Functional additives

Volac unveils new feed additives division

17-Mar-2023 By Jane Byrne

UK company, Volac, has launched a new feed additives division as it looks to help the international feed industry advance efficiency and meet the Net Zero challenge.

Lallemand: Yeast fed to sows benefits microbial transfer in offspring and piglet performance post-weaning

16-Feb-2023 By Jane Byrne

New data confirms that supplementation of lactating sow diets with a live yeast had a positive effect on the performance of progeny during the nursery period, says Lallemand Animal Nutrition.

UK environmental goals: Defra sets out targets on water quality, methane emissions and nitrogen pollution

02-Feb-2023 By Jane Byrne

UK feed industry representatives, the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), acknowledged the progress made in the new UK environmental improvement plan but says more detail is needed.

AFIA looks to refute ‘conspiracy theories’ around feed and US egg prices, lower output

01-Feb-2023 By Jane Byrne

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has moved to dispel what it says are untruths on social media sites and news stories linked to commercial poultry feed and reduced egg production in the US.

Bill Gates founded BEV backs Aussie firm looking to reduce methane emissions in cows

24-Jan-2023 By Jane Byrne

Australian climate technology company, Rumin8, has closed Phase 2 of its seed funding round, led by Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV).

Complexity of measuring and reducing emissions in the dairy industry

20-Jan-2023 By Jane Byrne

The dairy industry is facing new challenges from increasing demand for sustainable milk production and new government laws and policies targeting emissions reduction.

Novus names new distribution partner in China following change of business model

20-Jan-2023 By Jane Byrne

Novus International has chosen Co-Innova Animal Nutrition Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd as its distribution partner in China for its trace mineral range along with its wider portfolio.

Danone to cut methane by 30% by 2030 through regenerative farming, feed innovation

17-Jan-2023 By Teodora Lyubomirova

The French dairy giant has become the world’s first food company to make a methane-specific climate pledge - but questions remain around how this ambition could be realized.

Mining the microbiome: Nutreco and BiomEdit pair up on next gen feed additive development

13-Jan-2023 By Jane Byrne

Dutch animal nutrition and fish feed player, Nutreco, and BiomEdit, a spinout from Elanco Animal Health, are teaming up on long-term strategic research work as well as engaging in a commercial partnership around microbiome technology.

Evonik and Dr Eckel form phytogenics-based alliance

13-Jan-2023 By Jane Byrne

Evonik plans to launch the first product from a new phytogenics orientated partnership with Dr Eckel in Europe in Q1 2023.

Novus acquires Agrivida, looks to develop new feed additives

11-Jan-2023 By Jane Byrne

Novus International has acquired biotech company Agrivida Inc. The deal gives the US animal health and nutrition company ownership of Agrivida's INTERIUS technology, which is designed to embed feed additives inside grain.

China’s soybean imports expected to slow down and eventually decline through 2030

09-Jan-2023 By Jane Byrne

China will reduce the amount of soybeans it imports over the next seven years, in progressive fashion, due to slower livestock production growth, continuous improvement in farming practices, and widespread adoption of a low-soymeal inclusion ratio in...

Reports from EuroTier 2022

Balchem: Supplementation of cows with choline benefits the calf

21-Dec-2022 By Jane Byrne

Researchers are seeing benefits for the calf from the supplementation of the diets of the cow with choline, according to Balchem Corporation, which has been working with choline for the past 25 years, for both ruminant and monogastric application.

Feedworks USA: Split-herd research confirms plant extract product improves milk production and feed efficiency

16-Dec-2022 By Jane Byrne

Feedworks USA reports positive date from large-scale, split-herd trials across seven US dairy farms that evaluated the plant-based feed additive, Agolin Ruminant.

Adisseo snaps up French botanicals firm Nor-Feed

16-Dec-2022 By Jane Byrne

The Adisseo group has inked an agreement to acquire Nor-Feed and its subsidiaries, a group that produces plant-based specialty ingredients and plant extracts for animal nutrition.

