Vitamins & minerals

Coated salt supplements may boost fish biomass gain, feed efficiency

05-Feb-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Adding coated forms of sodium butyrate to tilapia feed may boost biomass gain, fish yield and improve feed conversion, say researchers.

ASF spread sparks AFIA biosecurity guidance review, suggestions

01-Feb-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The America Feed Industry Association (AIFA) is asking compound feed, premix and feed ingredient manufacturers to reassess their biosecurity practices as African swine fever continues to spread internationally.

News in Brief

Syngenta R&D head to take on innovation role at DSM

31-Jan-2019 By Jane Byrne

DSM has announced that, Rob van Leen, chief innovation officer (CIO), and member of the executive committee of the Dutch group, has decided to leave the company in the second half of 2019.

DSM sets up JV with Chinese vitamin E producer

29-Jan-2019 By Jane Byrne

DSM reported today [January 29] that it intends to create a joint venture with Nenter in China, which will include all that company’s production and related assets for vitamin E.

Zero use of zinc oxide in EU pig production: Danish researchers are on the case

25-Jan-2019 By Jane Byrne

The Danish Pig Research Center (SEGES) is looking to determine how to achieve zero zinc oxide piglet diets.

Interviewing Mr Aquaculture: Tracking a career in the fish feed business

22-Jan-2019 By Jane Byrne

Niels Alsted has just retired from Danish fish feed manufacturer, BioMar. In total, he spent 45 years in the aquaculture sector. He talked FeedNavigator through his career, which started in 1974 on a small trout farm in Denmark.

Canada’s Jefo sinks $30 into new feed additive production site

22-Jan-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Jefo Nutrition seeks to expand its feed additive production as part of an ongoing effort to expand the company’s reach and revenue.

‘A fundamental lack of agricultural understanding’ - Feed and meat trade highly critical of Lancet report

18-Jan-2019 By Jane Byrne

The EAT-Lancet Commission report backing a cut in meat consumption is another example of well-intentioned but potentially flawed thinking on how to reduce the impact of diet on the environment, according to a raft of feed, agriculture and sustainability...

Vegetable choline may boost tilapia growth, antioxidant status

18-Jan-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Supplementing Nile tilapia diets with vegetable choline may support fish growth and performance along with providing clues to how that response is triggered, say researchers.

US cattle deaths prompt investigation, feed cube recall

15-Jan-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Following several reported cattle deaths, Purina Animal Nutrition is recalling a lot of cattle feed cubes in Florida and Georgia.

New border controls under a no-deal Brexit would hit supplies of feed, veterinary medicines, farm unions warn

11-Jan-2019 By Jane Byrne

The UK farming industry has again warned MPs to do all in their power to avoid a no-deal Brexit.

Algae-based β-glucan may provide gut, immune boost for piglets

10-Jan-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Piglets facing an immune challenge from E. coli may see an improvement to gut health and immune functioning from algae-derived β-glucan in their feed, say researchers.

Lawley’s to boost efficiency, footprint with new feed additive production site

10-Jan-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Lawley’s Inc. is seeking to improve its support of dairy producers, along with its production efficiency and quality control with a new Texas-based manufacturing facility.

DLG Group's premix and nutrition arm sets up new alliance with Indian milk and dairy products company

08-Jan-2019 By Jane Byrne

Vilofoss, the premix and nutrition subsidiary of Denmark’s DLG Group, has established a cooperation with milk and dairy products manufacturer, Prabhat Dairy, as part of the Indian's company’s ambition to develop its animal nutrition business.

Stop and eat the flowers: Dogwood-based additive may provide antibiotic alternative for feedlot cows

03-Jan-2019 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

A dogwood-based feed additive may boost nutrient digestibility and provide a similar immune response to in-feed antibiotic use for feedlot cattle on a high grain diet, say researchers.

Fermentation could be an inexpensive way to improve the nutritional value of novel chicken feed ingredients

14-Dec-2018 By Jane Byrne

Fermented feeds are underused in broiler nutrition, compared to practice in the pig sphere, and further research is required to exploit such feed as a viable source for chickens, concluded the authors of a newly published review.

