all of them are still on a go slow, said Chinese based analyst firm CCM.
We ran a reader survey earlier this year to find out what the major headaches are for the feed sector - a majority of respondents reported the Russian sanctions as detrimental for business.
US consumers still question the type of feed and feed additives used in farmed fish, say officials with the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GOAL) and wild and farmed fish supplier, The Fishin’ Company.
US corn and soybean crops have seen hikes in both overall amounts and yield per acre, while the export market remains down, say officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
In the latest cereals supply and demand balance sheet from the EU Commission, production and stocks have been increased for wheat and barley, but it is a different story for maize.
Corn and soy harvests are ahead of previous years, but planting for the winter wheat crop is lagging slightly, according to the latest domestic crop progress report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Compared to this time last year, Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has seen a big drop in its operating profits and net earnings for the third quarter.
Spain, Poland and Romania are expected to climb in the rankings of leading pork producers in Europe, says Rabobank in a note on the EU pork production sector.
Special Edition: livestock production and feed consumption trends
Global dairy supplies and a decrease in exports stemming from diminished demand along with the strong dollar have hit the US dairy market but domestic use is high.
ADM’s move to invest in soybean crushing capacity in Germany will incentivize more farmers to grow GM free soy, says the not-for-profit group behind ‘sustainable’ soy production in the Danube region.
Feed manufacturers will benefit from cheaper folic acid (vitamin B9) prices in Q4 as prices in China plunged 37.5% in August, said market intelligence firm CCM.
Early fears on the possibility of high mycotoxin levels in feed crops have not been realized in some Corn Belt states in the US, agricultural experts say.
Special Edition: livestock production and feed consumption trends
There is a now a huge momentum in Germany to convert all private label meat sectors to GM free soy, said the German Association of Food without Genetic Engineering (VLOG).
Dispatches from the Oilseed and Grain Trade Summit in Minneapolis
A change to weather patterns in late 2016 may mean a pause to bumper corn and soybean crops for the US, Brazil and Argentina, a meteorological expert says.
Prices for corn will go marginally higher in the US, while demand and supply levels return a steady price for soybean meal, predict officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
As China’s meat production industrializes, feed grain demand will jump significantly, and will require the Asian giant to source feedstocks, particularly maize, on the international market, forecasts Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC) in a new report.
Dispatches from the 10th Annual Oilseed and Grain Trade Summit, Minneapolis
Texas A&M and the UN’s Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) are training feed laboratory employees to develop quality lab practices and improve feed safety in developing countries.
The US soy sector’s new strategy aims at encouraging growers to increase the value of soybean meal and ensuring livestock industry recognition of soy’s “superiority” over other feedstuffs.
Expansion projects by the three largest poultry groups in Saudi Arabia will see an 8% hike in broiler meat output there against 2014 levels but the production costs involved, especially feed, remain high, said the latest USDA GAIN report on the Saudi...