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.
US grain commodity futures took a hit on Friday following the Brexit referendum vote, but an economist does not anticipate long term ramifications from the result.
Special Edition: Feed Industry Consolidation Review
We caught up with Christopher Nolan, managing director, global deals origination at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, who recently spoke at Alltech’s One conference, to hear about his views on amalgamation of the global feed sector.
Special Edition: Feed Industry Consolidation Review
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.
Dairy company, Arla Foods, says it only has ambitions, at this stage, that more of its farmers will convert to GM free feed based on the increasing market willingness to pay the higher price required.
Replacing inorganic trace minerals in feed with an organic variety may help US producers meet regulations, improve nutrient utilization and fertility, says expert.
Of the 1,375 samples of minerals, premix and complete feeds from 16 Asia-Pacific countries submitted for testing, 20% had contamination levels exceeding EU allowable limits for heavy metal contamination of arsenic, cadmium and lead, said Alltech.
Several US companies are set to reportedly reject a new strain of soybean from Monsanto as approval for import of the variety in the European Union lags.
The feed market is said to be a significant growth driver for Hamburg based functional ingredient producer, Stern Wywiol Gruppe, which had 12% growth overall in 2015.
Feed and grain organizations want the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to move slowly with an ongoing revision of biotech regulation, in order to align with other markets.
De Heus, in its strategy to be a leading player in the Vietnamese feed sector, continues to enhance its production capacity in that Asian country, it has just opened its seventh feed plant in the Mekong Delta.
Two UN bodies have initiated a global call to solicit data in order to help them provide scientific advice to guide the development of appropriate Codex standards or guidelines on pathogenic E.coli.
The US could have the largest wheat ending stocks since 1987, at 10 million bushels higher for 2015/16, predicts the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.
A four-year, €5m backed EU project is looking to create a cloud-based platform that provides real-time, customized advice about mycotoxins in order to achieve crop contamination reductions of between 20 and 90%.
Denmark’s Vilomix has signed a deal with a Vietnamese integrated feed and food producer, Hung Vuong, to build a new premix and vitamin factory in Lang An province in Vietnam.
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The US-based agri-giant said earnings rose in animal nutrition, led by operations in the US and Vietnam, as it released its Q3 results for fiscal year 2016 and first nine months to end of February, but, overall, it noted a tough trading environment.
A US District Court judge has approved a joint motion to dismiss counterclaims and third-party complaints against Cargill, Rail Transfer Inc and Archer Daniels Midland Company.
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