Protein & amino acids

Feed controls measure up but FVO picks holes in China's handling of RASFF alerts

09-Apr-2015 By Jane Byrne

China is said to ticks all boxes for inclusion in the list of third countries from which the imports of feed additives and premixes to the EU would be permitted.

Botanicals, new working groups and the setting of priorities - how is 2015 shaping up for EFSA’s feed unit?

07-Apr-2015 By Jane Byrne

We recently checked in with Manuela Tiramani, acting head of the Feed Unit at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), to hear about that unit's objectives for the next 12 months.

Algae-derived fatty acids show promise for animal reproductive performance: Alltech

02-Apr-2015 By Jane Byrne

Increasing livestock fertility, nailing precision feeding, developing fish meal substitutes and a migration away from antimicrobials are the immediate goals of a US led research alliance relying on ‘innovative’ nutritional and management practices.

Special Edition: Global Feed Regulation

Harmonization strategy aims to boost competitiveness of Latin American feed market

31-Mar-2015 By Jane Byrne

A project underway since February last year aims to standardize the Latin American regulatory framework for the production and commercialization of feed in the region based on Codex and World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) regulations.

Cash injection shows ‘investor confidence in InVivo NSA's sustainable growth strategy’

30-Mar-2015 By Jane Byrne

France’s InVivo group said it has attracted €215m ($235.3m) from investors for its animal health and nutrition division, InVivo NSA, led by private equity firm Eurazeo, now confirmed as the leading minority shareholder in that business.

Special Edition: Global Feed Regulation

AFIA confident the US feed sector can meet challenges of FSMA compliance

30-Mar-2015 By Jane Byrne

The final animal food rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) won't be published until the summer, but trade representatives say feed mills need to take steps now to be fully compliant regardless of the planned phased-in transition period.

Special Edition: Global Feed Regulation

‘Reforms release a pressure valve of red tape’ - Australian feed sector awaits additive gold rush

27-Mar-2015 By Jane Byrne

Australian feed manufacturers are expecting a glut of feed additives to enter the market following on from a decision to remove any registration requirements for such products in an effort to boost innovation and feed efficiency.

Mystery investor to support Barentz as it accelerates its feed NPD activities

17-Mar-2015 By Jane Byrne

Barentz said an injection capital from an ‘anonymous’ investor will help it accelerate new product development to support growth in the animal feed and pet food sectors.

EU whey to poultry feed project shows laying rate and FCR gains

17-Mar-2015 By Jane Byrne

The findings of a Spanish research project show that incorporating up to 6% whey into layer and broiler feed improves the yield across all the parameters analyzed from laying rate to daily intake to conversion index to weight gain.

New dawn for gas to feed protein as Calysta flags up 2017 production start date

10-Mar-2015 By Jane Byrne

Calysta is reviving the production of proven methane to feed technology BioProtein – a fishmeal alternative for use in aquaculture and animal nutrition that has hit several bumps along the road to market.

Devinish Nutrition acquires Vitrition

Anpario divests organic feed business as it posts a 14% hike in pre-tax profits

05-Mar-2015 By Jane Byrne

Feed additives group, Anpario, has sold its organic feed division to Belfast based Devenish Nutrition for £750,000.

FeedNavigator 2015: How does our editorial calendar shape up?

03-Mar-2015 By Jane Byrne

From methane reduction strategies, to innovation in amino acids and yeasts, to early animal nutrition R&D, FeedNavigator’s special editions editorial calendar 2015 spans the hottest topics for the global feed industry. 

Dutch team flags up high milk yielding feeding approach for dairy farmers

03-Mar-2015 By Jane Byrne

A dairy nutrition model developed by Dutch researchers is designed to boost milk yields and increase milk fat following on from European (EU) milk quota abolition.

Evonik looks set to benefit from dynamic feed amino acid market

03-Mar-2015 By Jane Byrne

Evonik Industries, in its Q4 and full year results, predicts a slight hike in profit in 2015 based on ongoing high demand for amino acids in animal nutrition in tandem with their limited availability in the market.

CFIA says 2010 BSE probe was robust as it reveals two cases on same farm five years apart

02-Mar-2015 By Jane Byrne

The CFIA says its enquiry into the 2010 BSE case was 'thorough' as its findings show the cow in the latest BSE incident was born on the same farm as the animal that tested positive for the disease five years ago.

‘We intend to grow at a much faster rate than the market,' Cargill sees scope for growth in African poultry and dairy sectors

27-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

Cargill Animal Nutrition hopes to leverage the ever increasing demand for animal protein products in African markets as its new US$12.5 million South African feed premix facility, targeting the swine, poultry and ruminant sectors, goes operational.

