Processing equipment

Delacon boosting capacity, investing in new phytogenics production facility

29-Oct-2018 By Jane Byrne

Phytogenic feed additives producer, Delacon, says it is investing over €20m in new headquarters and a production plant in Austria to expand its market position in the sector.

Cargill’s ‘most technologically advanced feed mill’ goes online in Vietnam

25-Oct-2018 By Jane Byrne

Cargill has opened a new US$28m feed mill in Binh Duong province, in South Vietnam.

US: Feed mills cautioned by FDA over monensin contamination

22-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned two feed mills about the use of monensin in feed production after both facilities produced horse feed containing the livestock drug.

Ecuador: Cargill's new $65m fish feed mill comes on stream

22-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Cargill has opened the new aqua feed mill in Ecuador it is operating in conjunction with Naturisa.

Dispatches from World Nutrition Forum in Cape Town

MyToolBox: Have mycotoxins finally met their match?

18-Oct-2018 By Jane Byrne

A massive reduction in the mycotoxin load in DDGS, sensor led indication of toxin contamination of grains in silos as well as greatly enhanced biocontrol of aflatoxin development in the field – EU Horizon 2020 project, MyToolBox, has had a number of wins...

US firm launches online forage analysis and additive supplementation guidance service

11-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

BioZyme is launching a new online tool aimed at informing cattle producers of hay quality and establishing if additional nutrition is needed.

Wilbur-Ellis Feed acquisition expands US footprint, product line

11-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Wilbur-Ellis Feed is seeking to expand company offerings and with its domestic footprint with the purchase of Ameri-Pac Inc, says president.

US: Fish farm company 'prepared to move forward' with trial against Purina and Texas firm

08-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Vealth Fish Farm demands that its lawsuit regarding fish feed brought against Purina and Texas Farm Products Company should press ahead.

ForFarmers focuses on organic sector with feed mill tie-up

05-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

ForFarmers is expanding its production capabilities in organic feed with the acquisition of a new feed company and production facilities.

Extruded feed may support carnivorous fish growth, nutrient digestion

04-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Extruding carbohydrate-including feeds for carnivorous fish may improve nutrient digestion, feed conversion and fish performance, say researchers.

Feed ingredients remain challenge for organic feed industry

04-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

With continued growth expected, sourcing organic feed ingredients and protein meals is a primary concern for feed mills, says Yorktown Organics owner.

Bühler looks to optimize feed and food drying

25-Sep-2018 By Jane Byrne

Bühler has launched a cloud-based digital feed and food drying service, MoisturePro, that it says boosts yield, while reducing costs and the environmental footprint of thermal processing in the feed and food industries.

Construction complete on Unibio backed methane to protein plant in Russia

13-Sep-2018 By Jane Byrne

Protelux has completed the construction of a 6,000 ton per year methane to feed protein plant in Russia, based on technology from Danish company, Unibio.

Feed companies call for claims to be dismissed in US fish feed lawsuit

11-Sep-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Both Purina Animal Nutrition LLC and Texas Farm Products Company (TFPC) requested that some components of the lawsuit brought against them by Veath Fish Farm LLC be rejected in summary judgement in August.

Low prices may result in shrimp feed oversupply

03-Sep-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Feed and technology innovations are supporting an increasingly professional shrimp industry, although a price drop may cause an oversupply in feed production and limit additional investment, says analyst.

Cargill invests in Indonesian aquaculture, feed center

30-Aug-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Feeding practices and standards for several freshwater species are among the educational focuses of Cargill’s Indonesia-based innovation center.

Enterra funding round close fuels facility construction

24-Aug-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The close of a funding round is set to support the building of three new facilities for Enterra and an expansion in insect-derived feed ingredient production.

BioMar’s Australian fish feed facility cleared for construction

17-Aug-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Regulatory approval is allowing for work to start on BioMar’s AUD $56m (US $40.7m) aqua feed manufacturing facility in Tasmania.

ADM expands Brazilian presence with new oilseed facilities

17-Aug-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

ADM is looking to enhance its position in the oilseed and protein meal markets in Brazil with the purchase of oilseeds facilities from Algar Agro.

Blending alfalfa, red clover may support silage quality, limit protein degradation

16-Aug-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Compared to alfalfa-only silage, blending red clover and alfalfa may support silage quality by limiting protein degradation, boosting lactic acid levels and lowering pH, say researchers.

Special Edition: Lowering the carbon footprint of feed

German team develops ‘safer and more sustainable way’ of making L-methionine

03-Aug-2018 By Jane Byrne

Would it not be nice to produce L-Met in a safer way – without HCN – while utilizing the abundant industrial side product CO2? Yes, say a research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

Special Edition: Lowering the carbon footprint of feed

Renewable hydrogen and not natural gas inputs preferred sustainable route to microbial protein: study

03-Aug-2018 By Jane Byrne

Microbial protein production, driven by renewable hydrogen, and coupled with carbon capture, could be an interesting ‘out of the box’ solution as a protein source for food and feed that warrants further exploration, finds a new paper.

Cattle, poultry in-feed drug suspected in horse deaths

02-Aug-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The FDA is investigating a series of horse deaths reportedly linked to the presence of a cattle and poultry drug in contaminated feed.

Special edition: lowering feed's carbon footprint

Feed goes green

23-Jul-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

In recent months, several companies have been highlighting efforts to reduce the carbon footprint generated by their feed production, while others have talked about ways to reduce the methane produced by cows.

