Vitamins & minerals

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.

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.

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.

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Aqua feed innovation gets R&D focus at InVivo NSA

02-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

Precision feeding is critical in ensuring more sustainable aquaculture, says InVivo NSA as it strives to reduce waste through innovation in aqua feed.

Nutreco expands presence in Brazil with 'bolt on' buys

01-Dec-2014 By Jane Byrne

Nutreco’s acquisition of two Brazilian premix and feed specialties firms makes sense, and will extend its footprint in one of the fastest growing animal nutrition markets, says an analyst.

Greater production efficiency and a precision feeding model could emerge from UK pig project

28-Nov-2014 By Jane Byrne

A tie-up between UK animal health and nutrition firms, academics and tech experts will see a wealth of knowledge in digital technologies, pig nutrition and disease being applied to help producers improve the health of their pig herd and production efficiency,...

Early animal nutrition trends: Part 2

In ovo nutrients, CLA for sows, and weaner diets: new feeding strategies at EuroTier 2014

28-Nov-2014 By Jane Byrne

At EuroTier 2014 we heard about the latest research findings in poultry nutrition, a new ingredient for lactating sows that benefits piglets and the feeding strategies Danish piglet producers use in the absence of antibiotics.

SHV to finalize offer for Nutreco shares by early December

26-Nov-2014 By Jane Byrne

Nutreco says the offer process from SHV is “on track” with the investment firm saying it will publish its offer memorandum on its intended acquisition of all the animal nutrition company’s shares at the start of next month.

Gut health, rumen functionality and natural antioxidants – Cargill reveals additives strategy

25-Nov-2014 By Jane Byrne

Cargill says it plans to triple its feed additive output by 2020 with the progressive global shift away from antibiotic growth promoters set to fuel such development.

Analysts question shareholder view on acquisition bids for Nutreco

21-Nov-2014 By Jane Byrne

This week has seen shareholders in Nutreco such as Dutch pension group, APG, call on the Dutch fish and animal feed manufacturer to open its books to Cargill and Permira, the potential contenders to a €3 billion ($3.7bn) acquisition bid by SHV Holdings.

FAO sustainable feed survey shows far reaching demand for greater use of food waste in animal diets

18-Nov-2014 By Jane Byrne

The need to minimize water pollution, enhance biodiversity and exploit food waste for feed use are seen as critical by respondents to an FAO global survey, run as part of a project to develop more sustainable animal feed production and use.

FeedNavigator at EuroTier 2014

ForFarmers, Nutreco, and Alltech reveal benefits from focus on young animal diets

18-Nov-2014 By Jane Byrne

The feed industry and livestock producers are recognising the importance of feeding their animals an optimum nutrient supply in the first few weeks of life in order to get productivity gains throughout that animal’s lifetime.

Farmers, feed makers, genetic geniuses: industry mingles in Hannover

14-Nov-2014 By Jane Byrne

As the show draws to a close, we look back at some of the key events and debates.

Live! EuroTier 2014 in Germany

13-Nov-2014 By Jane Byrne

A round-up of tweets, both insightful and amusing, from the animal production industry gathering in Hannover.

SHV hikes bid for Nutreco as Cargill throws its hat in the ring

10-Nov-2014 By Jane Byrne

A bidding war is underway for Nutreco after SHV raised its offer to €44.50 ($54.87) a share in response to acquisition interest shown from Cargill, which is keen to take on the Dutch group’s fish feed division.

Study supports inclusion of up to 60% distiller grains in cattle feed

09-Nov-2014 By Lynda Searby

New research suggests that the addition of small amounts of calcium oxide to neutralize the acidity of distiller grains could enable this corn alternative to be used at higher levels in livestock feed mixes.

Teagasc: Birth weight is king for getting top performance and feed efficiency in pigs

09-Nov-2014 By Lynda Searby

Researchers at Teagasc have come up with some pragmatic solutions to the issue of maintaining growth in pigs weaned from large litters, including amino acid supplementation for sows and increasing weaning age to four weeks.

DSM could be ‘severely tested’ on vitamin E pricing early next year: analyst

04-Nov-2014 By Jane Byrne

DSM posted a volume hike on the animal nutrition side in its Q3 2014 results but an analyst forecasts increasing challenges linked to vitamin E pricing for that division and the DSM business overall.

Genetics, welfare and nutrition touted as the way to higher milk yields in China

31-Oct-2014 By Jane Byrne

Animal nutrition firm, Alltech, says its tie-up with Nestlé on an educational initiative for China’s dairy sector is trying to improve the environmental profile of the dairy sector there but is primarily aimed at lowering feed costs and boosting milk...

Nutreco looks to ‘metabolic maps’ to learn more about impact of perinatal calf diets

24-Oct-2014 By Jane Byrne

Metabolic studies will feature large in Nutreco’s new dairy calf nutrition research program, LifeStart, as a way of exploring what impact a higher plane of nutrition at the perinatal stage has on an animal’s lifetime performance.

Greening the industry - FEFAC wants sector help to measure environmental footprint of feed

21-Oct-2014 By Jane Byrne

FEFAC is calling on feed manufactures to join an EU-backed project looking to develop the parameters by which a company can prove the green credentials of an animal nutrition or food or drink product.

Analysts say firms such as Cargill and DSM could still trump SHV's offer

‘We believe it is a fair price,’ Nutreco backs takeover offer from investment firm SHV

20-Oct-2014 By Jane Byrne

Animal and fish feed group, Nutreco, said it fully endorses the bid from privately-held Dutch investment firm, SHV, to acquire it for €40 ($51) per share, or €2.69 billion ($3.43bn), and it dismissed speculation about third party bids for the business.

