Convent Capital is investing €3.5m in Dutch feed additive company, Animal Health Concepts (AHC), the first outlay of a newly launched Agri Food Growth Fund.
One of Australia’s largest cattle producers, the North Australian Pastoral Company (NAPCo), has signed a collaboration and supply agreement with DSM, which will see the Dutch company’s feed additive, Bovaer, used through the NAPCo supply chain.
Belgian business, the Colruyt Group, is expanding its minority interest in The Seaweed Company to 21%. The retail group was already a shareholder in the Dutch startup.
MEP Christophe Hansen's new ENVI report amending the proposal to end imported deforestation into the EU for certain commodities has been praised by industry and some environmentalists, but not all.
US based Perdue AgriBusiness, an independent operating division of Perdue Farms Inc, is to plough US$59.1m into an expansion project at its soy crushing plant in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Argentina’s drought has been having a major negative impact on the country’s soybean crop, and the weekend saw its agricultural ministry move to suspend soybean oil and meal export registrations.
EU feed manufacturing companies are currently searching for alternative supplies to compensate for loss of Black sea origin, mainly in relation to maize [corn] and sunflower meal.
Leading European feed manufacturer, ForFarmers, expects raw material and energy prices to remain high, given the worrying political situation between Russia and Ukraine.
US company, Amlan, launched mineral clay feed additives at IPPE last month to meet growing consumer demands for animal protein raised without antibiotics.
The animal nutrition business delivered 10% volume growth for DSM last year, revealed the company as it released its full year and Q4 2021 financial results.
Commodity trader, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), has committed to eliminate deforestation and conversion of native vegetation of high conservation value for agricultural purposes from all its supply chains by December 2025.
A three-year, US$2.5m Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) engineering-scale project is aimed at showing that producing algae for feed use can be cost-effective and has added environmental benefits.
Brazil and Argentina are likely to step up corn and soybean exports to China during the US winter months, finds a newly released report from US organization, CoBank.
UK agri-feed company, GLW Feeds, says it has sealed a refinancing deal with HSBC UK to support the company’s future growth and to enhance its sustainability credentials.
Sales and distribution of medically important antimicrobial drugs approved for use in US farmed animals decreased by 3% between 2019 and 2020, shows US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report.
Multiple companies, including feed additive producers, have halted production in a critical manufacturing hub in China as the authorities try to contain a COVID-19 outbreak.
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.
UK animal feed additives manufacturer, Anpario, has been granted a UK patent for its Orego-Stim product that seeks to reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Dutch animal feed cooperatives, ABZ Diervoeding and De Samenwerking, have drafted a proposal for an amalgamation of the two entities from January 1, 2022.
One of Northern Ireland’s largest animal feed manufacturers, Fane Valley Feeds, has taken a 50% stake in Irish feed, grain and agronomy company, Drummonds.
The US Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER), along with agribusiness consultants, the Context Network, launched a project this month to develop a sustainability roadmap for the US feed and pet food industries.
The UK government should work more closely with farmers and agri-supply businesses on new and revised legislation, to avoid unnecessary shocks to trade, says the CEO of the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC).
FrieslandCampina and Agrifirm are joining forces for the purpose of create a physically separated supply stream of guaranteed deforestation-free soy for dairy cattle feed.
The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has found that DSM’s feed additive, 3-NOP, branded as Bovaer, reduces enteric methane emissions from dairy cows and is safe for the animal and the consumer.
As ADM unveiled its new animal nutrition lab in Rolle, Switzerland, expanding its R&D capabilities, we get the low down on the company’s goals for its feed additive portfolio.
A newly released draft law on deforestation would seem to prioritize the ‘cleaning up’ of domestic supply chains rather than trying to curb the issue at origin, according to three stakeholder groups.
An alliance has been announced between Dinnissen Process Technology, Bolster Investment Partners and the Triott Group owned Ottevanger Milling Engineers.
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.
Scientists at the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast are to feed seaweed to farm animals in a bid to slash methane by at least 30%.
The latest RUMA Targets Task Force report shows that, despite an unprecedented year, UK livestock sectors are making good progress on antibiotic use targets.
DSM is planning to realize large scale production capacity for its methane-reducing feed additive for ruminants, Bovaer, with a new plant at its existing manufacturing site in Dalry, Scotland.
The ongoing freight costs and shipping challenges, along with drought in South America, are the factors behind a shortage in the supply of certain key feed ingredients, reports the Irish Farmers Journal.
A report from environmental campaigners claims that failure to take action on methane emissions by the world’s biggest meat and dairy companies is fueling the climate crisis.
EU compound feed production has been negatively impacted by the spread of animal diseases but boosted by the continuing global grain market rally this year, according to data from FEFAC.
A partnership between industry, government and academia will see renowned US institute, Cornell University, build a lab aimed at reducing methane emissions.