Special Edition: Future Feeds

Are GM plant oils the answer to fish oil DHA and EPA replacement in aqua feed?

27-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

GM plant oils would seem to represent the ‘holy grail’ in the hunt for viable replacements for fish oil derived long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in aqua feed.

Special Edition: Future Feeds

Big growth predicted in amino acid sector based on higher inclusion levels

26-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

While microalgae and insect meal represent potentially innovative protein sources, producers should look to higher amino acid supplementation to lower the protein requirements in animal diets and reduce the environmental burden, says a leading researcher.

Special Edition: Future Feeds

‘We will follow friendly legislation around the world’ - Insect feed maker, AgriProtein, says logic will win out in the EU

20-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

The EU market for insect feed should be up and running in around 18 months from now, with all necessary legislative boxes ticked, says the head of a larvae to feed company that is just about to kick-start commercial scale production in South Africa.

Revised US feed safety standard fully FSMA compliant, says AFIA

17-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

US feed safety certification program, FSC36, has been revamped to ensure it adheres to the new requirements under the FSMA and that it drives a continuous improvement ethos in accredited feed suppliers.

InVivo NSA 'close to deal' with private equity investor Eurazeo in bid to raise expansion capital

16-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

European based private equity firm, Eurazeo, has revealed it is holding ‘exclusive’ talks with InVivo NSA towards securing a minority stake in the French animal nutrition and health group.

Spain forum will allow outstanding questions on feed applications to be heard: EFSA

13-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

EFSA says the feed sector will get a chance to outline their past experiences in risk assessment of feed additives as well as discuss future challenges at a technical meeting it is running in Barcelona on 5-6 May 2015.

'CO2 analysis firm buy out will ensure our nutritional portfolio stays relevant' - Alltech

13-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

Alltech says it acquisition of a UK provider of farm environmental assessment tools, E-CO2, will give it access to ‘big data’ which will feed into its global feed research program.

ABF in £98m write down on stake in UK bioethanol and animal feed facility

10-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

The dip in crude oil and bioethanol prices along with the weakening euro against sterling is cited as the reason why Associated British Foods (ABF) has decided to take a £98 million ($149m) impairment charge on its share in bioethanol and feed joint venture,...

‘We want to lower production costs and prove algae are beneficial for livestock', says Dutch team

06-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

Microalgae offers promise to the feed and livestock sector in terms of sustainable production and its use in feed could ensure better quality eggs, milk and possibly meat, and improved growth performance in piglets, chickens and lambs, finds a literature...

The analyst view: Core divisions at Nutreco performed better than expected

05-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

The fish feed segment of Dutch group, Nutreco, proved resilient in the second half of the year despite Marine Harvest’s own feed plant coming on stream, concludes a leading equity analyst.

Dispatches from IPPE 2015

PEDv risk, hog producer profitability and AGP removal: how will US pig sector trends play out for the feed sector?

03-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

IPPE attendees heard about the latest findings into the links between feed and porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus, the prospects for the US swine sector over the next 12 months and the impact of the removal of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in...

Dispatches from 8th annual International Feed Regulators Meeting

Atlanta event addresses fraud, legislation and convergence of feed safety standards

03-Feb-2015 By Jane Byrne

The 8th International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) in Atlanta last week saw government officials from around world exchange ideas with feed industry delegates on how best to manage fraud in the feed chain.

Alltech survey shows boost for Indian feed productivity

26-Jan-2015 By Jane Byrne

India had a considerable boost in feed production, up to 29.4 million tons last year, a 10% increase over 2013, owing mainly to favorable weather conditions and improvements in farming methods and technology, Alltech’s 2014 Global Feed Tonnage Survey...

InVivo NSA aims to plug holes in feed bucket business

20-Jan-2015 By Jane Byrne

French animal health and nutrition group, InVivo NSA, has high expectations its new ruminant feeding range will perform well in the Latin American markets.

Probiotics, synbiotics, essential oils: report calls for further data on their use as antibiotic replacers

20-Jan-2015 By Jane Byrne

More insight into the efficiency and mode of action of biotic substances, plant extracts, and bacteriophage therapy is needed in order to find alternatives to in-feed antibiotics, concludes an EU focus group (FG) looking at how to minimize the use of...

New Vietnam aqua center focused on gut health and feed efficiency

20-Jan-2015 By Jane Byrne

How to optimize fish health while controlling disease and managing waste are some of the fish farm challenges being explored at Biomin’s new aqua research hub opens in Vietnam.

