Novozymes says the acquisition of Organobalance will enable it to strengthen its animal feed R&D competencies, particularly in the field of probiotics.
Nutritional challenges, feed quality issues are set to be addressed farm-by-farm in a new customizable feed platform from Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM).
Following positive results in young pigs, TPM, the vitamin E-derived feed additive developed by Australian drug delivery company Phosphagenics, is now being tested in poultry for its ability to improve feed efficiency.
US animal health company, Jaguar, has signed a supply and distribution deal for its Croton lechleri botanical extract with California-based Integrated Animal Nutrition and Health Inc.
Feed enzyme innovation and a tie-up with Monsanto on corn and soy yield enhancement are said to have propelled Danish firm, Novozymes, into the top ten of Fortune magazine’s list of 50 companies ranked for their sustainability efforts.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) are supporting revisions to the federal Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA).
In the past few years there has been a growing interest in understanding and researching animal intestinal health but more work is needed to improve milk replacer, reduce reliance on antibiotics and assess common performance metrics, says a US dairy scientist.
Recent research insights have helped reveal some of the cell biological mechanisms that are likely behind the beneficial effect of additives such as butyrate products, botanicals and yeast cell walls (YCW), but knowledge gaps remain.
On the back of a trial in weaner and fattening pigs in the US, Ireland based Ocean Harvest Technology is confident of that market opening up for its seaweed derived swine feed.
Health Canada is looking to revise rules governing the import, sale and use of antimicrobial drugs in livestock in a move aimed at tackling antimicrobial resistance.
The management team of Milk Specialities Global has partnered with a private equity firm to acquire the assets of the company, it was announced yesterday.
MiXscience , which is the animal nutrition division of the Avril Group, has formed a “strategic alliance” with Brazilian feed additive and premix player, Salus Group, to leverage the continuing growth in the livestock sector in the Latin American powerhouse.
Feed additive innovation at Evonik has been earmarked as one of six R&D pillars that will contribute over €1 billion (bn) in additional sales by the year 2025 for the group.
Nutriad has developed a smartphone app to translate, in real time, the results of mycotoxin analyses into recommendations on proper dosage of mycotoxin deactivators.
Today’s highly productive daily cattle are more sensitive to heat stress but are also more responsive to technologies designed to combat the impact of exposure to higher temperatures and humidity, says the US agri-business giant.
US based methane gas to feed protein developer, Calysta, has made Lynsey Wenger, a former global natural resources investment expert, its chief financial officer (CFO) and chief sustainability officer (CSO).
Feed ingredient supplier, Nuscience, is eying up chicken producers in Nepal, Sri Lanka and India through a new distribution tie-up and says growth has returned to India’s poultry sector.
