Technology like AI can help poultry producers improve the efficiency and health of flocks, identify previously unknown problems and anticipate outcomes, says Cargill.
UK feed company, AB Agri, is partnering with GMP+ International to officially launch a new online training academy for feed chain professionals to improve safety in the global feed industry.
Dutch-based startup Connecterra and Fonterra, which is owned by 8.800 New Zealand dairy farmers, are teaming up to expand access to artificial intelligence (AI) technology for farms across New Zealand in 2022.
The US Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs (US-RSPE) says its supply chain sustainability assessment tool can guide innovation, drive improvements and support communication about the measured and verified sustainability of US poultry and eggs.
A partnership between industry, government and academia will see renowned US institute, Cornell University, build a lab aimed at reducing methane emissions.
Agricultural output needs to increase by 70% to meet food demand in 2050, and smart farming can support this, while also addressing challenges from labor shortages to an increased need for sustainable production, says Meili Robots, in a newly published...
Feed industry operators who haven’t adapted their security to the risks introduced by digitalization and supply chain globalization could be in the crosswire of ransomware attackers, warns Stroz Friedberg executive.
Evonik says it has enhanced its near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) services to the feed industry through implementation of the ISO 12099 standard for updated and expanded calibrations for feed raw materials and feed.
A UK veterinarian is a recipient of a €10K research grant from Trouw Nutrition, in the context of the company’s aim to improve the sustainability of dairy farming by increasing the longevity and performance of dairy cows.
Animal nutrition and feed additive producer, Biomin, recently announced its involvement in a four-year long, €10m (US$11.9m) EU-backed research consortium effort to address the challenges of pig and poultry production.
Blockchain applications stand to offer the feed supply chain substantial benefits and efficiencies in the goal to improve feed safety and animal health.
DSM has just released a new service, Sustell, developed in collaboration with consultants, Blonk, that it says provides analysis and results of environmental impact assessments, interventions and improvements throughout the animal protein value chain.
Specialty chemicals company, Evonik, says version 6.0 of its AMINODat database is now available for the first time as a web application. This new format allows the data to be updated several times a year.
Animal feed related startups, among others, are being encouraged to participate in this year’s FoodBytes! Pitch – Rabobank’s innovation discovery platform.
Agribusiness giant, Bunge, last week announced it was launching a new monitoring program in the Cerrado, becoming the first global company to foster mass action in that region to track indirect purchases of soybeans.
Kemiex sees rising ingredient prices for a set of reasons: freight related disruptions and charges, a new wave of COVID-19 lockdowns, elevated raw material prices for fermented feed additives and dollar weakness.
BASF and Adifo say their new software partnership will advance feed formulation and support more sustainable animal protein production as sustainability can now be a used as a parameter in feed formulations and rations.
Following a cyber incident at the start of the month, UK fuel, food and feed distributor, the NWF Group, says it acted promptly to instigate precautionary measures, engaging specialist external support to limit the damage and manage the incident.
Agribusiness giant, Bunge, says its recently released 9th Non-Deforestation Progress Report highlights additional progress the group has made toward its goal of achieving deforestation-free value chains worldwide by 2025.
EU feed trade group, FEFAC, has welcomed the European Commission’s recognition of feed materials and additives as part of the solution to help reduce methane emissions from cattle farming.
Disease susceptibility in monogastrics, predicting regional contamination and new product launches - we talk to Biomin about the work its R&D team is undertaking in respect of mycotoxin control.
All US food and feed facilities must renew their US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) registration between October 1 and December 31, 2020. Renewal is required every even-numbered year, and failure to renew results in a cancelled registration, says a...
DSM says it is building on its work to date on feed enzymes, on algae derived omega-3 and on methane emissions reduction to lead what it terms a robust and achievable transformation worldwide in sustainable animal protein production.
Newly established national animal feed security systems in Kenya and Ethiopia are helping these African nations prepare for droughts and maximize utilization of their feed resources.
To prevent challenges such as disruption to food supply chains from a pandemic like Covid-19 or other public health sanitary crisis, a key learning for the EU feed manufacturing sector is to have permanent crisis management capacity in place - at company...
Chinese agri-commodities giant, COFCO International, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, are partnering to help improve the sustainability of soy farming in Brazil’s Cerrado Biome.
A French research team evaluating precision nutrition approaches say that, for growing pigs, precision feeding strategies are a promising solution to reduce nutrient excretion by adjusting the nutrient supply to each individual pig at different points...
Specialty chemical companies, Evonik and BASF, have both invested in a Chinese technology startup, SmartAHC, that is said to enable more intelligent and healthier pig farming.
German agrochemical giant, BASF, has announced the acquisition of Cloudfarms, a software company for livestock farm management, traceability and precision farming with a focus on pig production.
The AIC, the UK feed and agri-supply industry representatives, says that supply chains in the UK are holding up as business adapts to the new trading landscape triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Covantis, a technology company focused on digitizing international trade, says it has received regulatory approvals and has launched as a legal entity, based in Geneva, Switzerland.
In the latest instalment of Feed Matters, FeedNavigator’s podcast series, we talk to Steven Read, chief operating officer, ForFarmers UK, to hear how the company is navigating a trading landscape utterly changed by the outbreak of COVID-19 globally.
Traceable production and reduced reliance on land and water use are prompting Grōv Technologies to develop an indoor production system for dairy and beef cattle forage.
Ensuring that feed and food supplies continue uninterrupted, while guaranteeing compliance with UK government rules to delay the spread of coronavirus are the top priorities of the AIC.
Integrating collected data and providing actionable insights along the animal production chain are driving the development of new agricultural technologies.
