Processing equipment

US fishmeal substitute player inks process collaboration deal

26-Apr-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

KnipBio and ICM have agreed a joint effort to work on a commercial-scale fermentation process for the biotech company's premium single cell protein ingredient for KnipBio Meal (KBM).

US foundation wants to create awareness about silage risks

23-Apr-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

US producers generate about $10bn worth of silage annually, but there is a need for greater understanding in terms of best practice when using such feed materials, said Keith Bolsen, professor emeritus in the department of animal science and industry...

Whole Oceans looks to expand traceable salmon farming in the US

20-Apr-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Traceable salmon production, feed innovation and antibiotic-free production are some of the elements involved with the establishment of a new, land-based salmon farm in Maine.

Ridley faces losses as poultry by-product stream dries up

17-Apr-2018 By Jane Byrne

Australian feed giant, Ridley Corporation, expects up to AU$ 7m in losses due to the fact a critical raw material supply has ceased with the collapse of local chicken business, Red Lea.

US feed manufacturer Cache Commodities cited for numerous violations

13-Apr-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has demanded the Utah-based feed company now outline the specific steps it was taking or had already taken to correct violates noted during an agency inspection at its facilities on 14 December 2017.

Cargill crushing plants in Argentina reopen, fire at Iowa grain facility

12-Apr-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Agribusiness giant, Cargill, has resumed operations at two of its grain crushing plants in Argentina after suspending operations on April 5 as workers went on strike.

NIFA offers $1.2m for aquaculture, feed research

10-Apr-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Fish feed, functional feed additives, aquaculture practices and production sustainability are among the areas of focus for a new round of grant funding on offer from NIFA.

LDC adds to soybean crushing capacity in China

05-Apr-2018 By Jane Byrne

Agribusiness group, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), says it has completed the acquisition of an oilseeds processing facility in Tianjin, China.

Evonik to close Hungarian amino acid facility

03-Apr-2018 By Jane Byrne

Evonik is shutting down its L-threonine production site in Hungary. The company said the factory in Kaba, which produces L-threonine under the brand name, ThreAMINO, would close at the end of next month.

News in Brief

Feed equipment firm Skiold continues Asian push

03-Apr-2018 By Jane Byrne

Danish feed technology company, Skiold, has entered the Myanmar market. It said it is providing equipment for a pig farm in that Asian country.

Feed and grain generated grain dust explosions killed five in 2017

20-Mar-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

In the US, feed grain dust led to seven explosions, five deaths and 12 injuries in 2017, says professor.

US: Iowa to get new beef and dairy feed facility

19-Mar-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Landus Cooperative is building a ruminant-focused feed mill in Jefferson, Iowa on the site of a closed soy flake production facility.

Medicated feed ingredient cited in US horse death lawsuit

13-Mar-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

A barn in New York is suing its feed provider alleging that the company cross-contaminated its horse feed with the animal feed ingredient monensin, which lead to the death or injury of several horses.

US: Feed grain smolder, fire safety class on offer

12-Mar-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Feed grain fire causes, prevention and responses are among the elements of a new safety class being offered for grain industry members by GEAPS.

Special Edition: IPPE Reports

National Renderers Association talks industry trends, feed ingredient development

20-Feb-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Sustainability, outreach and research provide focus areas for the National Renderers Association as it looks toward product development and feed ingredients.

Special Edition: Reports from IPPE

Guidance, clarity continue to be needed in FSMA roll-out

14-Feb-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

AFIA is seeking additional regulatory guidance and more information regarding work with animal feed-specific hazards and hazard mitigation in its ongoing efforts to help the industry address FSMA, says VP.

Special Edition: Reports from IPPE

Feed screening systems see increasing industry interest

12-Feb-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Regulatory changes and record keeping are some of the elements that maybe be increasing feed industry interest in using metal detectors during the feed generation process, says product manager.

Special Edition: IPPE Reports

Canadian Bio-Systems looks to feed ingredient quality with test kit launch

08-Feb-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Canadian Bio-Systems is launching a rapid return test kit aimed a feed manufactures and soybean meal producers needing to check the feed ingredient for anti-nutritional factors, says technical director.

Special Edition: IPPE Reports

Alltech: technology brings new roles, transparency to the feed industry

08-Feb-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Blockchain, sensor technology and artificial intelligence are some of the technological innovations that bring the promise of change to the feed and animal production industries, says innovation officer.

Cargill sinks $32m in Texas feed market expansion project

07-Feb-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Cargill is planning a multi-million investment to boost cattle feed production in Texas to meet increasing demand, says business leader.

Special Edition: Reports from IPPE

New Kent feed facility starts to take shape

06-Feb-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Feed and ingredient batching, tracking and automation offers areas for innovation in feed manufacturing, says VP.

Special Edition: Alternative Feed Proteins

Transmuting salvage grains into feed – do mealworms have the key?

29-Jan-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Mealworms may have the ability to transmute mycotoxin-infested feed grains into usable feed ingredients for poultry diets, says researcher.

Special Edition: Alternative Feed Proteins

Bulgarian insect producer has big ambitions

26-Jan-2018 By Jane Byrne

Nasekomo, an insect feed protein start-up, has won the Bulgarian leg of the Chivas Ventures competition.

US feed industry given guidance on FSMA preventive controls

24-Jan-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The US FDA has drafted guidelines for feed producers and facilities on what is needed in terms of preventive control work.

Special Edition: Alternative Feed Proteins

What is being done to tackle feed protein deficiency?

