Summer has not been a quiet season for many companies and organizations in the animal feed and agricultural industries. Several have seen the arrival of new faces, while a few others have said farewell to longtime employees.
High protein soybean meal for aquaculture could soon be a commercially reality, as US biotech company Amfora embarks on a program to apply its patented gene editing technology to develop crops with an enhanced protein content.
Adding coarse grains or supplements are some tools that poultry producers can use to support a healthy ecosystem within birds during early development, says expert.
Compared to alfalfa-only silage, blending red clover and alfalfa may support silage quality by limiting protein degradation, boosting lactic acid levels and lowering pH, say researchers.
Animal nutrition research, company expansion and the construction of a new global innovation facility are among the projects Devenish Nutrition is undertaking with financial support from the EIB, says CEO.
Farmed fish feed supplemented with β-glucan binding protein based zinc oxide nanoparticles may support fish survival in the face of a disease challenge and boost fish growth, say researchers.
Supplementing shrimp feed with a novel probiotic strain may improve shrimp growth and weight gain along with inhibiting some pathogenic bacteria, say researchers.
Taurine supplementation may boost plant protein use in place of fishmeal in the diets of juvenile carnivorous fish and support fish growth performance, say researchers.
Developing feed additives to reduce virulence in pathogenic bacteria and new product development are some of the research priorities for Amlan International.
Special Edition: Lowering the carbon footprint of feed
Would it not be nice to produce L-Met in a safer way – without HCN – while utilizing the abundant industrial side product CO2? Yes, say a research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
Special Edition: Lowering the carbon footprint of feed
Microbial protein production, driven by on renewable hydrogen, and coupled with carbon capture, could be an interesting ‘out of the box’ solution as protein source for food and feed that warrants further exploration, finds a new paper.
The type of iron supplement used in the diet of pregnant pigs may improve blood parameters, organ weight and iron nutritional status for piglets, say researchers.
The dominant factors governing polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners (PBDE) concentration in Atlantic salmon fillet are uptake via contaminated feed and fish growth, finds a study.
Low- and high-tannin faba beans may support turkey gut health and provide a locally grown alternative feed ingredient to the use of soybean meal for turkey producers, says researcher.
