The Advocate General of the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) has published his legal opinion today clarifying how certain new plant breeding techniques (NBPTs) should be regulated under EU law.
The US agribusiness gaint has been working with German chemical group, BASF, to develop a strain of engineered canola seed that can produce omega-3 long-chain fatty acids.
The US initiative is seeking to streamline the information transfer process for grain as it moves from the field to grain elevator and on to end users.
Ruud Tijssens, director of corporate affairs, at Dutch feed group Agrifirm, will be presenting on the regional raw material protein production trend at Feed Protein Vision.
Weather events from a series of cyclones to severe storms to inland floods to a crop freeze, drought and wildfire wreaked havoc for many sectors in the US last year including crop and livestock production; the disasters resulted in around $306.2bn in...
Research at Aalborg University in Denmark suggests that green bio-refinery processes have the potential to generate organic protein-rich animal feeds from green crops for pigs, poultry and dairy cows.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ushered in an enforcement discretion period for some feed producing entities in relation to FSMA provisions.
Minneapolis headquartered agribusiness giant, Cargill, reported profits were down as it announced its 2018 Q2 financial results yesterday; however, it said its animal nutrition and protein segment was the largest contributor to adjusted operating earnings...
Bartlett Grain agrees to revamped safety practices, training and safeguards, along with an ongoing audit process in a regulatory settlement deal after employee deaths.
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) said its soy crushing facility in Straubing, in southern Germany, is up and running again after a recent Salmonella contamination incident.
We caught up with WWF global soy lead, Jean Franҫois Timmers, to hear if the organization believes the feed sector has made large or small strides towards sustainable sourcing this year and what actions WWF is carrying out in this regard in 2018.
Vitamin shortage, feed’s role in the circular economy, future EU protein policy and the public image of the sector will be some of the dominant themes of 2018 for the European feed sector.
US agricultural producer sentiment turned lower in November, driven by a decline in optimism about future economic conditions in agriculture, says David Widmar, senior research associate at the Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture.
A House of Commons committee inquiry heard oral evidence from livestock industry players about the implications of uncertainty generated by Brexit for trade in agricultural goods.
The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) offices in Venezuela and Chile noted that feed and agricultural exports from the US to Chile are expected to see an all-time high this fiscal year.
GMP+ International says the feed sector needs to be as alert as the horsemeat-hit food industry has shown itself to be in recent years in relation to fraud in the supply chain.
Blockchain can benefit agribusiness by bringing down trade transaction costs, increasing transparency in supply chains, giving smaller companies competitive strength and also bringing new business opportunities in terms of data services, says an expert.
Reducing crude protein levels and monitoring dietary net energy levels may offer producers a way to improve feed efficiency in heavy pigs, say researchers.
Only 1-2% of global soy production is certified responsible, but RTRS president Marina Engels believes that figure could jump to 10% in five years if demand for credits and produce increases.
California’s decision to require a warning label on products produced with glyphosate has drawn a lawsuit from several crop growers and the Monsanto Company.
Although progress has been made, the USDA has more to do in its oversight of check-off programs including reviewing subcontracts and transparency, say auditors.
The US feed crop harvest ends as emerging weather patterns suggest wet weather and the possibility of delayed access to fields in the spring for parts of the Midwest.
Strong recovery in the euro means fewer exports and leaves European feed compounders with access to larger quantities of wheat and barley, reports a grain market analyst.