Novozymes, Chr. Hansen merger: ‘The combination…will show the world the true power of biosolutions’

12-Dec-2022 By Katy Askew

Danish enzyme and cultures suppliers Novozymes and Chr. Hansen plan to merge their businesses in a move they say will create a ‘leading global biosolutions partner’.

US senators call on FDA to give livestock farmers the tools to cut methane emissions, but what nutritional approaches are effective?

12-Dec-2022 By Jane Byrne

Last week saw US senator, Tammy Baldwin, lead a bipartisan group of colleagues in a letter to the US FDA encouraging the agency to review the role that feed additives play in achieving the Biden Administration’s goal of halving economy-wide GHGs by 2030...

ICCF seeks feedback to inform environmental risk assessment of feed ingredients

02-Dec-2022 By Jane Byrne

The ICCF has released a draft guidance document for public comment, one that is focused on an environmental risk assessment approach for feed ingredients.

Clove and tulsi blend may improve growth performance and gut health of broilers

28-Nov-2022 By Jane Byrne

A recently published paper indicates that a combination of clove and tulsi has potential to boost the growth performance as well as the gut health of broilers if supplied in an optimum dose.

Reports from EuroTier 2022

Can strategies based on botanicals help piglets grow in the absence of zinc oxide?

25-Nov-2022 By Jane Byrne

Vetagro has been busy finding ways to wean pigs without zinc oxide (ZnO).

AFIA reiterates need for FDA to modernize feed policy to support environmental goals

18-Nov-2022 By Jane Byrne

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is again urging the US FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) to keep pace with advances in animal nutrition.

UK contest seeks methane emissions busting and protein innovation ideas

27-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

The UK government is looking to boost innovation in the areas of feeds targeting methane emissions reduction and new sources of resource efficient, low-emission proteins.

Feed additive tracker: Focus on lysine, methionine and vitamin prices

26-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

Lysine hydrochloride, in terms of market prices, has experienced the steepest drop of all amino acids since early June, the same cannot be said for lysine sulphate, noted a market report.

EFSA unable to confirm efficacy of Kemin additive for broilers

22-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

EFSA experts could not conclude on the efficacy of a Kemin additive for broilers with the assessors citing insufficient data.

Increased FDA funding for feed ingredient reviews

21-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

The US House of Representative’s has passed a fiscal 2023 package that includes funding to help with expediting reviews of new feed ingredients.

Climate fund investors back Aussie player in methane emissions busting space

18-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

West Australian based Rumin8 has generated AUS $7m in funding from domestic and international climate impact funds.

Skretting supplying plankton based feed to Andfjord Salmon

14-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

Andfjord Salmon, Skretting Norway and Sortland-based Zooca are partnering in relation to a plankton-based feed for the Norwegian land-based salmon producer.

'We plan to sharply increase production in 2023-24': Methane-reduced beef trial in Sweden ‘sold out in less than a week’

11-Jul-2022 By Katy Askew

A collaboration between biotech company Volta Greentech, supermarket chain Coop and food company Protos saw the world’s first methane-reduced beef hit the shelves in Sweden. How did it perform? FoodNavigator asks Fredrik Åkerman, CEO Volta Greentech.

ForFarmers upbeat about earnings for first half of 2022

08-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

ForFarmers expects its underlying EBITDA in the first half of its 2022 financial year to be slightly higher than the relatively low level in the first half of 2021.

Cargill acquires Delacon following five year partnership

23-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

Cargill today announced it has signed a binding agreement to acquire Delacon, the developer of plant-based phytogenic additives.

EIT Food reveals new cohort of impactful agrifood startups

23-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

EIT Food has announced the latest group of companies to join its Food Accelerator Network (FAN) – a total of 61 agrifood startups have been selected to receive support and investment opportunities to grow and scale.

Aker BioMarine secures FDA approval for QRILL Aqua in the US

21-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized two Aker BioMarine krill-based ingredients for use in freshwater and marine salmonids.

