US headquartered, HydroGreen, is partnering with Deloitte to develop a carbon credits program for the global market, based on its hydroponic fodder production system.
Cargill is to build a new soybean crushing facility in Pemiscot County, in Southeast Missouri to support growing domestic and global demand for oilseeds driven by food, feed, and fuel markets.
There is enough soybean meal of all qualities in Europe until the next harvest and sowing in the EU will be 10-15% above last year, said Donau Soja, an organization that promotes sustainable soy production in Europe.
The USDA released its May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report yesterday, which includes the first official look toward next season.
US based soy processor, Perdue AgriBusiness, and startup, ZeaKal, have announced a multi-year development agreement to raise more sustainable poultry through improved soy genetics and feed quality.
Through its SeaFurther program, Cargill’s aqua nutrition business has identified ‘hot spots’ where salmon and trout companies can immediately improve their operations, to help reduce carbon emissions, one being feed formulation.
Canada’s Pond Technologies has entered into a research agreement with AB Agri business, Livalta, and other parties, to find strains of algae that could help reduce enteric methane emissions from cattle when included in feed.
Canadian insect protein ingredient company, Entosystem Inc, has raised CAD$66m (US$52m), from both public and private investors, to start building a second production facility.
US agribusiness giant, ADM, expects lower crop supplies for the next 18 months and beyond arising from the weak Canadian canola crop, the cut in South American soy and grain output, and Black Sea conflict related disruptions.
ATCC, a US biological materials management and standards organization, is set to modify specific cell lines for ASF virus vaccine research and production.
Northern Ireland headquartered firm, Devenish, has partnered with speciality chemicals company, Perstorp, to launch a new moisture management technology designed to help animal feed mills to improve milling efficiency.
Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI) membership can facilitate transparency and a more rapid transformation to sustainable feed supply chains, says marine ingredients organisation, the IFFO, as it signs up.
A US federal court has ordered a Carneys Point, New Jersey company to stop to stop selling and manufacturing raw pet food until it can show adherence to federal law.
The agri-commodities market’s attention continues to be fully on Ukraine, where harvest prospects and the ability to export remain unknown, say analysts.
US based Perdue AgriBusiness, an independent operating division of Perdue Farms Inc, is to plough US$59.1m into an expansion project at its soy crushing plant in Chesapeake, Virginia.
In what has been a mixed day for markets, weather forecasts for large parts of US winter wheat are now once again showing little beneficial rainfall over the next week and uncertainty remains around crop conditions, say UK-based agri-commodity specialists.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to volatility in several sectors of the global economy. For India and the region, trade is being disrupted in the grains, oilseeds, fertilizer, and energy sectors, among others.
Arbiom has received a grant of €12m (US$13.2m) from the France Relance investment program. The French-US company is focused on the production of proteins for feed and food applications, based on the use of agricultural and wood residues.
Ukraine has become an increasingly large corn exporting country, suppling significant volumes of that grain to the UK, EU, China, and North African markets.
EU feed manufacturing companies are currently searching for alternative supplies to compensate for loss of Black sea origin, mainly in relation to maize [corn] and sunflower meal.
Global crude oil values have rallied sharply as the conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate and markets price in risk premium, with growing uncertainty in global markets, finds CRM Agri in its latest outlook.
US industry and regulatory groups are calling on US state leaders and lawmakers to support scientific research to ensure the safety of hemp as an animal-feed ingredient prior to any federal or state approval.
Bühler says innovative services it introduced in 2021 in relation to pelleting and moisture control for feed millers reduces the energy consumption of the feed pelleting process and lowers the C02 footprint of feed plants by 4%.
The animal nutrition business delivered 10% volume growth for DSM last year, revealed the company as it released its full year and Q4 2021 financial results.
US headquartered technology provider, Centaur, says it has reached a milestone in terms of its work to preserve quality and maximize profitability across the food and commodities supply chain.
Skretting ARC has been renamed and restructured into a multi-functional unit incorporating the global marketing, sustainability, and digital teams, along with its experts involved in basic and applied research.
Commodity trader, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), has committed to eliminate deforestation and conversion of native vegetation of high conservation value for agricultural purposes from all its supply chains by December 2025.
Impact investors including European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), BNP Paribas, the Prince Albert II Foundation and The Good Investors have participated in a funding initiative for Protix valued at €50m (US$57.1m)
French innovator, InnovaFeed, has announced a strategic partnership with ADM Petfood to pioneer large scale commercialization of insect protein in pet food in the US.
Camelina seed can be used to produce a low-carbon oil for renewable diesel but it can also work as a sustainable, plant-based replacement for fish oil, says a US innovator.
Viterra Limited is to buy Gavilon, a grain and ingredients trading business, supporting its long-term strategy of significantly increasing its presence in the US, an agricultural region where Viterra had a limited sourcing presence.
Plenty of careers buzz this month as execs from Cargill, FrieslandCampina and Elanco Animal Health move on. And this time out, it is a female dominant line-up.