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Insect Technology Group, AgriProtein parent company, in administration in the UK

21-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

The Insect Technology Group Holdings UK Limited (ITG), AgriProtein's parent company, has entered into administration.

FrieslandCampina to sell Nutrifeed animal nutrition business to Denkavit

20-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

FrieslandCampina is divesting its young animal nutrition division. The 70 employees that work for its Nutrifeed business will join Denkavit, a Dutch company, based in Voorthuizen, in the Netherlands, and specialized in nutrition for calves, piglets, goats...

Cargill’s Henstrom to head up single cell protein player

18-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

Danish feed protein innovator, Unibio, has appointed David Henstrom as its new CEO. He is expected to join the company next month.

Scoular commissioning fishmeal plant in Myanmar

17-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

US feedstuffs handler, Scoular, is establishing a ‘value-add’ fishmeal facility in Myanmar that it says will supply customers in Asia with consistent quality and just-in-time delivery.

Norway: Metapod fails to deliver in insect meal supply deal with salmon sector

14-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

Grasshopper and cricket meal startup, Metapod, says it cannot meet the conditions in the agreement the company entered into last summer with Norway’s Salmon Group.

ADM to expand soybean processing capabilities, reports solid first quarter crushing performance

12-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has announced plans to build a soybean crushing plant and refinery in North Dakota, in the US.

Revamped AB Neo business sees collective strength in neonate nutrition expertise and innovation

11-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

AB Agri is bringing several independent businesses focusing on neonate feed products together under the umbrella brand of AB Neo.

Russian company becomes shareholder in gas to feed protein player Unibio

11-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

Under a new agreement, Stafilies, the parent company of Russian based Uniprotein production licensee, Protelux, will buy a shareholding in Danish feed protein player, Unibio, in exchange for cash and intellectual property.

Kemin buys leading US antimicrobial technology player

07-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

Kemin has acquired Oklahoma-based Bio-Cide International Inc (Bio-Cide), a producer of disinfection and chlorine dioxide-based antimicrobial technology targeted at an array of markets.

Singapore partnership looks to convert airline food waste into insect protein meal

06-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

A Singapore based partnership will see airline food waste redirected as a rearing substrate for insects to a tech innovator involved in insect protein production.

Finnish biotech collaborates with Tereos to supply novel protein for salmon feeding trials

06-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

Validation trials for the mycoprotein developed by Nutreco Feed (&Food) Tech Challenge (NFTC) 2020 winner, Finnish biotech, eniferBio, are getting underway.

ForFarmers sees contract challenges in pandemic hit market

06-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

Leading European feed manufacturer, ForFarmers, says the first quarter of 2021 showed a mixed picture compared to the same quarter last year, when COVID-19 had not taken hold.

Cargill and InnovaFeed expand alliance to cover supplementation of pig feed with insect oil

04-May-2021 By Jane Byrne

US agribusiness group, Cargill, and French biotech firm, InnovaFeed, are aiming to feed 20 million piglets with insect oil by 2026 as they expand their original collaboration agreement.

ADM acquires Vietnamese premix player, strengthens its industrial and commercial coverage in a key feed market

29-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

Wisium, part of ADM’s international premix brand, is expanding in Vietnam with the acquisition of Golden Farm Production & Commerce Company Limited.

Cargill set to add 1m metric tons of additional canola crush capacity in Canada

23-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

Cargill has announced plans to build a new canola processing facility in Saskatchewan, Canada, to support the growing global demand for canola products. The new facility, to be located in Regina, will have an annual production capacity of one million...

Automated indoor feed technology developer strikes deal with US dairy farm

22-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

Grōv Technologies has signed a deal with River Ranch Dairy to help further its goal of becoming more sustainable and drought resistant through the adoption of Grōv's automated indoor feed technology.

EnviroFlight to open new insect protein research center in North Carolina

15-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

US insect protein company, EnviroFlight, has announced the development of a new R&D and corporate center in Apex, North Carolina, close to the prestigious Research Triangle Park, known for its agtech and biotech focus.

EU pig and poultry farmers one step closer to having access again to processed animal proteins

13-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

A proposal that would allow the feeding of processed animal proteins (PAP) from poultry to pigs and pig PAPs to poultry again has been accepted by an overwhelming majority, through a ballot procedure within the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals,...

Fitch: Fundamentals support good profitability for agribusiness

09-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

Fitch believes the solid underlying structural demand shift for food, fuel and feed within a tight commodity supply environment provides support for good profit generation by global agribusiness companies.

Rabobank seeks startups focused on feed efficiency for its FoodBytes! platform

09-Apr-2021 By Jane Byrne

Animal feed related startups, among others, are being encouraged to participate in this year’s FoodBytes! Pitch – Rabobank’s innovation discovery platform.

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.

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.

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.

Milling and equipment experts Wynveen and Ottevanger to merge

25-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Specializing in process equipment and feed mill design and manufacture, Dutch companies, Wynveen International, and Ottevanger Milling Engineers, part of the Triott Group, are to be integrated as one company from the start of next month.

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.

Green Plains achieves ‘breakthrough’ in its ambition to produce high protein feed ingredients

23-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Green Plains, which has been transforming its business from traditional ethanol into a sustainable biorefinery platform producing value-add ingredients, says it has achieved a milestone in terms of its protein production goals.