Special Edition: Aquaculture feed innovation

Immunostimulant additive may boost fish mass, disease survival

13-Dec-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Feed additives with immunostimulant properties may provide a survival boost to farmed fish facing a disease challenge and improve biomass, say researchers.

ADM recalls select cattle feed products

05-Dec-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is in the process of recalling some of the cattle feed products manufactured at a company facility in Columbus, Nebraska after discovering a production malfunction.

Dutch firm link to unapproved GM bacterial strain seen in feed tested by Belgian officials

03-Dec-2018 By Jane Byrne

The Belgian authorities recently notified the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) over their identification of the presence of an unauthorized genetically modified strain of bacteria - Bacillus subtilis KCCM-10445 - in vitamin B2 (80% feed...

Reports from EuroTier 2018

‘We wanted to invest in a company that was in the natural phytogenic space but had a scientific backbone’

22-Nov-2018 By Jane Byrne

Cargill has been involved in a strategic partnership with phytogenic feed additive producer, Delacon, since July 2017. We spoke to Tarun Keswani, regional director for Cargill’s micro nutrition business in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), at EuroTier...

Chelating propionic acid with calcium may support catfish growth, survival

21-Nov-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Chelating propionic acid with calcium may boost the growth, feed efficiency and survival rate of farmed silver catfish facing disease challenge, say researchers.

Dispatches from the Cornell Nutritional Conference

Nutrition 2.0 could bring dietary changes for dairy cows

19-Nov-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Almost all classes of nutrients can act like hormones, and some feed additives may need to be reconsidered in terms of their role in signaling, says researcher.

ADM sees strong returns in Q3, minus animal nutrition

07-Nov-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Results in animal nutrition weighed on a positive third quarter for ADM, bringing down overall earnings for that segment.

Dispatches from the World Nutrition Conference in Cape Town

Feed composition could influence the toxic effect of mycotoxins

05-Nov-2018 By Jane Byrne

In contrast to research showing that feed processing techniques such as milling, steeping and extrusion can reduce mycotoxin content, there is limited research into the impact of feed composition on mycotoxin toxicity, says an expert.

Alltech focusing on poultry, dairy production in Nepal

05-Nov-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Alltech is expanding its presence in Nepal to support market development and the expansion of animal production with a focus on efforts with poultry and dairy cows, says regional director.

DSM sees positive results in Q3, as vitamin boost fades

01-Nov-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Animal nutrition sales help support positive third-quarter returns for Royal DSM, even as prices for vitamins return to more typical levels.

Special Edition: Early Animal Nutrition

How can the prenatal phase influence the lifelong performance of a pig?

29-Oct-2018 By Jane Byrne

Trouw Nutrition is expanding its original swine LifeStart concept, looking at how conditions during the prenatal phase can influence the lifelong performance of a pig.

Special Edition: Early animal nutrition

Cow's high selenium diets may boost protein transfer to calves

29-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Supplementing pregnant cow diets with levels of selenium could improve the passive transfer of immunoglobulin to calves, say researchers.

Special Edition: Early animal nutrition

Starting right: A roundup of stories focused on nutrition for younger animals

29-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

DSM expands premix production in India

23-Oct-2018 By Jane Byrne

Last week saw DSM open its second animal nutrition and health premix plant in India. The factory is located in Jadcherla, near Hyderabad.

'Precision nutrition approach can lower feed costs and make dairy farming more sustainable'

23-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Tweaking the levels of crude protein and phosphorus in feed could provide dairy producers a way to reduce feed costs, improve farm profitability and limit unwanted nutrient emissions, says expert.

No let up in feed demand in Myanmar

19-Oct-2018 By Jane Byrne

The Myanmar livestock feed industry has been growing steadily; the country’s total feed demand in 2018 is likely to increase by 15% from the previous year, and could reach 4 million metric tons (MMT) in 2020, report trade sources.

Two acquisitions help diversify Zinpro product portfolio

18-Oct-2018 By Jane Byrne

US trace mineral producer, Zinpro Corporation, is acquiring two US companies involved in water-soluble-based animal nutrition and nutritional support products - Paragon Specialty Products (PSP), which is based in Alabama, and CouvLotta, which is located...

