There is enough soybean meal of all qualities in Europe until the next harvest and sowing in the EU will be 10-15% above last year, said Donau Soja, an organization that promotes sustainable soy production in Europe.
The USDA released its May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report yesterday, which includes the first official look toward next season.
China’s fishmeal imports in January and February 2022 decreased year on year, with Peru, Russia, and Vietnam the top suppliers of the raw material to the Asian country, finds the IFFO.
ATCC, a US biological materials management and standards organization, is set to modify specific cell lines for ASF virus vaccine research and production.
Northern Ireland headquartered firm, Devenish, has partnered with speciality chemicals company, Perstorp, to launch a new moisture management technology designed to help animal feed mills to improve milling efficiency.
A new study, carried out in India, indicates krill meal inclusion in shrimp diets can have a positive effect on survival, body weight and fatty acid concentration in the body.
Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI) membership can facilitate transparency and a more rapid transformation to sustainable feed supply chains, says marine ingredients organisation, the IFFO, as it signs up.
There is an increased focus on soybean and other oilseed production in China to reduce dependence on the world market for agri-commodities, according to government policy guidelines.
In what has been a mixed day for markets, weather forecasts for large parts of US winter wheat are now once again showing little beneficial rainfall over the next week and uncertainty remains around crop conditions, say UK-based agri-commodity specialists.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to volatility in several sectors of the global economy. For India and the region, trade is being disrupted in the grains, oilseeds, fertilizer, and energy sectors, among others.
Ukraine has become an increasingly large corn exporting country, suppling significant volumes of that grain to the UK, EU, China, and North African markets.
EU feed, grain, and oilseeds sectors warn against the pitfalls of the current EU Commission draft regulation to curb global deforestation. They want to make it more workable.
Protenga has closed a US$2m venture debt facility with a syndicate of Singapore-based investors to develop its next generation production facilities and launch YumGrubs, its new pet food brand.
Global crude oil values have rallied sharply as the conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate and markets price in risk premium, with growing uncertainty in global markets, finds CRM Agri in its latest outlook.
The inclusion of fermented rice bran in broiler rations enhances the birds’ growth and reduces their blood cholesterol levels, finds research from Bangladesh Agricultural University.
Bühler says innovative services it introduced in 2021 in relation to pelleting and moisture control for feed millers reduces the energy consumption of the feed pelleting process and lowers the C02 footprint of feed plants by 4%.
The animal nutrition business delivered 10% volume growth for DSM last year, revealed the company as it released its full year and Q4 2021 financial results.
US headquartered technology provider, Centaur, says it has reached a milestone in terms of its work to preserve quality and maximize profitability across the food and commodities supply chain.
Skretting ARC has been renamed and restructured into a multi-functional unit incorporating the global marketing, sustainability, and digital teams, along with its experts involved in basic and applied research.
Commodity trader, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), has committed to eliminate deforestation and conversion of native vegetation of high conservation value for agricultural purposes from all its supply chains by December 2025.
Impact investors including European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), BNP Paribas, the Prince Albert II Foundation and The Good Investors have participated in a funding initiative for Protix valued at €50m (US$57.1m)
CP Foods (CPF) says two of its aqua feed mills and a duck-fowl feather processing plant in Thailand are currently phasing out the coal fuel consumption, a process set to be completed by Q4 2022.
Plenty of careers buzz this month as execs from Cargill, FrieslandCampina and Elanco Animal Health move on. And this time out, it is a female dominant line-up.
Chinese producers have resumed trading in vitamin B5 or Calpan and insiders say it may take a few more weeks before there is full understanding of how the market is reacting to that turn of events.
Brazil and Argentina are likely to step up corn and soybean exports to China during the US winter months, finds a newly released report from US organization, CoBank.
DEG, the investment arm of German state-owned development bank KFW, has extended a US$17.5m loan to Nova Consumer group, a Vietnam-based feed manufacturer.
We hear from Danisco Animal Nutrition, Hamlet Protein, Lallemand Animal Nutrition, Novus, and Cargill Animal Nutrition on their projections for the industry, the likely headwinds and opportunities.
Markets have had a mixed reaction to the January WASDE. Initially, falling following the publication of the USDA’s report, they recovered quickly, thereafter.
Technology like AI can help poultry producers improve the efficiency and health of flocks, identify previously unknown problems and anticipate outcomes, says Cargill.
Understanding the roles of intestinal microbiota and their interaction with the host is essential in feed formulation and dietary supplementation in the swine industry.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said it will maintain anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on imports of distillers grains (DDGS) from the US, a key feed ingredient, during a review.
Soybean meal prices have reached their highest levels since May 2021, due to the worsening outlook for South America, finds a new outlook from CRM Agri.
In a move to control the rising domestic price of a key compound feed ingredient, India’s ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution has imposed stock limits on soybean meal.
A report on a new Cargill premix plant, a piece on likely insect protein production output by 2030, stories on new protein developments, along with news about PAP legislation in the EU were some of the most shared articles on social media sites this year
Global wheat markets have become marginally better supplied, mainly from a large Australian wheat harvest, a development that is pressuring not only domestic Australian markets, but also global ones, finds CRM Agri in its latest grain market analysis.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, is potentially looking to provide millions in backing to the vertical pork and feed integrator.
Global poultry markets are expected to be strong in 2022, on the back of reopening economies, increasing vaccination levels, and stronger economic conditions, according to Rabobank.
Multiple companies, including feed additive producers, have halted production in a critical manufacturing hub in China as the authorities try to contain a COVID-19 outbreak.
