The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is working to build upon the US animal feed industry’s success in exporting feed, feed ingredient and pet food products and it is encouraging TPA renewal.
US corn and soybean prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) bounced after the release of the prospective plantings report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday.
A new paper describes the current knowledge of feed as a risk for swine viruses and the opportunities for mitigating the risk to protect US pork production and the global swine population from ASF and other animal diseases.
The outlook for the global poultry industry is gradually improving. Big differences remain between countries, and global poultry trade is still very competitive, says Rabobank in its latest review.
FrieslandCampina has signed an agreement with ING Bank for a new €300m sustainability-linked loan that refinances part of its current short-term liabilities.
Current conditions are positive for wheat supply, while corn markets have been dominated by the large US-China export sales, and soybean markets have continued to trade sideways, finds this week’s analysis by CRM Agri.
EU's soybean meal imports declined 4.6% year on year to 12.3m metric tons (mt) from July to March 21, but EU soybean purchases jumped 3% to 10.5m mt, imported mainly from the US, according to a European Commission report released yesterday.
China’s COFCO Corporation is reportedly set to combine its international agriculture trading business platform with several domestic entities to enable it to compete on a more equal footing with ag trading powerhouses: Cargill, Bunge, ADM, and Louis Dreyfus...
A new project aims to develop new types of faba beans, ones that are suitable for cultivation in Denmark, in a bid to decrease the country’s reliance on imported soy for livestock feed.
Nutreco looks to accelerate action to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, address climate change and decouple the business from deforestation risk in its new sustainability strategy.
The new lead at ProTerra Foundation has spent the past two years democratizing its standard, boosting its standing with NGOs and industry stakeholders in the process.
The latest USDA WASDE changes were limited and mostly reflected known data, but it, nevertheless, can be viewed as a slightly bearish report, says Peter Collier, an analyst at UK based CRM Agri.
Agribusiness giant, Bunge, last week announced it was launching a new monitoring program in the Cerrado, becoming the first global company to foster mass action in that region to track indirect purchases of soybeans.
In a move aimed at expanding its global footprint within shrimp feed, Danish group, BioMar, has acquired majority ownership of the Viet-Uc feed business.
The demand for insect protein, mainly as an ingredient in feed and pet food, could reach half a million metric tons by 2030, up from today’s market of around 10,000 metric tons, predict the authors of a new RaboResearch report.
The EU is working to clean up its own food supply chain, from farm to fork. But is this enough? MEPs raise concerns that accepting imports of unsustainable agri-food products is ‘inconsistent’ and ‘unethical’.
There are lots of positives for Northern Ireland businesses arising out of Brexit, but companies are also facing administration headaches due to new constraints imposed on the imports of goods from Great Britain.
EFSA has published new guidance on the information applicants need to include in their dossiers for the renewal of the authorization of feed additives.
The global poultry sector faces a perfect storm of ongoing COVID-19 related disruption, particularly to the foodservice sector, soft economic conditions, high and volatile feed prices, an exceptionally high-pressure avian influenza winter season, and...
Suspended exports from Argentina has increased demand for maize from Brazil and the US, pushing up global prices, according to the latest market analysis from AHDB.
The strike by oilseed workers in Argentina has been brought to an end. Soy crushing companies signed a contract with the country’s oilseed workers unions last week.
Preliminary data from Swiss feed additive price watchers, Kemiex, for the current year suggests significant price volatility for the majority of products, with amino acids in particular posting higher price fluctuations than in 2019.
Dutch fish feed and animal nutrition group, Nutreco, is aiming to source soy and oil palm ingredients by 2025 that are free from both legal and illegal deforestation, with the purpose of limiting its impact on biodiversity and climate change.
BASF and Adifo say their new software partnership will advance feed formulation and support more sustainable animal protein production as sustainability can now be a used as a parameter in feed formulations and rations.
The Dutch agribusiness bank's outlook for animal protein markets globally sees pork production returning to growth in 2021, but the analysts say it will be a gradual recovery process, as African swine fever (ASF) is still active.
The UK’s National Pig Association (NPA) has stressed the sector’s commitment to sustainable sourcing of soy, as the UK government looks to introduce new laws designed to halt agri-commodity related deforestation.
Novel feed ingredients to broaden the range of raw materials available to fish feed manufacturers like BioMar and Skretting exist– from BSF larvae to single cell proteins to algal oils and meals– but they are not currently available at scale or at a cost-effective...
Agribusiness giant, Bunge, says its recently released 9th Non-Deforestation Progress Report highlights additional progress the group has made toward its goal of achieving deforestation-free value chains worldwide by 2025.
The latest USDA world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE), released on Tuesday, provides further insight into where markets could be going, according to the AHDB.
Danish feed manufacturer, BioMar, reported a good third quarter (Q3) with improved revenue driven mainly by higher volume sales in the salmon division.
In 2019 there was little change to report in terms of biggest marine ingredient exporters and importers – Peru remained the main pelagic-based fishmeal and fish oil production and exporting country, while China stayed the biggest importer of fishmeal...
China has become the biggest player in animal protein trade globally, and there should be concern about the implications, politically and economically, of such strong market dominance, says an analyst.
Aquaculture was the initial focus of FEED-X, under Project X, an initiative working to accelerate the adoption of environmentally sustainable solutions within global supply chains; a subsequent cycle will look to speed up feed innovation in the poultry...
The USDA, citing lower supplies in the US and higher foreign use, reduced global soybean ending stocks by 4.9m tons to 88.7m, according to the latest WASDE report.
Spain headquartered, Indukern Group, has rebuffed any suggestions it is looking to divest its chemical distribution business focused on the feed, food, vet and pharma sectors.
A proprietary split-feeding system for breeder broilers improves hatching rates and welfare, reduces feed costs and supports sustainability, says Trouw Nutrition, the developer of the novel method.
