BioMar Norway along with Norwegian ship owner, Bio Feeder, have announced plans to bring a new environmentally friendship aqua feed shipping vessel to the Norwegian market in 2021.
Within weeks of the acquisitions of feed production facilities in Spain and Indonesia, Dutch animal feed company, De Heus, has purchased one of the largest players in the Polish market.
German agrochemical giant, BASF, has announced the acquisition of Cloudfarms, a software company for livestock farm management, traceability and precision farming with a focus on pig production.
Weather forecasts are showing hot temperatures and limited rainfall for the week ahead in much of the US corn belt, said UK based ag market analysts, CRM AgriCommodities.
Grieg Seafood says it has excluded Cargill Aqua Nutrition from the proceeds of its NOK 1 billion (US$105m) green bond, which was issued last month, until its parent company, Cargill, has significantly reduced its soy-related deforestation risk in Brazil.
Austria headquartered animal nutrition company, Biomin, recently announced its involvement in a five-year, €6m EU-backed research consortium aimed at decreasing the use of antibiotics in pigs.
Compassion in World Farming has announced the winners of the Good Animal Welfare awards in recognition of companies that have pushed ahead with their commitments to improve conditions for farm animals in the face of COVID-19 uncertainty.
A US study suggests that DSM’s feed additive, 3-NOP, is a promising candidate for reducing enteric methane emissions, while maintaining lactational performance in dairy cows and potentially increasing milk fat yield.
The Dutch government’s plan to reduce nitrogen-based pollution lacks ambition, according to the final report from the Advisory Council, a committee set up to advise the Dutch officials on such emissions reduction.
Krill products producer, Aker BioMarine, is looking to raise 2.15 billion Norwegian crowns (US$225m) in a private share sale valuing it at 8 billion crowns, followed by a listing of the company’s stock on Norway’s Merkur Market.
The number of workers testing positive for COVID-19 at Tönnies abattoir in Gütersloz, Germany, has ‘reached an existential crisis’, with the owner saying it ‘thought it had done everything right’, to protect against the virus, despite claiming more than...
