A Scottish start-up, Horizon Proteins, is collaborating with the country’s malt whisky industry to produce a sustainable locally produced salmon feed ingredient, and reduce dependence on imported feed proteins.
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.
The result of the Brexit referendum was announced this morning with a vote in favor of the UK leaving the EU, and the British prime minster, David Cameron, subsequently announcing he is going to step down. Sterling has hit a 30 year low and uncertainty...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said its conclusion on dicopper oxide for broilers could be extended to other livestock provided the maximum authorized copper content in feed is respected.
MiXscience , which is the animal nutrition division of the Avril Group, has formed a “strategic alliance” with Brazilian feed additive and premix player, Salus Group, to leverage the continuing growth in the livestock sector in the Latin American powerhouse.
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.
A study by US, UK, Finnish and Swedish researchers is said to provide the first demonstration that antibiotics can increase dung emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas (GHG).
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.
Media reports of hike in number of Dutch pig farm bankruptcies
As Dutch media reports show the rate of pig farms going bankrupt in the Netherlands has picked up steam in 2016, the head of the Dutch feed association says his sector has a role to play in securing pork production profitability.
A new German start-up, SenseUp, has developed rapid fire microbial strain screening technology and is now planning to apply that to the large-scale production of amino acids as well as enzymes for feed and food.
The glyphosate dossier is to be handed over to the Commission, following on from the PAFF committee's failure today to generate a vote on the controversial herbicide.
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.
Dutch compound feed and premix manufacturer, ForFarmers, is continuing its extensive research into the use of insect protein in feed, this time looking at the safety aspects of feedstocks for the insects.
UK poultry giant, Moy Park, has announced the sale of its McLarnon’s ruminant feed business to Northern Ireland headquartered feed manufacturer, John Thompson and Sons Ltd.
The NGOs involved in the legal action against a decision made by the EU Commission to authorise new genetically engineered Monsanto soybeans are cautiously optimistic after arguments were aired in the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) this week.
Nutreco’s salmon feed business performed strongly last year but the Dutch group decried overcapacity in the main Norwegian market as it released its financial results for 2015.
The Brazilian soy moratorium, a private sector voluntary agreement, set up in 2006, which has prohibited participants from trading, acquiring or financing soybeans from areas of the Brazilian Amazon biome that were deforested after July 2008, has been...
The move by the British Poultry Council (BPC) to reveal antibiotic usage data across 90% of domestic broiler, turkey and duck production is a game changer, says an antimicrobial resistance expert.
As a UK institute's field trial to test GM Camelina plants that produce DHA and EPA rich oils and astaxanthin gets green-lighted, the lead researcher defends the environmental robustness of using such crops as the key components in farmed fish diets.
DG Santé, the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, is currently reviewing legislation to allow insect derived meal to be included in the diets of farmed fish, according to the IPIFF.
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.
EU trade commissioner, Cecilia Malmström, quickly moved to dismiss concerns about the EU position in TTIP negotiations with the US following the Greenpeace leaks today.
