Functional additives

Balchem to invest US$5m to expand animal nutrition manufacturing facility

08-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

US company, Balchem Corporation, is investing US$5m to expand manufacturing capabilities at its site in Covington, Virginia, boosting the production of key nutrients used in animal nutrition and health markets globally.

Sumitomo Chemical and Nuritas align on bioactive peptides discovery using artificial intelligence

08-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

Ireland based Nuritas has signed a multi-year partnership with Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd in relation to the discovery of bioactive peptides.

EU looks set to lift the ban on use of PAPs in pig and poultry feed

08-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

EU industry experts believe a proposal that would allow the feeding of processed animal proteins (PAP) from poultry to pigs and pig PAPs to poultry again has a good chance of gaining approval this week, under a EU Commission committee voting procedure,...

Feed additive tracker: Amino acid prices easing, markets await lysine expansion projects

06-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

Prices for amino acids including lysine, threonine and tryptophan are showing a slight downward trend from the record-highs of late, according to data from Swiss trading and data platform, Kemiex.

Review: Mitigation strategies must continue to be investigated and adopted to avoid ASF entry to the US through feed

02-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

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.

DSM: Increased focus on sustainability in agribusiness sector, pressure growing on animal protein companies to step up

01-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

Sustainability led innovation is fundamental today for companies in the agribusiness sector, says DSM.

Antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids show promise for boosting piglet birth weight

31-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

The preliminary findings of a Danish study suggest supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids in gestational diets could increase the birth weight of piglets while the use of antioxidants in those diets may improve both birth weight and uniformity of the...

Essential oils may better equip chicken embryos and hatchlings to fight disease

31-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

A University of Queensland (UQ) research team is evaluating native Australian essential oils to see if they support the gut health of chicks.

OECD: Improve animal husbandry, nutrition, and biosecurity on livestock farms to combat AMR

30-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

A lack of long-term funding continues to hinder the implementation of national action plans on reducing antimicrobial resistance (AMR), says the OECD in new report.

FutureFeed slams Dutch seaweed study indicating bromoform transfer to milk, Wageningen researcher defends the work

29-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Australian company, FutureFeed, published a response on its website, criticizing a recent study by Wageningen University Research (WUR) that explored the risk of transfer of a compound present in the seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, to milk when added...

ADM set to close two animal nutrition factories in France

26-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is planning to close two production plants at its animal nutrition division in France, as first reported by Reuters.

Alltech launches human health subsidiary but stresses that animal agriculture still core focus

25-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Alltech, known for its animal health and nutrition portfolio, says it is applying its more than 40 years of scientific innovation and proven nutrition expertise to human health, as it launches a new business division, Acutia.

EU Commission to address animal nutrition gaps in newly launched organic action plan

25-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

An EU action plan on organic farming, launched by the EU Commission today, aims at reaching the target of 25% of agricultural land under organic farming by 2030, as well as a significant increase in organic aquaculture.

UC study shows positive impact of seaweed on methane emissions in beef cattle

23-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Seaweed in cattle feed could reduce methane emissions from beef cattle as much as 82%, according to a new paper from researchers at the University of California (UC), Davis.

Anpario has ‘plenty of headroom’ for organic and acquisitive growth opportunities

17-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Analysts see an ‘active pipeline of earning enhancing acquisitions’ for specialist feed additives group, Anpario, across the UK, Europe, and Asia Pacific.

Dutch study sees risks from feeding certain types of seaweed to dairy cows

16-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Wageningen University recently published a paper about transfer of bromoform present in the seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, when added to the diet of dairy cattle.

Nutreco sets out bold new sustainability strategy

12-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

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.

Devenish seeking investment for global expansion

12-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

This week saw the Northern Ireland located agri technology company, Devenish, set out international growth plans and announce a strategy to raise capital in order to realize those ambitions.

Asia Pacific markets the focus of Biomin mycotoxin risk management launch

11-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Biomin, which is now part of DSM, has announced the launch today of its mycotoxin control product, Mycofix Plus 5.Z with ZENzyme, in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

Feed additive outlook: Rally in amino acid prices, high level of M&A activity

08-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Feed additives markets are quite active as Chinese production has returned with a bang after Spring Festival and is now fully operational, according to the Swiss feed additive trading and data platform, Kemiex.

UK feed exports to EU hit as not all countries applying the same controls

05-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

The AIC, the feed industry representatives in the UK, say challenges persist in terms of exporting feeds to the EU.

BioMar takes majority stake in Viet-Uc to develop the aquafeed business in Asia

04-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

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.

Northern Ireland feed companies ‘still learning’ about the finer points of the EU-UK trade deal

22-Jan-2021 By Jane Byrne

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.

ForFarmers attains UK wide coverage for organic layer feed range

18-Jan-2021 By Jane Byrne

Such national rollout has been accomplished by installing a specialist holding tank at the company’s Selby, Penrith and Portbury mill sites along with a dedicated delivery system to enable the incorporation of organic soy oil into the range, said ForFarmers...

Fermentation specialist Biomedican to spin off astaxanthin unit

18-Jan-2021 By Hank Schultz

Fermentation specialist Biomedican plans to spin off a subsidiary that will be focused on astaxanthin production via a bioengineered yeast, the company said recently.

Dutch livestock sector faces new nitrogen law

15-Jan-2021 By Jane Byrne

The Dutch parliament, last month, approved a new law that aims to curb nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands.

Lockdowns, freight and currency challenges fueling high feed additive prices

15-Jan-2021 By Jane Byrne

Kemiex sees rising ingredient prices for a set of reasons: freight related disruptions and charges, a new wave of COVID-19 lockdowns, elevated raw material prices for fermented feed additives and dollar weakness.