Global dairy market unlikely to provide great returns for feed sector in 2015: analyst

16-Jan-2015 By Jane Byrne

The dairy sector offers little to no hope in coming to the rescue of an oversupplied global grains’ market in 2015, says a dairy market specialist.

Feed amino acid sales help boost Q2 results for Cargill

09-Jan-2015 By Jane Byrne

Cargill says its animal nutrition and meat divisions once again had a solid performance, as the US agribusiness giant posts a 41% jump in second quarter profit.

EU derived protein sources no great shakes for reducing carbon footprint of feed: study

06-Jan-2015 By Jane Byrne

Partial replacement of imported soybean meal in a starter pig diet by EU sourced protein sources, for the most part, does not make that feed more sustainable, finds a Dutch report.

Irish biotechnology firm developing bioactive peptides for feed

06-Jan-2015 By Jane Byrne

Food-grade animal feed ingredients that will help tackle inflammation, among other challenges, in farmed animals are in the pipeline at Irish start-up, Nuritas, which uses bioinformatics technology for bioactive peptide mining.

Vacuum coating could help hike fat level in broiler feed

05-Jan-2015 By Jane Byrne

Broiler feed producers could exploit vacuum coating technology to enable the inclusion of a higher proportion of fat in broiler diets without compromising pellet durability, finds a literature review.

Duckweed could work as new protein source for pig diets

05-Jan-2015 By Jane Byrne

New US research indicates that the small, free-floating aquatic plant Lemnaceae, commonly known as duckweed, may be a good protein source for swine diets.

Feed industry outlook for 2015

23-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

As 2014 draws to a close, we seek out the opinion of manufacturers, suppliers and US and EU trade representatives to determine how next year might play out for the global feed sector.

SHV offer only one on the acquisition table, as Nutreco takes on UK export unit of ForFarmers

22-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

Nutreco has still not received anything more tangible from Cargill in relation to a potential counter acquisition bid.

Follow our guide on FSMA animal rule implementation to cut costs, AFIA tells FDA

19-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to take additional steps to lower the costs associated with the proposed animal food rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), says the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA).

Review of bird flu safeguards urged to curb new outbreaks

16-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

All parties in the poultry supply chain, including feed producers, need to assess how they can help limit avian flu outbreaks, with no certainties about whether the spread of the disease will be checked in the coming weeks, says an industry specialist.  

Cargill likely to be hard at work 'behind the scenes' in bid to secure Nutreco: analyst

15-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

An analyst reckons US agri-giant Cargill will make a concrete offer for Nutreco soon even though such a counter bid must come in at least 8% higher than the €44.50 per share offer from SHV, a stipulation that private firm secured when finalizing its bid...

InVivo NSA takes on Asian tiger economies

09-Dec-2014 By Lynda Searby

InVivo NSA has ambitions to accelerate the development of its premix and feed business in the lucrative Asian market, through intensified export activity from its Vietnam base, a push on laboratory analysis services and acquisition.

ForFarmers plugs gaps in UK portfolio through takeover of forage business

09-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

Dutch group, ForFarmers, has continued its recent expansion drive in the UK through the acquisition of a feed and forage business in a deal valued at €19.3 million ($23.8m).

WHO and FAO in call for experts for new feed risk symposium

05-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

The FAO and WHO are holding a joint meeting next May in an attempt, they say, to shore up feed safety and ensure fair practices in feed and food trade.

FEFAC backs extension of soy moratorium but says new deforestation policing model 'has teeth'

05-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

EU feed industry body, FEFAC, has welcomed the move by soy players in Brazil to extend the soy moratorium in the Amazon region until May 2016 but says the monitoring mechanism to replace that voluntary pact is robust.

SHV confirms final takeover bid for Dutch feed group Nutreco

05-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

Dutch investment company, SHV, has published its offer memorandum for Nutreco, revealing that its €44.50 per share offer begins Monday next and ends on 17 February 2015.

Bid to revamp responsible sourcing standard to make fishmeal production slavery free

04-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

There is growing momentum behind an attempt to reshape a standard for responsible sourcing (RS) of fish meal and fish oil so that it covers worker safety, following recent news reports on labor and human rights abuses on fishing vessels supplying global...

Praise for EFSA’s more ‘streamlined’ reporting guidelines

02-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

EFSA has released new guidance for statistical reporting that it says will make it easier to understand and repeat statistical analyses used in its scientific assessments.