Report: COFCO looking to bolster its international agribusiness trading arm

18-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

China’s COFCO Corporation is reportedly set to combine its international agriculture trading business platform with several domestic entities to enable it to compete on a more equal footing with ag trading powerhouses: Cargill, Bunge, ADM, and Louis Dreyfus...

Single cell feed protein producer raises €8M in funding round

16-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Deep Branch, a startup using microbes to convert CO2 from industrial emissions into high-value feed proteins, today announced it has completed an €8M (US$9.5m) Series A investment round.

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.

UK feed company fined thousands after worker injury

10-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

UK based animal feed manufacturer, NWF Agriculture, has been fined after an employee’s fingers were severed by machinery at its Carlisle feed mill.

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.

Unibio: SCP ingredient passes Danish Agro pig trial with flying colors

08-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Unibio says Danish Agro’s testing of its single cell protein (SCP), branded as Uniprotein, shows it can partially replace high-quality products such as potato protein and prime fishmeal in starter piglet diets without zinc oxide.

Cargill ploughing millions into US soy processing plants to improve operational efficiencies, boost capacity

05-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Cargill is investing US$475m in its US soy crushing operations to meet domestic demand.

Winter storms: Novus methionine plant in Texas set to resume production, local livestock industry sees US$228m in losses

04-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

In an update regarding the status of its manufacturing facility in Chocolate Bayou, Texas, following the winter storms, Novus says production of methionine hydroxy analogue (HMTBa) is expected to get underway again in mid-March.

Asian insect protein player raises US$5m for next stage of growth, opens new plant

02-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Insect protein producer, Nutrition Technologies, has opened its new industrial-scale factory in Malaysia and has just closed a US$5m fundraising round.

Boost for UK feed protein supply: Vivergo Fuels site to reopen

01-Mar-2021 By Jane Byrne

Vivergo Fuels site in Hull in the UK will be re-opening following an announcement by the UK’s Department for Transport that E10 petrol – a cleaner, greener fuel – will be introduced at UK filling stations from September 2021.

Demand for insect protein could hit 500,000 tons by 2030

24-Feb-2021 By Jane Byrne

The demand for insect protein, mainly as an ingredient in feed and pet food, could reach half a million metric tons by 2030, up from today’s market of around 10,000 metric tons, predict the authors of a new RaboResearch report.

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...

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.

Calysta breaks ground on Chinese production site, String Bio tests novel protein with feed companies

07-Jan-2021 By Jane Byrne

Two methane to feed protein innovators have announced Asian market related developments this week.

ADM to stop production of dry lysine in early 2021

18-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company plans to end production of dry lysine in the first half of 2021 after the global supply increased faster than actual demand. The company is working with customers to ensure a smooth transition before ending production...

Innovation in Scotland and Finland: Feed raw materials sourced from whisky and vodka production

17-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

Scotland’s whisky industry and biotechnology innovators are continuing to up their game to try and find new sustainable solutions from whisky co-products such as animal feed, while a new barley based vodka from Finland sees benefits for pig farmers as...

Use of Europe Soya certified SPC source in feed could drastically boost the sustainability profile of Norwegian salmon production

11-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

Salmon feed production incorporating a Europe Soya certified soy protein concentrate (SPC) can cut 41% of CO2 emissions compared to Brazil sourced SPC, according to a new study carried out by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in Austria...

Trotec led initiative looks to process wider range of former food products into high quality feed

04-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

Belgian processor, Trotec, is involved in an €1.5m EU funded three-year project aimed at developing innovative packaging and processing technologies to process new streams of former foodstuffs into high quality feed.

Trouw Nutrition builds new premix facility in India

03-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

Nutreco’s animal nutrition division, Trouw Nutrition, has invested in a new facility in India; the 20,000 MT plant is located in Jadcherla, near Hyderabad, and will produce vitamins, mineral premixes, and mineral blends, among other products, targeting...

Rabobank’s view: Very tight salmon supply expected in 2021, all eyes on RAS developments, bullish forecast for shrimp prices, and higher demand seen for fishmeal

27-Nov-2020 By Jane Byrne

Chile is the main reason for the predicted tight supply in salmon next year, says Rabobank, in its Global Animal Protein Outlook for 2021.

UK trade group releases guidelines for feed manufacturers on how to prevent fires and explosions

26-Nov-2020 By Jane Byrne

UK feed industry representatives, AIC, have released new safety guidelines for feed mills to prevent fires and explosions.

InnovaFeed opens biggest insect protein plant globally, secures €140m in funds, and partners with ADM to build US site

19-Nov-2020 By Jane Byrne

Insect protein producer, InnovaFeed, has announced the opening of its insect protein production site in the north of France, it has also closed a new €140M (US$166M) fundraising effort to accelerate its domestic and international expansion strategy, while...

Startup turning recycled carbon into animal feed edges closer to scale-up

28-Oct-2020 By Jane Byrne

Single cell protein (SCP) innovator, Deep Branch, has been awarded €2.5m (US$2.93m) from an accelerator fund to help shift it towards industrial scale production and get volumes of its protein feed, Proton, out for testing purposes.