Feed transporters working at an AB Agri feed mill are considering union action, which could include striking, after the company proposed schedule changes.
Summer has not been a quiet season for many companies and organizations in the animal feed and agricultural industries. Several have seen the arrival of new faces, while a few others have said farewell to longtime employees.
A year has passed since the European regulation authorizing insect proteins in fish feeds came into force. FeedNavigator catches up with Antoine Hubert – a man at the center of industry developments – to find out how the sector has moved on.
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.
In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, predicted the rise of poultry ‘mega farms’. FeedNavigator catches up with him to find out what implications this would have for the feed industry.
Taurine supplementation may boost plant protein use in place of fishmeal in the diets of juvenile carnivorous fish and support fish growth performance, say researchers.
Developing feed additives to reduce virulence in pathogenic bacteria and new product development are some of the research priorities for Amlan International.
European feed processor, Dantrace-Danfeed, and US industrial ag-firm, DPI Global, have joined forces on a patent for zinc-copper gluconate feed additives to treat bovine digital dermatitis in herd cattle.
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.
Special Edition: Lowering the carbon footprint of feed
Would it not be nice to produce L-Met in a safer way – without HCN – while utilizing the abundant industrial side product CO2? Yes, say a research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
Special Edition: Lowering the carbon footprint of feed
Microbial protein production, driven by on renewable hydrogen, and coupled with carbon capture, could be an interesting ‘out of the box’ solution as protein source for food and feed that warrants further exploration, finds a new paper.