Novus in R&D alliance with biotech company Agrivida

14-Jan-2021 By Jane Byrne

Feed additives player, Novus International, has announced a technology partnership with US biotechnology company, Agrivida.

Delvigent starts fatty acids production with new facility in China

12-Jan-2021 By Jane Byrne

Hebei Delvigent Biotech Co Ltd has opened its first feed additive factory in China, setting a course to support antibiotic reduction in farmed animal production in China and beyond.

UK feed imports faring better than exports following EU exit

12-Jan-2021 By Jane Byrne

No known feed additive or feed material import problems have been reported by UK companies following the EU exit, says UK feed sector representatives, the AIC.

Cargill opens one of the world’s largest premix and animal nutrition facilities in Ohio

11-Jan-2021 By Jane Byrne

Cargill, in a virtual event today [January 11], opened its new premix animal nutrition facility in Lewisburg, Ohio. The build represents a US$50m investment from the company.

Round-up: EFSA publishes feed additive authorization renewal guidance, RTRS seeks feedback on new soy standard and Azelis signs UK distribution deal with Perstorp

08-Jan-2021 By Jane Byrne

EFSA has published new guidance on the information applicants need to include in their dossiers for the renewal of the authorization of feed additives.

Perstorp gets liquidity ‘to capture growth opportunities once conditions improve’ through novel financing scheme

05-Jan-2021 By Jane Byrne

Sweden’s Perstorp Group, a global leader in the specialty chemicals market with a focus on polyols, advanced chemicals and animal nutrition, has been granted a liquidity enhancing Revolving Credit Facility of SEK 600m (US$73.1m)

NUQO secures feed additive development and distribution deal for Poland and the Baltics

05-Jan-2021 By Jane Byrne

French and Polish feed additives players, NUQO and Aditech Polska, have signed a partnership agreement to develop and distribute the French company’s technologies in Poland and in the Baltic countries.

Volatile markets for vitamins, amino acids and freight set to continue into 2021

23-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

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.

Exclusive: Guest article

EU feed industry outlook for 2021

23-Dec-2020 By Asbjørn Børsting

In an exclusive, Asbjørn Børsting, FEFAC president, looks ahead to what is in store for the EU feed industry for the coming year, highlighting priorities for the sector and pending challenges.

Partnerships and NPD: Agrifirm and Land O’Lakes expanded tie-up, Animine launches manganese product, Leiber targets Nordic markets with yeast product portfolio

22-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

Netherlands-based, Royal Agrifirm Group, and US headquartered agribusiness giant, Land O’Lakes, are widening their existing business partnership.

AFIA secures the status and financial clout to promote US feed products abroad

22-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) US$200K for 2021 through the Market Access Program (MAP) to support increasing access to US feed products abroad....

DSM flags huge reduction of methane emissions in Canadian beef cattle trial using feed additive

17-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

DSM says a two-year large-scale trial in beef cattle in Alberta, Canada has successfully demonstrated that its feed additive 3-NOP, branded as Bovaer, can be included in commercial feedlot diets to reduce methane emissions by up to 80%, without negative...

Valio and DSM announce collaboration on methane reduction

15-Dec-2020 By Jim Cornall

Valio, Finland’s largest dairy cooperative, and Netherlands-based Royal DSM, have signed a collaboration agreement to reduce the carbon footprint of dairy production in Finland.

Will BASF and Adifo software tie-up see the end of ‘least cost' feed formulation model?

11-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

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.

Biomin rounds out portfolio, launches remedy for mycotoxin control for later life stages in broiler and pig rearing

10-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

Biomin has launched a new mycotoxin and endotoxin deactivation product designed specifically for the fattening period in poultry and swine.

Agrotop to construct large broiler farm in Ivory Coast

09-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

The complex will be one of the largest in West Africa and will include seven broiler farms and a slaughterhouse capable of treating 60,000 birds per week, said developer, Agrotop.

Evonik develops mobile NIR tool aimed at improved ingredient management and feed quality

03-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

Evonik has launched AMINONIR Portable, a mobile near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) service that includes amino acid calibrations.

EFSA’s feed additive renewal guidance adopted but what final modifications were made?

27-Nov-2020 By Jane Byrne

EFSA has adopted the renewal guidance for EU feed additive applications, aimed at helping applicants with the preparation of dossiers for the renewal of the authorization of feed additives in line with Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003.

Dietary fiber has potential to boost intestinal health in monogastric animals

25-Nov-2020 By Jane Byrne

Dietary fiber has received a considerable amount of attention in recent years with fiber components demonstrating beneficial effects in chickens and pigs.

Planet Tracker: Green bonds can help embed and scale effective sustainable practice in aquaculture

19-Nov-2020 By Jane Byrne

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...

Amino acid trading picks up, vitamin C prices moving upward

17-Nov-2020 By Jane Byrne

Amino acid trading has picked up across the board and prices are much firmer than several weeks ago for threonine but also for lysine and tryptophan, reports Kemiex.

New research finds UK consumers highly value EU food safety standards

13-Nov-2020 By Jane Byrne

Recently released economic research from the University of Kent, University of Reading and IHS Markit, reveals the extent to which UK consumers dislike food produced using production methods such as hormones in beef, and chlorine washed chicken.

Cost-competitive microalgae-based tilapia feed improves growth metrics

13-Nov-2020 By Jane Byrne

A team of scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz say they have developed a cost-effective new aquaculture feed that eliminates conventional fish meal and fish oil ingredients while also providing better fish weight gain and higher nutritional...