22-Jan-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

This month, we are looking at innovation in the area of feed protein in the context of growing demand for fish and meat globally. We trawled the archives to track exciting developments in that arena over the past few years.

US feed facilities recognized for outstanding efforts

16-Jan-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Employee engagement, safety practices and quality controls were among the elements that helped distinguish this year’s category winners of the Feed Facility of the Year program.

Special Edition: Alternative Feed Proteins

Single extrusion systems, plasma contribute to efficient fishmeal-free Pacu feed: study

10-Jan-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Extruded feed using non-fishmeal proteins may support growth and weight gain in juvenile pacu, say researchers.

FDA allows additional time on complex FSMA compliance issues

08-Jan-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ushered in an enforcement discretion period for some feed producing entities in relation to FSMA provisions.

ADM German plant operational again after Salmonella event

04-Jan-2018 By Jane Byrne

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.

Team hits on way to optimize fish feed pellet production

02-Jan-2018 By Jane Byrne

Pre-gelatinized taro and broken rice could be used to manufacture higher quality floating fish feed pellets, finds a new study.

US-based feed blender expands production, footprint

19-Dec-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Great Plains Processing is starting work on a new production site to address increased market demand, footprint and diversify its product offerings, says president.

Aquaculture venture raises fish on alcohol production by-products

14-Dec-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Timberfish Technologies and Five & 20 Spirts and Brewing are working together to trial a wastewater and by-product recycling venture that feeds and produces a range of species including catfish and trout.

US: Novel recycling system turns chicken manure into feed

07-Dec-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Regreen Organics is partnering with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to showcase a waste recycling system able to produce feed ingredients; it does not rely on incineration, leaves behind no waste or byproducts and is done in just 30 minutes,...

Feathers in feed? Not just an idea for the birds

05-Dec-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Extrusion and microorganisms may offer a way to generate a low-cost, sustainable protein feed ingredient from waste feathers, say researchers.

US: Wisconsin corn milling company faces $1.8m OSHA fine

21-Nov-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Didion Milling Inc faces a proposed fine of $1,837,861 and has been issued 19 safety citations after a facility explosion killed five employees and injured 12.

Pelleting does not affect amino acid digestibility in broiler diets: study

08-Nov-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Researchers evaluated the interaction between feed processing and different methodologies for assessing apparent metabolizable energy corrected by nitrogen (AMEn) and standardized ileal digestibility coefficients (SIDC) of amino acids in broiler diets.

New grain drying process: 'It is going to change the industry dramatically'

08-Nov-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Minnesota-based DryMax Solutions is working to swap heat for radio waves in an effort to change the grain drying process to one that leaves more nutritional elements in feed ingredients, says founder.

Nutritional research focus of new Kent swine facility

07-Nov-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Kent Nutrition Group is opening a swine research barn focusing on real-time assessment of nutritional research and ties between environmental conditions and feed intake, says vice president.

US feed maker Burkmann cited over Monensin related cattle deaths

19-Oct-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Burkmann Industries has been asked to revamp practices after FDA inspectors reported violations of the FD&C Act at its site.

Increasing numbers of US farmers attracted to organic grain production

05-Oct-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The premiums that the US organic market can offer farmers may be one reason that more are moving in that direction, says an expert.

Boosting profit from optimizing steam conditioning, pelleting and cooling in feed mills

19-Sep-2017 By Jane Byrne

An event last week focused on ways to improve feed mill operation costs, while also maximizing quality, hygiene and security of the feed at such facilities.

Special Edition: Middle East and African Feed Developments

New Olam feed and protein business aimed at boosting food security in Nigeria

19-Sep-2017 By Jane Byrne

Last week saw Olam International inaugurate its new poultry feed mill, hatchery and poultry farm in Kaduna State and its new integrated poultry and fish feed mill at Ilorin in Kwara State, in Nigeria.

Special Edition: Middle East and African Feed Developments

Feed protein player Unibio evaluates West African deal

15-Sep-2017 By Jane Byrne

Denmark’s Unibio is evaluating a joint venture (JV) on methane gas to feed protein production in Nigeria.

Irish pig feed player invests to meet Brexit challenges head-on

05-Sep-2017 By Jane Byrne

The Brett Group, an Irish integrated multinational pork and bacon processor with annual revenues of €100m, is striving for greater production efficiency, particularly in feed milling, to mitigate against Brexit led market volatility.

European feed manufacturer space: acquisitions, new builds and a Halal deal

04-Sep-2017 By Jane Byrne

As autumn sneaks in, we review recent developments at some of Europe’s major feed production players. 

Is a hammer or roller mill better for pig feed structure?

29-Aug-2017 By Jane Byrne

Understanding what milling processes can achieve optimal particle size of diets for pigs was the objective of a recent review by Serbian and Spanish researchers.

Special Edition: Feed Processing Technology

Mathematical models may support cheaper swine feed with no drop in production

22-Aug-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Using mathematical models rather than nutrient tables may offer producers a way to support pig growth and development with less financial and environmental costs, say researchers.

Using pre-gelatinized starch in aqua diets may boost tilapia growth, performance

18-Aug-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Pre-gelatinized starch may offer a growth boost to fish and improve pellet characteristics, say researchers.

New bioreactor to speed production of microalgae for feed, fuel uses

11-Aug-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

A team of researchers have developed a faster way to generate microalgae on a biofilm with potential applications for feed.

US tilapia producer opens $5m aqua feed mill with focus on feed quality

10-Aug-2017 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Blue Ridge Aquaculture is integrating its production system with the opening of subsidiary Blue Ridge Aquafeed to generate the feed used for their fish production, says director.