Land O’Lakes' nonprofit is rebranding and focusing its efforts on supporting global livestock ventures, dairy ventures and work with feed and food crops while addressing soil health and the environment to support the growing global population.
Royal DSM is seeking to reduce the methane generated by dairy cows raised on pasture, following efforts to address production of the gas by animals managed in more intensive systems.
Feed crop quality continues to be uncertain for feed users, even as questions remain about total production for current corn and soybean crops, says analyst at Iowa State University.
Delayed plantings, wet spring weather and damaged alfalfa crops are combining to generate forage and hay challenges for beef and dairy producers, however, alternative feed sources do remain, say experts.
Weather-delayed planting, variable crop maturity and crop damage could all provide a basis for mycotoxin presence in the current feed crop, says an expert with Alltech.
Making agriculture greener and cutting food waste are key solutions in the climate fight according to the new report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The Portuguese government has taken a hardline position against the threatened strike there by truckers’ unions, demanding 50-100% minimum transport services during the work stoppage, a level that would certainly lessen the impacts of any industrial action.
DSM is set to file for Brazilian registration of its new feed additive that it claims can cut methane emissions in cows by around 30%, as first reported by Reuters yesterday [August 7].
As part of the continued effort to improve transparency and public access to information about approved animal drugs, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it has made medicated feed-related information more accessible and user-friendly.
AIC, the trade group representing the interests of the feed manufacturing industry and other agri-supply businesses in the UK, said its new Palm Oil Credit Scheme (APOCS) has been developed in conjunction with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)...
A planned, indefinite strike by lorry drivers in Portugal could paralyze its feed industry and other agri-food sectors heavily reliant on goods deliveries, warns the country’s feed trade group.
Increasing feed pellet size and adding binding agents may support cattle intake and weight gain during winter production and could improve ruminal fermentation, say researchers.
Poor weather and a drop in planted acres are expected to lower sorghum yields in Mexico, while increased corn production shifts feed use way from the feed grain.
To improve the sustainability of beef production, Cargill is focusing on reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the supply chain in the next 10 years.
