Grains and oilseeds transport flow has improved on Argentina's Parana River following a slowdown caused by debris from a landslide slowed cargo ships over the weekend, the local ports chamber told Reuters yesterday.
Northern Ireland agri-tech company Devenish has signed a 10-year R&D and supply agreement worth £30m with Jamaican poultry producer Caribbean Broilers (CB).
China is to increase soy purchases, while feed milling and logistical operations are getting back to normal, according to analysis from S&P Global Platts.
Cargill says polymerase chain reaction (PCR) equipment it donated to biochemical researchers and professionals at Magallanes University and the University of Concepción in Chile will dramatically increase the testing capacity for SARS CoV-2, the cause...
Agri-commodities giant, Bunge, is to sell 35 of its US grain elevators to Zen-Noh Grain Corporation. The completion of the sale is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval.
Regional weather conditions contributed to varying mycotoxin risks across geographies last year, found a 2019 global mycotoxin risk analysis report by Trouw Nutrition.
You shouldn’t be asking if your business is essential, but how prepared your essential business is to maintain supply and service during a lockdown, says Guy Soreq, co-founder of Israel-based data provider, Glowlit.
The EU feed sector has noted significant improvement of the COVID-19 outbreak triggered EU ‘Green Lane’ system over the past week, said FEFAC. However, it is still not business as usual throughout the feed supply chain, other obstacles remain.
Covantis, a technology company focused on digitizing international trade, says it has received regulatory approvals and has launched as a legal entity, based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Agribusiness giant, ADM, closed a $1.5bn notes offering last week, comprising an $0.5 bn aggregate principal amount of 2.75% notes due in 2025 and an $1bn aggregate principal amount of 3.25% notes due in 2030.
Paul Featherstone, procurement director at surplus food to animal feed processor, SugaRich, says, more than ever, we have to trust in the strength and resilience of the agricultural sector, work together, and make sensible, practical decisions to keep...
White Dog Labs is expanding its production of fermented single-cell protein and a related feed additive for use in aquaculture and animal feeds with the acquisition of a new facility in Minnesota.
This week, via our linkup with Glowlit, we’re sharing insights into Vitamin D3 500, L-threonine 98.5%, Vitamin C 99%, and Vitamin K3 MSB pricing trends.
Leading fish feed producer, Skretting, said it is actively working with several retailers to ensure the fish that reaches the market meets their sustainability criteria.
Traceable production and reduced reliance on land and water use are prompting Grōv Technologies to develop an indoor production system for dairy and beef cattle forage.
Waste bananas can be used to replace the use of some corn meal in the diets of farmed tambaqui without hindering feed digestibility or fish growth, researchers say.
Registration for the Future of Fish Feed’s carnivorous fish feed sales competition is being extended to allow for challenges stemming from the ongoing, global COVID-19 outbreak.
Agri-commodity business group, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), said the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, to date, had not significantly affected the Group’s operations and performance.
Changing elements in swine feed to boost nutritional content and improving management practices to address hygiene, biosecurity and stress help farms reduce the overall use of antibiotics in production, says Trouw Nutrition following a project in Brazil....
The ongoing response to the outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19 in the US is lower prices for some feed grains and increased producer uncertainty, say analysts.
Growing livestock production and the demand for feed is expected to increase Mexico’s imports of feed grains including corn and sorghum in the coming year, says analyst.
Swapping an antimicrobial growth promoter for a blended probiotic improved broiler growth, well-being and reducing the incidence of the ‘spaghetti breast’ myopathy, say Brazilian team.
Startup, microTERRA ,is developing a bioreactor to turn wastewater generated by aquaculture into a source of protein that can be used in tilapia feeds.
Argentina is again raising taxes on some exported feed ingredients, including soybean and soybean meal, even as the anticipated production expands, says analyst.
Rabo Corporate Investments (RCI), Rabobank's investment franchise, has invested in Protix, a company that breeds larvae from the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) and processes them into ingredients like proteins and lipids for use in feed.
Adding citrus pulp to weaned piglet diets improves fecal consistency and, when added to a low-protein feed reduces the growth of coliform bacteria in the hindgut post weaning, say researchers.
Increasing poultry production in Peru is forecast to boost the use, domestic production and import of feed corn, as wheat imports also grow, says analyst.
As part of a company focus on meeting product demand in international markets, Hormel Foods is set to stop sourcing pigs raised using, or having been exposed, to the feed additive ractopamine.
Cargill is exploring the alternative protein sector with plant-based product development while maintaining its historic interest in feed and livestock production, says segment president.
Higher, if stable, feed prices and uncertainty tied to a global disease outbreak are not expected to reduce Brazil’s beef and pork production or export demand in 2020, says analyst.
AB Vista is highlighting the role its blended ingredient plays in prompting the monogastric gut microbiome to develop more rapidly and improve fiber degradation.
Supplementing tilapia feed with probiotics for short periods boosts fish growth performance, but continual supplementation provides the best protection against pathogenic bacteria, say researchers.
Supplementing laying hen diets with omega-3 rich biomass increases presence of the fatty acids in eggs and bird tissue and may provide an alternative market for spent laying hen meat, say researchers.
Evonik highlights the use of biostatistics to improve poultry production with the introduction of its flock data management and predictive software program, Porphyrio.
Industry members need to apply experience gained during previous disease outbreaks to improve biosecurity practices and prevent future disease transmission, says expert.
Declan Billington, chief executive of John Thompson & Sons Ltd, Northern Ireland’s largest animal feed processor, debriefs on this in the latest episode of our podcast series, Feed Matters.
Agribusiness and grain results are boosting fourth quarter returns for Bunge Limited based, in part, on origination and improved farmer selling in South America.
Layn Corp is launching new botanical-based poultry feed additives and highlighting their role in broiler weight gain following a series of feeding trials.
Danish fish feed manufacturer, Aller Aqua, says it will cease sourcing the soy it needs for its formulations from South America, with its European manufacturing bases privileging regional purchasing of soy products instead.
Financially challenged, Vicentin, a diversified agribusiness and one of the largest Argentinian-owned exporters of soy and soy products, has asked a national court to begin bankruptcy-protection proceedings, reported Bloomberg Law.
A recent meta-analysis by Nutreco company, Trouw Nutrition, found supplementation of piglets’ diets with a feed additives blend resulted in an additional €1.31 financial gain per piglet.
Around 80% of global deforestation is driven by agricultural expansion, a phenomenon which has roots in the global demand for products such as palm oil, soy and beef, says the EU Commission.
