Krill products producer, Aker BioMarine, is looking to raise 2.15 billion Norwegian crowns (US$225m) in a private share sale valuing it at 8 billion crowns, followed by a listing of the company’s stock on Norway’s Merkur Market.
Tensions are rising in Argentina over the government decision to expropriate the financially challenged, Vicentin SAIC, a diversified agribusiness and one of the largest Argentinian-owned exporters of soybean meal and other soy-based products.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) says the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has achieved a long-awaited major milestone that will boost the trade of US feed products abroad.
The number of workers testing positive for COVID-19 at Tönnies abattoir in Gütersloz, Germany, has ‘reached an existential crisis’, with the owner saying it ‘thought it had done everything right’, to protect against the virus, despite claiming more than...
European rapeseed markets are facing a challenge as France has notified the European Commission (EC) that it intends to ban imports of Clearfield herbicide resistant varieties of rapeseed, potentially reducing the ability to import Canadian canola, commented...
The Feed Adviser Register (FAR) run by UK feed and ag services trade group, Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), has launched a new initiative to allow farmers find nearby feed companies that employ registered feed advisers.
A new US based research paper suggests that sequencing of feed during manufacturing reduces Salmonella-positive contamination within animal feed and on manufacturing surfaces, particularly after the second batch or with the use of chemical treatments.
Forum for the Future has released a new report Growing our Future, bringing together insights from over 60 organizations exploring regenerative agriculture, highlighting the benefits of such an approach for food, feed and other agricultural supply chains....
About 75% of the pig feed producer members of Netherlands feed trade group, Nevedi, have announced that they are open to their company joining the Dutch pig industry collective, the Coalition Vitalization Pig Farm (CoViVa), which is aimed at future proofing...
US endomicrobial-based products producer, Ascus Bioscience, said the US$46m it has secured in a Series B funding round leaves it well positioned to continue expanding its sales and servicing teams, and to advance new and existing products in its product...
FEFAC and other food and feed supply chain representatives welcomed this week’s release by the European Commission of new biodiversity and farm to fork (F2F) strategies, while stressing their concerns about certain aspects of those publications.
The current proposal from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on speculative positions come much closer to a workable approach for the grain, feed, and processing industry, says the NGFA.
New EU regulation re-authorizing the various forms of the essential amino acid, Lysine, that can be placed on the EU market brings plenty of changes, says Didier Jans, managing director, SERRPA, a consultancy specialized in regulatory and public affairs.
UK based plant-reliability company AVT Reliability Ltd is using its involvement in thermal imaging – usually employed to detect faults in factory equipment – to help companies protect their workforce.
Bord Bia, the Irish Food Board, has launched a Grass Fed Standard, which it says is the world’s first on a national scale, that allows it to track and verify the percentage of grass consumed in the diet of Irish dairy herds.
Pigs delivered to Danish Crown in the coming years must be fed with 100% responsibly produced soy, said the company in an action plan that it delivered to the Soy Alliance in Denmark last Thursday [April 30].
Alabama’s Attorney General (AG) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the State of Alabama, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) against Tyson Foods Inc over two river spills...
Tyson Foods Inc has faced no sanctions yet over a feed factory river spill in Alabama, US, last June that caused 175,000 fish to be killed, one of the largest such fish kills ever in that state.
The NGFA has urged the US Congress and the Trump administration to take action to facilitate the availability of workforce health measures and practices to allow businesses restore operations.
The EU Commission has been urged to lift certain restrictions on protein crp production in Europe to address what the EU farming lobby terms ‘a growing risk’ to supply.
Farm income and market prices for corn and other crop commodities are directly linked to the health of the renewable fuel industry, say the governors of four US states; they are seeking funding for the biofuel sector during the COVID-19 crisis.
A US industry and policy stakeholder group is planning to submit an application in August this year to get approval for the use of hemp seed, meal and cake as protein supplements for use in the diets of layers and broiler chickens.
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has provided legal clarification on reformulation and feed labelling in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) and other UK organizations had requested the guidance.
The UK’s departure from the EU will not change policy or trade in genetically engineered plants or animals in the short to medium term, but Brexit has the potential to change many policy areas, including agricultural biotechnology, finds a USDA report....
The COVID-19 pandemic has visible implications for the effective functioning of agriculture and other sectors directly involved in feed and food production activities including on the insect production sector, says IPIFF.
The current shutdown of the UK food service and hospitality sectors due to restrictions in place over the coronavirus outbreak means there is a lot of surplus milk, which potentially presents an opportunity to some pig producers, said the UK National...
The AIC, the UK feed and agri-supply industry representatives, says that supply chains in the UK are holding up as business adapts to the new trading landscape triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak.
The US National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA), in a letter to US state governors, has tried to press home the need for officials to adopt measures to allow the issuance of new commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) during shutdowns or reduced operations...
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent measures implemented by EU governments to contain it have resulted in an abrupt closure of most of the continent’s food services, negatively impacting suppliers to these services from across the agricultural...
The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China (MOFCOM) has extended the investigation period of its methionine anti-dumping case against imports of methionine originating in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan by six months, reported Evonik....
Following a challenging start to the year, a US based grain safety program seek to reduce injuries and fatalities in the industry through training and education.
Agribusiness giant, ADM, closed a $1.5bn notes offering last week, comprising an $0.5 bn aggregate principal amount of 2.75% notes due in 2025 and an $1bn aggregate principal amount of 3.25% notes due in 2030.
IFFO RS, the business to business certification program for the production of marine ingredients, has changed its name to MarinTrust. It also unveiled a new logo.
The EU Commission published measures on March 30 that allows member states to carry out official controls on the agri-food chain - animals, plants food and feed - on a more flexible basis, in order to tackle the specific challenges of the situation due...
The Canadian feed industry is working to take precautions and maintain production while the government looks to provide added support for feed crop and livestock producers and farmers.
The US National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) is seeking clarity and flexibility in federal transportation regulations for feed, feed ingredient, grain and agricultural products to support producers during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Leading fish feed producer, Skretting, said it is actively working with several retailers to ensure the fish that reaches the market meets their sustainability criteria.
EU feed industry representatives, FEFAC, expressed "great relief" over the EU executive's newly announced measures regarding the opening of green lanes for cross-border delivery of goods.
In the context of the COVID-19 outbreak, the US Department of Homeland Security has issued guidance, saying US feed and ingredient company employees along with feed crop producers are essential for critical infrastructure.
Ensuring that feed and food supplies continue uninterrupted, while guaranteeing compliance with UK government rules to delay the spread of coronavirus are the top priorities of the AIC.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is asking state officials to keep animal feed production and retail sites open as states are closing “non-essential businesses.”
Harvest challenges and poor grain quality in the US informed the upturn in grain entrapments and fatalities seen in 2019, with an expert forecasting more safety challenges this year.