UK feed group calls for government to invest in logistics, ports, and processing capacity

16-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

UK feed industry representatives, the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), has welcomed certain aspects of the UK government’s newly released white paper on food strategy.

Carbon-capture to feed startup sets up pilot plant in Denmark

15-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

Algiecel says its pilot-scale, mobile container-based photobioreactor utilizing algae to sequester CO2 emissions from industrial processes is now operational.

New tools to manage heat stress in cows and rumen acidity

10-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

Lallemand Animal Nutrition has developed a tool to predict the negative impact that heat stress has on milk yield and milk quality for dairy cows, milk yield for dairy sheep and goats and growth for beef cattle.

VIV Europe 2022: Perstorp executive talks gut health, sustainability goals and the ambitions of its new owners

09-Jun-2022 By Jane Byrne

With Perstorp having recently been divested by its private equity owners, we get the low down on the implications of the acquisition for the Swedish company's animal nutrition business.

Convent Capital launches growth fund targeting agri-food businesses, invests in Dutch feed additive firm

13-Apr-2022 By Jane Byrne

Convent Capital is investing €3.5m in Dutch feed additive company, Animal Health Concepts (AHC), the first outlay of a newly launched Agri Food Growth Fund.

DSM: ‘We are well positioned to develop and supply Bovaer in Australian beef and dairy sectors’

08-Apr-2022 By Jane Byrne

One of Australia’s largest cattle producers, the North Australian Pastoral Company (NAPCo), has signed a collaboration and supply agreement with DSM, which will see the Dutch company’s feed additive, Bovaer, used through the NAPCo supply chain.

Aqua Spark invests in algae-derived astaxanthin producer

07-Apr-2022 By Jane Byrne

Hawaii-based microalgae company, Kuehnle AgroSystems (KAS), has closed a Series A funding round with new investor, Aqua Spark.

What are the consequences of China’s COVID-19 measures on shipping costs?

29-Mar-2022 By Jane Byrne

There has been limited adverse impact, so far, on container freight rates from the COVID-19 imposed restrictions in China.

Study: Monolaurin and tributyrin blend could replace zinc oxide in weaned piglet diets

25-Mar-2022 By Jane Byrne

Weaned piglets fed diets containing a monolaurin and tributyrin blend had equal performance to piglets fed a diet supplemented with high levels of zinc oxide, finds a Greek study.

DSM to run pilot project with methane reducing feed additive at 200 FrieslandCampina dairy farms

24-Mar-2022 By Jane Byrne

The partners are looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from dairy cattle.

Study: Resin acid concentrate could replace zinc oxide in diets of weaned piglets

15-Mar-2022 By Jane Byrne

The ban of zinc oxide (ZnO) at high dosages in piglet diets in Europe, effective by June 2022, has prompted a hunt for alternatives.

DSM gets EU market approval for its methane-reducing feed additive

24-Feb-2022 By Jane Byrne

DSM has secured EU authorization for its methane-reducing feed additive for dairy cows, branded as Bovaer.

Animal nutrition business delivered 10% volume growth for DSM in 2021

15-Feb-2022 By Jane Byrne

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.

EFSA puts another feed linked literature review out to tender

08-Feb-2022 By Jane Byrne

To support its feed additive guidance provision, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is putting an additional literature search out to tender.

Positive data seen for Volta Greentech's methane emissions targeted seaweed product in beef cattle study

07-Feb-2022 By Jane Byrne

Swedish startup, Volta Greentech, which is developing a supplement derived from the red algae, Asparagopsis, to reduce methane emissions in cattle, reports a research milestone.

Oleochemical supplier Acme-Hardesty has US feed industry in its sights

04-Feb-2022 By Jane Byrne

US company, Acme-Hardesty, is moving into the feed business.

Hired and Retired: People on the Move January 2022

20-Jan-2022 By Jane Byrne

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.

DSM revamps animal nutrition and health business

14-Jan-2022 By Jane Byrne

DSM has reorganized its animal nutrition and health division, with it now underpinned by three business lines aimed at addressing the industry’s biggest challenges.