An increase in corn planting area in Egypt is a direct result of capital being ploughed into the country's poultry production and feed sectors, finds a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) GAIN report.
Assessing ingredients and supply chains for potential fraud, planning to address vulnerabilities and ensure mitigation efforts are effective are all steps in a new company-based anti-fraud program.
Plant by-products (PBP) from sectors such as brewery, sugar or spice processing are suitable for developing low-input, low-emission feeding strategies to reduce food-feed competition and mitigate the environmental impact of the ruminant sector, finds...
Drought in South Africa and a related decrease in corn production there could result in that country becoming a new export market option for US corn farmers, says analyst.
Northern Ireland headquartered, Devenish Nutrition, has invested €1m in developing the Ugandan pig and feed industry via a long term project that has transformed productivity.
Trypsin inhibitor levels in soybean meal vary by country and region, but they do not necessarily correspond with urease activity and need to be measured separately, says researcher.
The EAT-Lancet Commission report backing a cut in meat consumption is another example of well-intentioned but potentially flawed thinking on how to reduce the impact of diet on the environment, according to a raft of feed, agriculture and sustainability...
New trading partners, diversified markets, easing political tensions and developing regulations are among the topics US feed industry members are watching as the sector moves into 2019.
In a roadmap published yesterday, the European Commission has promised to tackle global deforestation, in particular trying to address and reduce the EU’s role in that.
Skretting, a pioneer in diets specifically designed for recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), has upgraded its integrated feed concept for the closed containment farmed fish production method.
The limited impact of the WASDE report on prices suggests that other global factors, such as the US and China trade situation, are of greater significance for markets at this point in time.
Finding ways to improve feed mill efficiency, ramping production, reducing process variability, ensuring feed safety and reducing costs are critical, and moving from dry to liquid supplements can help in this regard, says a Kemin executive.
DSM said its move to innovate, to extend its eubiotics platform underlines its commitment to support industry’s efforts to reduce the use of antibiotics, as it launches a new poultry targeted essential oils product.
Cargill has been involved in a strategic partnership with phytogenic feed additive producer, Delacon, since July 2017. We spoke to Tarun Keswani, regional director for Cargill’s micro nutrition business in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), at EuroTier...
The second International Sorghum Congress took place on 7-8 November 2018 in Milan, Italy. The event looked at how sorghum could compete with other cereals both in terms of profitability for farmers and economic and nutritional interest for users in both...
The mycotoxin load in staple food and feed crops is likely to increase due to combination of climate change factors including increasing temperatures and CO2 levels, extreme wet and drought conditions, says an expert.
Dispatches from World Nutrition Forum in Cape Town
A massive reduction in the mycotoxin load in DDGS, sensor led indication of toxin contamination of grains in silos as well as greatly enhanced biocontrol of aflatoxin development in the field – EU Horizon 2020 project, MyToolBox, has had a number of wins...
Dispatches from World Nutrition Forum in Cape Town
Africa will be home to 25% of the global population in 2050, and the demand for animal-sourced food is projected to be extraordinarily high on that continent in the coming decades, but production will be challenged to keep pace with consumption, says...
Policymakers globally have been weighing up the benefits of taxing meat, much in the same way as sugar, carbon emissions and tobacco. However, a Zurich based scientist and entrepreneur believes such a levy on meat would be disastrous.
In the long term, lab meat production could have a “significant” impact on feed consumption, but until there is clarity around the legislative situation and production processes, the full implications are difficult to predict, says one global feed producer.
As concerns about the presence of African swine fever (ASF) overseas continue, a series of questions for swine producers to ask their feed companies about feed origins and feed safety measures are being developed.
Cargill published its first quarter FY 2019 results yesterday. The US agribusiness giant said adjusted operating earnings for the period, ending 31 August, totaled $883m, nearly matching the $888m of last year’s comparative period.
Ian McIntosh, formerly chief strategy officer at agribusiness giant, Louis Dreyfus Company Holdings BV (LDCH), has been appointed the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Although both corn and soybean production are looking at large yields, the overall outlook paints separate pictures as soybean trade uncertainty weighs on the industry, said analysts.
DSM and Novozymes have co-developed a new enzyme product, branded as Balancius. The feed ingredient is designed to remove bacterial cell debris from the animal’s gut, helping to optimize nutritional absorption and digestibility.
Ongoing swine health research seeks to track the potential for virus-infected feed to cause the related disease in pigs, says swine health center director.
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.
Developing feed additives to reduce virulence in pathogenic bacteria and new product development are some of the research priorities for Amlan International.
Feed manufacturers need agility and flexibility whilst navigating great uncertainty in animal protein sparked by the trade disputes, operation weak flesh and disease outbreaks, warns a global expert.
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.
Fornazor International is looking to expand its market coverage in Southeast Asia and the Middle East after receiving halal certification for a poultry feed protein.
