UK consultancy, HSSMI, and marine ingredients standards body, MarinTrust, undertook a three-month study, with kickoff in December last year, to determine the feasibility of implementing a system to promote full traceability of marine by-products in the...
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are citing several companies for incidents of alleged illegal dumping and pollution.
UK livestock farmers and suppliers who use molasses in feed will benefit from a UK government decision to remove the tariff on imports of such products.
A Norwegian poultry producer, working with a leading local feed company, has moved to exclude Brazilian soy from its supply chain, relying on a new soy-free feed formulation for its annual broiler production which covers 650,000 birds.
A European Commission study finds that the current GMO legislation, adopted in 2001, is not fit for purpose in terms of new techniques that alter the genome of an organism.
EFSA’s latest advice on African swine fever (ASF) looks at the risk of the virus being introduced to non-affected regions of the EU via pathways such as feed, bedding materials and empty pig transport vehicles returning from affected areas.
Grōv Technologies has signed a deal with River Ranch Dairy to help further its goal of becoming more sustainable and drought resistant through the adoption of Grōv's automated indoor feed technology.
A second appeal by fish health group, STIM, to ban the sale of smoltification feed produced by BioMar, Intro Tuning, has been rejected by a Norwegian court.
Mootral, a Swiss-British Agritech firm, is launching the world’s first carbon credits generated from methane emission reductions in cattle, linked to its feed supplement made from garlic extracts - Mootral Ruminant - that it says is proven to lower methane...
A proposal that would allow the feeding of processed animal proteins (PAP) from poultry to pigs and pig PAPs to poultry again has been accepted by an overwhelming majority, through a ballot procedure within the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals,...
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is working to build upon the US animal feed industry’s success in exporting feed, feed ingredient and pet food products and it is encouraging TPA renewal.
EU industry experts believe a proposal that would allow the feeding of processed animal proteins (PAP) from poultry to pigs and pig PAPs to poultry again has a good chance of gaining approval this week, under a EU Commission committee voting procedure,...
The Organic Soybean Processors of America has filed a petition with the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and the US International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that organic soybean meal (OSM) from India is being sold in the US at less than fair value....
A new paper describes the current knowledge of feed as a risk for swine viruses and the opportunities for mitigating the risk to protect US pork production and the global swine population from ASF and other animal diseases.
A lack of long-term funding continues to hinder the implementation of national action plans on reducing antimicrobial resistance (AMR), says the OECD in new report.
A large coalition of NGOs, campaign groups, farmers and business organizations have written to vice president of the EU Commission, Frans Timmermans, calling on him to ensure all organisms derived from new genetic engineering techniques continue to be...
FrieslandCampina has signed an agreement with ING Bank for a new €300m sustainability-linked loan that refinances part of its current short-term liabilities.
Australian company, FutureFeed, published a response on its website, criticizing a recent study by Wageningen University Research (WUR) that explored the risk of transfer of a compound present in the seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, to milk when added...
The meat giant and world’s second-largest food company has announced a new pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040 and zero deforestation across its global supply chain by 2035.
UK feed and agrisupply industry representatives, the AIC, said there are a great number of challenges facing agriculture and food production in the UK that more efficient breeding technologies could help address.
The new lead at ProTerra Foundation has spent the past two years democratizing its standard, boosting its standing with NGOs and industry stakeholders in the process.
Agribusiness giant, Bunge, last week announced it was launching a new monitoring program in the Cerrado, becoming the first global company to foster mass action in that region to track indirect purchases of soybeans.
The spotlight has been focused on the topic of microplastic pollution risk in fishmeal this week as a recent study shows the ingredient, used most often in fish and pig feed diets, can be contaminated by the tiny plastic particles.
Vivergo Fuels site in Hull in the UK will be re-opening following an announcement by the UK’s Department for Transport that E10 petrol – a cleaner, greener fuel – will be introduced at UK filling stations from September 2021.
The US Department of Commerce has announced its preliminary determination that methionine imports from France, Spain and Japan have been illegally dumped in the US.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has welcomed the US Senate's confirmation of the Biden administration’s nomination of Tom Vilsack as head of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Leading supermarket chain, Co-op, has expressed caution over the UK government’s review into the future legislative approach to gene editing of crops and livestock in England.
Correct application of a common safety procedure would help prevent engulfment, electrocutions, and entanglement incidents involving workers in the US feed, grain and processing sectors, according to OSHA.
Political action is required to resolve the problems facing British animal feed businesses that export feed materials and finished feeds to the EU and Northern Ireland.
Crops developed using new plant breeding techniques (NBTs) should not be legislated in the same way as genetically-modified organisms (GMs), says France’s agriculture minister.
Danish fish feed manufacturer, BioMar, has published a joint statement with other Nordic international companies to show support for human rights due diligence legislation in the EU.
The profitability of the Irish feed industry is being undermined by 25% tariffs imposed by the EU on US beet pulp and molasses as part of the longstanding Boeing-Airbus dispute.
The EU is working to clean up its own food supply chain, from farm to fork. But is this enough? MEPs raise concerns that accepting imports of unsustainable agri-food products is ‘inconsistent’ and ‘unethical’.
There are lots of positives for Northern Ireland businesses arising out of Brexit, but companies are also facing administration headaches due to new constraints imposed on the imports of goods from Great Britain.
Industry concerns vary from region to region and from species to species but there are some common challenges for the global feed and farming sectors throughout 2021, says Erik Visser, CEO of Danish soy protein producer, Hamlet Protein in an outlook.
The UK Government’s review into the future of gene editing could see a damaging shift away from EU food standards, warned the chairman of Stormont’s Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.
French insect protein producer, Ÿnsect, says an EFSA opinion that mealworms are safe for human consumption is decisive for the European and French insect protein industry.
Brazil based soy suppliers to the salmon industry will implement a 100% deforestation and conversion free soybean value chain with August 2020 as their cut-off date. No soy grown on land deforested after this deadline will be traded.
