Vegetable oil markets have staged a rebound, after the sell-down instilled largely by the recent announcement by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on biofuel mandates.
There has been growing awareness in the past two years about the need to cut methane emissions from all sources; COP26 in Glasgow helped spur on that greater level of responsiveness, when over 110 countries signed onto the Global Methane Pledge, says...
Lifecycle analysis (LCA) has shown the carbon footprint benefits of using animal by-products (ABP) in feed, according to data released by the European Fat Renderers and Processors Association (EFPRA).
Dutch dairy cooperative, FrieslandCampina, and snack giant, Mondelēz International, have signed a four-year agreement aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of milk supplied by dairy farmers by around 14% in 2025 compared to 2019.
Egg prices have become increasingly volatile and reached record-high levels in markets across the globe this year. This is impacting consumers and players in the egg supply chain.
The USDA’s latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report was released on Friday, with few unexpected changes, noted a review by AHDB.
Methane emissions reduction focused biotech, Volta Greentech, and food company, Protos, are teaming up again to release climate-friendly beef in Sweden.
Legislation for the emergency authorization of the use of four cobalt salts in livestock feed has been laid in Scotland following an intervention by the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC).
More affordable feed, a key factor for production in the EU, is providing some relief for dairy farmers as farmgate milk prices decline globally, finds the latest dairy quarterly report from Rabobank.
AB Foods agricultural arm, AB Agri, is to acquire Wiltshire, UK based dairy technology business, National Milk Records (NMR) for £48m (around US$59.5m).
UK animal feed production has declined at a stronger rate than initially expected across all sectors, in the past few months, according to newly released data.
Existing investors in Viterra, Canada’s biggest pension funds, would back a potential merger between the Glencore Plc entity and Bunge Ltd, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Despite the recently agreed two-month extension of the Black Sea grain export corridor, it has emerged that dozens of ships are still unable to reach Ukraine for loading with grain exports.
The number of outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) in pigs and cases reported in wild boar in the EU fell in 2022 compared to the previous year, according to a report published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Reports from the World Nutrition Forum in Cancun, Mexico
The aquaculture industry’s progress on sustainability relies on diversifying the types of ingredients it uses in its feed formulations but the drive to extend the raw material basket with novel inputs such as insect meals, single cell proteins and algal...
The EU Commission’s Mars bureau this week nudged its forecast for the EU’s 2023 rapeseed yield higher to 3.34t per hectare, led most likely by an increase in the French crop. Should that be achieved, it would be the highest yield since the high of 3.61t...
The first quarter of 2023 brought some long-awaited, yet below average, feed additive replenishment buying; however, April was a weak month for global trade flows in the sector, finds a report from Kemiex.
The maker of Babybel expects that introducing the feed additive across the majority of its milk supplying farms in Slovakia would yield an overall yearly reduction of 11,000 tons of CO2e.
Moscow’s signing up to a third extension of the Black Sea grain export deal, confirmed late Wednesday, keeps open the safe corridor for Ukraine’s grain shipments and removes doubts over access to Russia’s substantial exportable wheat supplies too, commented...
Stories covering methane emissions reduction strategies have proved some of the most compelling for readers over the past few weeks. Our most popular story by a wide margin though was the piece on the prospects for expanded crushing of soybeans in the...
Renewal of the UN brokered Black Sea grain export corridor remains a key watchpoint in markets, with it set to expire on Thursday this week, notes the AHDB.
Valio’s sustainability bonus scheme for Finnish dairy farmers was updated at the start of this month. The goal of the initiative is to increase cattle grazing, biodiversity, and climate actions.
After successfully closing a €8.5m (US$9.3m) Series A financing round last September, led by Astanor Ventures, FoodLabs, Happiness Capital and Faber, alt protein producer, MicroHarvest, has raised €1.5m from new investment partner Simon Capital.
In March this year, Nordic Halibut signed a three-year contract with feed supplier, Skretting. The two companies will collaborate on the next generation of halibut feed.
There is no single solution to mitigate the impact of removing zinc oxide from piglet diets. However, if a producer can optimize gut health, maintain good biosecurity, and support colostrum delivery, then it is possible to manage the removal of zinc effectively,...
The market for insect meal is 'massive' if the product can be produced at the right price, the co-founder and co-ceo of Malaysia-based BSF ingredient producer, Nutrition Technologies, told this site.
MarinTrust, the program dedicated to marine ingredient production factories, allowing them to gain recognition for their sourcing and production of marine ingredients globally, is launching an open public consultation on the revision of its Factory Standard.
A program funded by UK supermarkets - Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Waitrose – has delivered 42,400 tons of verified deforestation and conversion free (DCF) soy into the supply chain from 32 participating farms located in the Cerrado region of Brazil.
Wheat futures staged their biggest rally in six months after an alleged attack on the Kremlin heightened Russia-Ukraine tensions, stoking doubts over the renewal of the Black Sea grain export deal, warned CRM Agri.
As industry experts warn that some US soy crush expansion projects could be put in jeopardy by EPA proposals, ADM confirms its soybean crushing plant in Spiritwood, North Dakota, is set to come on stream in Q3 2023.
The San Diego-based firm says its feed supplement can redirect methane-generating carbon in cow’s rumen into compounds that can be used as energy by the animal to produce more milk with a lower environmental footprint.
Professor Matt Bell, director of agriculture at Hartpury University, one of the UK's leading specialist education providers in agriculture, has created a ‘breeding index’ to select dairy cows based on traits key to enhancing the sustainability of...
Rabobank anticipates a modest improvement in production costs in swine production in 2023, but this will depend very much on local conditions, while risk management will remain critical to success.
The prevalence of infectious diseases in the aquaculture industry requires a multi-pronged approach to control; the experts agree there is no one silver bullet in terms of managing health and welfare in fish and shrimp farming.