InVivo investments continue unabated - French firm buys Brazilian pet food and dairy feed maker

17-Oct-2014 By Jane Byrne

InVivo NSA says the acquisition of Brazilian animal nutrition group, Total Alimentos, has strengthened its position in pet food but also its foothold in the dairy and aqua feed segments in that market.

ForFarmers on the asset trail in the UK and beyond

17-Oct-2014 By Jane Byrne

Dutch feed group, ForFarmers, said it is not ruling out further acquisitions in the UK, following the recently announced rebranding of its operations in that market.

Agri giant's Q1 results show solid performance for animal nutrition and meat division

Cargill on alert for return of PEDv, but impact of virus 'less detrimental than anticipated'

09-Oct-2014 By Jane Byrne

Cargill has not had any new cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) within its pig operations since March this year, but the agri-giant is not throwing caution to the wind as a result.

'The grazing ruminant business is the most attractive one for us in Australia,' Alltech talks strategy after Lienert acquisition

26-Sep-2014 By Jane Byrne

Global animal nutrition group, Alltech, says it is intending to leverage the technical know-how and reach of recently acquired premix manufacturer Lienert, to develop the dairy and beef side of its business in Australia.

French agribusiness and biotech tie-up looks to develop bacteria derived feed additives

22-Sep-2014 By Jane Byrne

Exploiting the potential of bacteria to produce natural feed additives is the aim of a new partnership between two French companies - animal nutrition and agribusiness group, Sofiproteol, and biotechnology firm, Deinove.

New trace element line can bring 'direct and indirect' benefits to livestock producers, says BASF

04-Sep-2014 By Jane Byrne

BASF says it has plugged a gap in its animal nutrition portfolio through the development of highly bioavailable trace elements in glycinate form.

Persistent volatility in vitamin E prices forecast: analyst says plant shutdowns at DSM strategic

05-Aug-2014 By Jane Byrne

Market conditions in animal feed continued to improve for DSM in recent months, with it citing a strong performance for its premix businesses during Q2, but the Dutch group predicts ongoing volatility in the vitamin E market.

Vitamin C supply: Aland deal won’t change DSM’s global ranking

11-Jul-2014 By Jane Byrne

The vitamin C landscape ‘will not change materially’ with DSM’s acquisition of China-based vitamin C maker, Aland, said an analyst, as the Dutch group announced the finalization of the deal today.

Trace minerals may play a role in chick quality: Zinpro focuses on broiler embryo nutrition

17-Jun-2014 By Jane Byrne

Trace mineral supplier, Zinpro, is focusing on enriching the diets of broiler embryos to improve the liveability of chicks as part of its current research agenda.

Trace minerals, enzymes, and eubiotics: DSM, Zinpro expand their Chinese footprint

06-Jun-2014 By Jane Byrne

Feed additive companies are aiming to leverage the scale of the poultry and pig sectors in China with the past few weeks seeing DSM and Zinpro both kick-starting expansion projects on the ground.

DSM awaits FDA approval of 'bioactive' vitamin D3 additive for turkey and swine feed

10-Apr-2014 By Jane Byrne

DSM is looking to get FDA backing for the use of its vitamin D3 additive in feed for turkeys and for swine in the US, but approval could take up to one year.

Vitamin E supply hit by fire at BASF facility

25-Mar-2014 By Jane BYRNE

A major fire due to a technical issue on March 12 at a BASF plant in Germany will close the plant for a month or more and affect supply of vitamins A and E.

Kemin seeks FDA backing for its chromium source for broiler feed

24-Mar-2014 By Jane BYRNE

Kemin is awaiting approval from the US regulator for an extension of the use of its chromium propionate as a source of chromium in feed for broilers.

The Alltech Feed Tonnage Survey

Poultry feed rules the roost for global feed tonnage: Alltech Survey

03-Mar-2014 By Stephen DANIELLS

Feed tonnage for poultry was at a ‘surprisingly high’ 444 million metric tons in 2013, with six percent growth over 2012, according to the Alltech Feed Tonnage Survey.

Antioxidant supplements may lower animal cholesterol levels and produce healthier meat

03-Mar-2014 By Stephen DANIELLS

Supplementing the diet of beef cattle with a combination of selenium and vitamin E may enhance the mineral content and reduce the cholesterol in the meat, says a new study from Brazil.

French botanical feed firm looks to Morocco and Tunisia after Algerian push

27-Feb-2014 By Jane BYRNE

French botanical feed additives firm Nor-Feed Sud has the Moroccan and Tunisian markets in its sights following on from the launch of its first ever affiliate in Algeria last month.

PED virus: Is time running out for porcine plasma as a feed ingredient?

25-Feb-2014 By Jane BYRNE

A huge question mark hangs over the future use of porcine plasma in feed, says the boss of a Canadian feed manufacturer that was forced this month to recall feed pellets linked to the Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) virus.

Interview with Cargill's marketing and technology director Scott Ainslie

Cargill on maturing global markets, increasing regulation and the role of animal protein

20-Jan-2014 By Maggie Hennessy

Scott Ainslie, director of strategic marketing and technology at Cargill, recently chatted with FeedNavigator about the broad range of challenges facing the animal feed market, from finding ways to better feed a growing global population to new carbon...

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