Novel tilapia production and feeding system in Brazil

20-Jul-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The Brazilian aquaculture technology firm, Fisher Piscicultura, has been developing a round, floating production tank to feed and raise tilapia in an effort to reduce feed costs and mortality rates in tilapia production, says executive.

Reports from VIV Europe 2018

Van Aarsen rolls out new feed pellet coating technology

16-Jul-2018 By Jane Byrne

Dutch feed milling equipment and turn-key feed plant constructor, Van Aarsen, launched its Continuous Pellet Coater (CPC) at VIV Europe 2018 last month.

US: Wisconsin sets sights on first soybean crush facility

16-Jul-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Improved feed sourcing and economic diversity are among the goals highlighted by the City of Waupun when announcing a potential $150m soybean crushing facility project.

Phibro seeks market expansion with new Irish biotech facility

11-Jul-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Phibro Animal Health is looking to expand its presence in Europe with the acquisition of what will be its first biologicals production facility in Ireland.

Special Edition: Lowering feed's carbon footprint

US: Changing waste streams into feed proteins

10-Jul-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Integrated BioChem is exploring a process to turn organic waste streams into protein ingredients for aquaculture and other feeds.

Huge growth potential in hatchery feed rationale behind new BioMar R&D facility

09-Jul-2018 By Jane Byrne

Danish fish feed company, BioMar, says it has increased its research capabilities in hatchery with an expansion of its Aquaculture Technology Centre, ATC Hirtshals, in Denmark.

ADM in talks to acquire Neovia

02-Jul-2018 By Jane Byrne

ADM is in exclusive talks to take over French animal nutrition business, Neovia, for €1.5bn (US$1.75bn).

Iowa State moves forward with new feed mill, research facility

02-Jul-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Iowa State University is moving forward with a $21.2m feed mill and grain science facility to support the state’s grain and livestock industries.

US: Kalmbach Feeds completes capacity expansion project

25-Jun-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The Ohio-based feed company's three-year long design and construction project at a new feed facility was finalized last week.

University of Illinois seeks modern feed production facility for student training

21-Jun-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Updated student training, new feed production options and increased capacity are all elements the University of Illinois is seeking to include in a new feed mill facility.

USDA seeks input on feed crop, animal health research topics

19-Jun-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The USDA wants proposals for commodity board research projects and is also looking for co-funding partners for the agriculture related research.

Novus invests in production expansion for partner

04-Jun-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

To meet growing global product demands, Novus International, Inc. is investing in a partnering company to allow for the increased production of raw materials used in its feed additive products.

Nutreco reaching for the moon in radical innovation chase

31-May-2018 By Jane Byrne

As the winner of its 2018 feed tech challenge is announced, Viggo Halseth, chief innovation officer at Nutreco, gives us his perspective on the victor. He also discussed the Dutch group’s innovation pipeline, and its hunt for what he called “moonshot”...

US organic industry takes steps to crack down on fraud

31-May-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Preventing falsely labeled organic feed grain use is one element involved in a soon-to-start pilot aimed at addressing the risk of organic fraud in the global industry, said OTA executive director.

Team looks to halt mineral leaching in extruded fish feed

31-May-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Researchers have found there is an interaction between the amount of moisture in a feed, the extrusion temperature, the resulting phytase activity and the mineral leaching of the feed.

Transparency in fish feed production central to development: Cargill

17-May-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, ingredient and antibiotic reduction are some of the factors considered when evaluating the sustainability of aqua feed, says sustainability manager.

Tyson Foods buys rendering company

16-May-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Tyson Foods is sinking $850m into the purchase of a rendering company as part of an ongoing push to increase company sustainability. It also is expected to increase Tyson’s footprint in the expanding feed ingredient sector.

US: New unit due for production of bio-functional feed technologies

15-May-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Ab E Discovery's commercial arm is launching a feed ingredient support and manufacturing facility in Wisconsin.

BioMar invests $14.5m in Danish factory expansion to meet RAS demand

14-May-2018 By Jane Byrne

BioMar is to increase its production capacity of feed for juvenile fish and fish raised in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS).

Special Edition: Asian Trends

What is China’s strategic thinking around outward investment in agriculture?

14-May-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The goal of a new ERS review is to understand the rationale behind China's investments in foreign agriculture and food assets, along with trying to grasp the fundamental impact of such capital outlay.

Special Edition: Asian trends

Cargill seeks to support Vietnamese aquaculture development

14-May-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Cargill is focusing on shrimp production with a new research and demonstration facility in Bac Lieu, the shrimp farming hub of Vietnam.

ADM opens new premix production facility

10-May-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

ADM says the additional manufacturing base, located in Effingham Illinois, will serve the livestock, poultry and pet food sectors. The factory went live on Monday [May 7].

US: Safety and pellet design at the heart of new research feed mill

08-May-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Improving the relationship between pellet quality, nutritional availability and pathogen control in feed will be one research area for a new poultry research-focused feed mill at West Virginia University, says professor.

Strong soybean processing margins bring optimism: Bunge

03-May-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Bunge ups its full-year earnings expectations based on lift in global agribusiness conditions.

ADM sees growth in its first quarter 2018

02-May-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

ADM says its animal nutrition business performed in Q1 2018 and it saw record soybean crush volumes; market conditions and tax reform boost confidence at the agribusiness giant.

USDA: Brazil looks to expand soybean planted acres

27-Apr-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

A report from the US agency forecasts the soy area planted in Brazil will increase in 2018/19 based on improving prices and the anticipation of higher demand for the feed ingredient from buyers in China as well as a growth in domestic consumption.