Limited availability and high prices are two factors restricting the use of pulses in the European feed complex, says EU compound feed manufacturer trade group, FEFAC.
Russia was predicted to be the top wheat exporting country in 2016/2017 but an analyst is now revising slightly downward that country’s expected 30m tons record wheat export crop.
ADM Animal Nutrition says it is investing in R&D to strengthen the use of its well-established whole cell yeast product, Citristim, in aquaculture, while it continues to shore up its knowledge on the additive's influence on immunity and gut health.
Cargill’s corn oil production site in Memphis, Tennessee will be the location of the first commercial scale facility for manufacture of Calysta’s gas to feed protein, FeedKind.
South African insect derived feed producer, AgriProtein, has generated USD$17.5m in capital to fund expansion into Europe, North and South America and Asia.
Pancosma has acquired an 80% majority shareholding in a Chinese feed additives firm, Jangsu Keybio Biology Technology Co, to accelerate its development in China.
ADM said it has almost doubled sunflower seed crushing capacity at its reopened Ukraine oilseeds processing facility to meet feed and food manufacturing sectors demand for meal and oil.
French animal nutrition group, Neovia, says the rebranding of its premix business as Wisium is an attempt to bolster that division’s international standing.
Researchers are looking to generate protein for animal feed from biogas production sited on pig farms, reducing dependency on imported proteins like soy.
Delacon says the initial industry skepticism about botanical compounds is decreasing as a growing number of independent studies show the impact of such additives on livestock production.
The announcement of the pending departure of Tyson Foods CEO Donnie Smith coupled with the company's forecast that profits for FY 2017 would be lower that previously stated, sent the meat processor's shares downward on Monday.
The EU Commission has asked EFSA to develop a tool to allow a simplified approach to RASFF decision making on the risk for humans and animals from notifications related to chemical contaminants in food and feed.
Our jury of readers forecast that Donald Trump’s tenure as US president, scheduled to begin on 20 January 2017, will be damaging for the US feed industry.
ForFarmers reported the pressure on the Dutch dairy sector to meet phosphate emission levels could see a significant reduction in herd sizes next year, but such a development is expected to have a limited impact on the company’s dairy feed volumes overall.
Dutch group, Barentz, says its animal nutrition portfolio has been strengthened through the acquisition of the majority shares in feed additives trader and distributor, Globe Ingredients.
Property mogul, Donald Trump, has been elected the 45th president of the US, in a shock election victory over Democratic party candidate Hillary Clinton.
The animal nutrition and health (ANH) segment of US company, Balchem Corporation, saw sales of $40.9m during its Q3 2016 – an increase of 2.5% or $1m with a 6.6% hike in volumes compared to Q3 2015.
Evonik is focusing on probiotics, gut health, and modelling
A new system of electronic certification for imported organic products such as soymeal from China, for example, is aimed at ensuring greater traceability of such ingredients and at reducing potential fraud.
Third quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for DSM rose 13% to €323m ($359m), and sales jumped 3% to around €2bn.
The effect of nutrition on animal health is scientifically evident and communication and progress should not be blocked by regulations, argues a leading light of the feed industry.
A petition to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants the agency to remove approvals for antibiotic use in livestock disease prevention and growth promotion.
The European Commission (EC) has adopted regulation enabling meal produced from wild starfish and aquatic invertebrates to be used to make fishmeal for pig and poultry feed.
Glencore already supplies grains to leading UK animal feed compounders, but, through a new alliance, will make “cost effective” protein meals available to that market.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) had raised the US soybean yield again; the agency projected it at 51.4 bushels per acre, up 0.8 bushels from the September forecast.
Laying hens are proving to be the point of entry sector for inclusion of the Europe grown GM free Danube Soya, says the association behind the program.
Alternative feed protein producer, UniBio, said a new study demonstrates the fermentation technology used in its methane gas fed production process is efficient in terms of productivity and energy usage.
Bacteria-derived phytases can be used to improve feed intake, weight gain in broilers and replace some levels of inorganic phosphorus, say researchers.
South African broiler production faces challenges from high feed prices as country looks to import corn from the US and Latin America, says US Foreign Agricultural Service attaché.