Antibiotic alternatives, science platforms the focus in new feed additive tech tool

15-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Canadian Bio-Systems is focusing on supporting producers through production challenges and legislative change on antibiotics use in animal production with new feed science platforms and upcoming diagnostic technology.

Swine groups look to shut any possible window of opportunity for ASF entry into the US

15-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

US pork producers and feed suppliers are increasingly worried about feed safety due to the discovery and spread of African swine fever (ASF) in China where some feed ingredients, including soy bean meal, dried distillers grains and solubles (DDGS), amino...

Wilbur-Ellis Feed acquisition expands US footprint, product line

11-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Wilbur-Ellis Feed is seeking to expand company offerings and with its domestic footprint with the purchase of Ameri-Pac Inc, says president.

US: Fish farm company 'prepared to move forward' with trial against Purina and Texas firm

08-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Vealth Fish Farm demands that its lawsuit regarding fish feed brought against Purina and Texas Farm Products Company should press ahead.

Cargill highlights functional feed work as consumers up fish consumption

05-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

As farmed fish becomes increasingly a protein that interests consumers, growing numbers of consumers also are considering how fish may be raised.

Vitamin blend, β-carotene may boost grazing cattle pregnancy rate

02-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Adding a blend of β-carotene and vitamins may improve cattle pregnancy rates for an initial round of fixed-time artificial insemination, say researchers.

US: Feed industry, academic collaboration on safety

01-Oct-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

As concerns about the presence of African swine fever (ASF) overseas continue, a series of questions for swine producers to ask their feed companies about feed origins and feed safety measures are being developed.

CFIA expands approval for chromium propionate use in feed

26-Sep-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Canadian regulators grant Kemin the approval to expand the use of chromium propionate in animal feed for beef cattle and broilers.

Special Edition: Eubiotics developments

Polish team identifies yeast and probiotic combination for reduction of coliform bacteria

25-Sep-2018 By Jane Byrne

A study confirmed the yeast species, Yarrowia lipolytica, in combination with a probiotic - a mixture of Bacillus licheniformis and Bacillus subtilis - is highly suitable for feeding piglets.

Drip Feed: Round-up of stories from the week

21-Sep-2018 By Jane Byrne

We track new plant developments as far apart as Tasmania and Austria, and we find out about the winners of an agriculture and food start-up accelerator initiative in London, as well as an acquisition of an animal health player by a UK agribusiness group.

BASF drops EQ from carotenoid additives, launches replacements

13-Sep-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

BASF Animal Nutrition is adapting its carotenoid feed additives to EU regulatory requirements with the development of a new EQ-free product line.

Evonik adapts analytical NIR services to include unground raw feed materials

07-Sep-2018 By Jane Byrne

German specialty chemicals company, Evonik, says it has expanded its high-precision Near Infrared (NIR) analytical services to enable the content of raw, unground feed materials to be assessed as soon as they arrive at the feed mill.

TechAccel partners for animal health product development

05-Sep-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

As part of an effort to address gaps in production for animal health products, TechAccel has formed an alliance with Kansas based Reliance Animal Health Partners to create a “revenue-ready” product production process, says CFA.

Agravis is new fish feed market entrant

04-Sep-2018 By Jane Byrne

Leading German animal feed group, Agravis Raiffeisen AG, has entered the fish feed business, with extruded feed and premixes.

DLG rebranding its premix and nutrition division

04-Sep-2018 By Jane Byrne

The DLG Group is uniting all its subsidiaries in the premix and nutrition division under one new brand name, Vilofoss.

Balchem buys Italian feed ingredients firm

30-Aug-2018 By Jane Byrne

Balchem Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Balchem Italia, has announced the acquisition of Bioscreen Technologies, a small privately held manufacturer of encapsulated and fermented feed nutrition ingredients, headquartered in Bertinoro,...

Lessons from PEDV: preventing in-feed transit of ASF

21-Aug-2018 By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Outbreaks of African Swine Fever in China are raising concerns for swine producers in the US as the disease may be able to survive the importing process in feed or feed ingredients, says expert.