The Ukraine grain corridor agreement, which expired over the weekend, has reportedly been extended, although the details of the terms remain shrouded in ambiguity, noted CRM Agri.
Betagro PCL, a Thailand based integrated food company, has opened an advanced feed mill. The facility is located in Nong Bun Mak, Nakhon Ratchasima, around 260km northeast of Bangkok.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have launched a new project aimed at benefitting 1,500 farmers in Niger.
Japanese company, Marubeni, has signed an agreement with French insect producer, Ÿnsect, to collaborate on ways to integrate its insect protein into feed for farmed fish in Japan.
Confidence in Brazilian second corn crop remains high, and planting of US corn has become incentivized due to the sustained and large-scale reduction in fertilizer costs, finds a CRM Agri outlook.
The USDA forecast a cut in Argentina’s dryness-threatened soybean crop of 8Mt to a 14-year low of 33.0Mt, a bigger downgrade than investors had expected.
EY has released the seventh edition of its annual Norwegian Aquaculture Analysis. It looks at the trends shaping the Norwegian aquaculture industry in 2023.
Waitrose has started trials diverting surplus food to the animal feed sector; It says the exercise should prevent 70% of food going to waste. Leading UK retailer, Tesco, is researching the use of surplus food as feedstock for insect rearing.
An extension of the Ukrainian grain export corridor is anticipated, though the outcome of talks will be crucial for the short and long-term price direction, finds an AHDB report.
Raisio has sold its fish feed business to a subsidiary of Finnforel Oy. The other shareholders of the new company are Alltech and the Finnish Heino Group.
China will be a key focal point for the global beef market in 2023, as the country emerges from Covid lockdowns amid a slowing economic environment, according to a new report from Rabobank.
Danone is strengthening commitments to support the agricultural sector as a survey reveals 85% of French consumers say they are worried about its future.
Kemiex has secured equity investments from the strategic investment arm of CME Group, CME Ventures, the global data and analytics company DTN, as well as the family office Wille Finance.
In the EU, processed animal protein (PAPs) have been readmitted as a nutrient-rich and sustainable feed ingredient in monogastric diets, but the animal nutrition industry has outdated knowledge on how to utilize them..
Valio, the international dairy ingredients company, is continuing to focus on its green credentials by developing an eco-friendly way of breaking down methane in barn air.
Creating a sustainable food supply to meet population demands will require more than just a focus on growing the alternative proteins sector despite its current hype, according to industry experts.
As the world’s demand for plant oils and protein continues to increase and outstrip production at an unprecedented pace, yield alone will no longer be sufficient to sustainably meet that demand, innovation to increase protein levels in plants and develop...
Markets are monitoring upward price signals of vitamin B6 and B3, as well as sluggish price activity for vitamins B12 and calcium pantothenate or vitamin B5.
Skretting, a division of Dutch group Nutreco, has inaugurated a new high-end production facility for shrimp and fish feed in Mangrol, Surat. It allows the feed manufacturer to further enhance its support for the Indian aquaculture sector.
The escalation of the war between Russia and Ukraine threatens to curb wheat supplies from the Black Sea region in the short-term, finds a AHDB report.
The Ocean 14 Capital fund, focusing exclusively on the multi-trillion-dollar ‘blue economy’, has received an investment of €30m (US$32.1m) from Ingka Investments, one of the three core businesses of Ingka Group, the largest owner and operator of IKEA...
Overall US food prices accelerated in January over December after steadily slowing month-over-month between September and December, but the opposite is true for food consumed at home, which cooled in January – continuing a trend that began in December,...
Pet ownership soared during the pandemic and pet parents became attuned to the health of their canine and feline companions. Pet supplements will soon be a billion dollar category in the US, but there remains at least one exciting white space…
Destined specifically for the dairy sector, palm kernel expeller (PKE) from Indonesia and Malaysia continues to be New Zealand’s leading feed supplement sourced externally, accounting for 54% of imports last year, found a USDA FAS report.
We track new appointments in the global feed and ag sectors in the past few weeks. Protix, ForFarmers and FrieslandCampina are just some of the companies that are seeing personnel changes.
Animal feed company, John Thompson and Sons Ltd, based in York Rd, Belfast, has been fined a total of £40K (US$49.2K) for health and safety at work violations.
A small upside in pork trade is expected for this year, and the re-opening of China is raising opportunities but also uncertainties, finds the latest Rabobank pork quarterly.
Feed mills in China are including more corn in their feed formulations as higher prices for wheat and sorghum reduce demand for those components, found a USDA report.
BASF and Cargill announced their expanded cooperation at IPPE in Atlanta, Georgia this week, adding the US to their existing feed enzymes development and distribution agreement.
Australian climate technology company, Rumin8, has closed Phase 2 of its seed funding round, led by Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV).
Global feed production remained steady in 2022 at 1.266 billion metric tons (BMT), despite significant macroeconomic challenges that affected the entire supply chain, finds the 12th Alltech global feed survey.
Rapeseed futures extended their losses in trade on the Euronext exchange yesterday as the market anticipates a cut in German demand ahead, finds an outlook from CRM Agri.
Who is moving where in the international ag and feed space? We track developments over the last month, with notable changes at Alltech, Cargill, Perstorp and Adisseo.
Novus International has chosen Co-Innova Animal Nutrition Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd as its distribution partner in China for its trace mineral range along with its wider portfolio.
