A bidding war is underway for Nutreco after SHV raised its offer to €44.50 ($54.87) a share in response to acquisition interest shown from Cargill, which is keen to take on the Dutch group’s fish feed division.
Pork producers in the US, Brazil and Mexico are witnessing record margins, with low feed costs playing a role, according to Rabobank’s pork quarterly for Q4 2014.
DSM posted a volume hike on the animal nutrition side in its Q3 2014 results but an analyst forecasts increasing challenges linked to vitamin E pricing for that division and the DSM business overall.
Animal nutrition firm, Alltech, says its tie-up with Nestlé on an educational initiative for China’s dairy sector is trying to improve the environmental profile of the dairy sector there but is primarily aimed at lowering feed costs and boosting milk...
Recently published research from China shows how a probiotic strain, Bacillus subtilis KN-42, could replace antibiotic growth promoters as it reduced the incidence of diarrhea while improving the growth performance of weaned piglets.
The benefits of probiotics in animals go beyond gut health, says an animal nutrition scientist, who claims the bacteria can play a vital role in ensuring more profitable and sustainable poultry production.
Adding resveratrol to feed may boost the antioxidant defenses of broiler birds and prevent liver damage, says a new study from the National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology in Bangalore, India.
A Chinese researcher whose study shows how short antimicrobial peptides could replace conventional antibiotics in livestock production has walked off with a top animal nutrition science prize.
Analysts say firms such as Cargill and DSM could still trump SHV's offer
Animal and fish feed group, Nutreco, said it fully endorses the bid from privately-held Dutch investment firm, SHV, to acquire it for €40 ($51) per share, or €2.69 billion ($3.43bn), and it dismissed speculation about third party bids for the business.
InVivo NSA says the acquisition of Brazilian animal nutrition group, Total Alimentos, has strengthened its position in pet food but also its foothold in the dairy and aqua feed segments in that market.
There is still buoyant demand in Europe for non GM soy as a feed ingredient, despite some meat sectors in Germany, the UK, Denmark and Sweden debating the feasibility of retaining a GM free policy, says an industry insider.
An alignment of two responsible soy standards, RTRS and ProTerra, will help boost physical flows of certified soy by keeping audit costs low, increasing market transparency and enhancing farmer training, says the ProTerra Foundation.
The lawsuits brought against Syngenta over sales of its GM corn seed, MIR162, into the US prior to trait approval by China keenly show other countries' regulations cannot be ignored in domestic courts and by US companies, says a law professor.
Agri giant's Q1 results show solid performance for animal nutrition and meat division
Cargill has not had any new cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) within its pig operations since March this year, but the agri-giant is not throwing caution to the wind as a result.
Algasol Renewables behind floating bag based algae cultivation system site in Bangladesh
A pilot scale initiative in Bangladesh backed by two international technology players is aiming to show how cheap fish feed can be derived from a novel algae production method.
Research efforts at AB Vista have yielded insights into enzyme technology, showing the vital importance of specific enzyme characteristics, which the company says will aid poultry producers and feed formulators.
The South Asian poultry market is the first staging post for US enzyme developer, BRI, as it has a shift in strategy for the roll-out of its new thermo stable xylanase feed enzyme, Xylamax.
Global animal nutrition group, Alltech, says it is intending to leverage the technical know-how and reach of recently acquired premix manufacturer Lienert, to develop the dairy and beef side of its business in Australia.
US group, Sabinsa, is training its portfolio of botanical ingredients, probiotics and enzymes on companion animals and livestock as it sets up a new animal nutrition division, VetVitals.
A US scientist, in a review of the literature, reports that GM feed is safe and nutritionally equivalent to non-GM feed, with no indication of any unusual trends in livestock health since 1996 when GM crops were first harvested.
The animal feed sector has not been left untouched by the waste oil scandal in Taiwan, with a governmental inquiry finding toxic chemicals in feed produced by local manufacturer, Ching Wei, according to local media reports.
Adding alfalfa saponin extract (ASE) into the diet of weaned piglets may improve antioxidant activity and, in the process, promote piglet growth, finds a new study from China.
South Korea, a major importer of beef from the US, Australia and New Zealand, has lifted a ban on the use of animal feed additive, zilpaterol, in beef.
Australian beef producers and feed companies can benefit from a University of Queensland (UQ) project that is demonstrating how microalgae derived feed can be produced cheaply and efficiently.
Feeding trials are demonstrating that a pellet developed from grape marc and lucerne ‘offal’ by researchers at the University of Adelaide in Australia, could be an economically viable route to reducing methane emissions in ruminants.
It is becoming increasingly difficult for producers of poultry feed in New Zealand to guarantee a reliable supply of imported GM-free soya, according to the Poultry Association of New Zealand.
An expected softening of domestic soy meal prices will bring some relieve to poultry producers in India, who have seen their profitability hit in the past six months, says an analyst.
The cost of feed grains in China has increased steadily in 2014 adding to the pressure on pig producers in that market, with some smaller farmers abandoning the pork business over the past few months, says Rabobank.
The IFFO, the marine ingredients organization, wants to extend the remit of its RS global fishmeal and fishoil standard so that it takes into account the conditions of workers employed on fishmeal supply boats.
The vitamin C landscape ‘will not change materially’ with DSM’s acquisition of China-based vitamin C maker, Aland, said an analyst, as the Dutch group announced the finalization of the deal today.
Thai food and feed giant, CPF, is upbeat about prospects for its feed business, following on from its posting last month of a near double Q1 net profit for group operations, driven by higher meat prices, lower raw material costs and a recovery in its...
Supplementing the diet of piglets with laminarin from seaweed may improve gut health and growth performance post-weaning, according to a series of studies from Ireland.
Concentrates of the microalgae Nannochloropsis sp. and Dunaliella tertiolecta have the potential to replace or supplement to fresh cultures, long regarded as a bottleneck in the aquaculture industry.
Feed additive companies are aiming to leverage the scale of the poultry and pig sectors in China with the past few weeks seeing DSM and Zinpro both kick-starting expansion projects on the ground.
Supplementing the diet of cultured tilapia fish with astragalus polysaccharide (APS), one of the active ingredients of traditional Chinese herbal astragalus membranaceus, may boost growth performance and the immune parameters.
Cargill is still weighing up the attractiveness of the Vietnamese dairy industry, but is optimistic about the feed consumption potential of the poultry, shrimp and swine sectors in a country that is seeing continual GDP growth.
The Dutch feed group is extending its fish farming R&D capabilities for the Asian country in tandem with the construction of new factories in its strategy to be one of the top five feed makers in Vietnam.
A leading analyst firm in China is predicting a rebound in domestic poultry feed consumption with warmer weather reducing the risk of further outbreaks of avian flu.
Swiss L-carnitine supplier Lonza said, following a two year evaluation and quality phase, it has now got the new production process for L-Carnitine at its Chinese facility under control, with significantly greater capacity for the vitamin-like substance...
The move last week by the Chinese state-owned food and feed giant, Cofco, to take a $1.5 billion majority stake in Noble Agri – the agribusiness arm of the Noble Group – will help China to diversify the source of its grains such as soy and corn, says...
Global capacity in the inorganic feed phosphates (IFP) market is set to jump nearly 3.5 million tons in the next three years with the biggest demand coming from East Asia, said an analyst.
Chinese group, Global Biochem Technology (GBT), is to scale down its lysine production this year but is confident it can take the helm in the amino acid segment when buoyancy returns to the market.
Exclusive Interview: we talk to MD feed and nutrition at Cargill India
The Indian dairy feed market has huge potential for growth, with education around animal nutrition essential for boosting milk productivity, says Cargill.
A new feed additive aimed at the aquaculture industry is said to boost the sustainability of the sector through enabling better feed conversion, less excretion of nitrogen and improved water quality.
