The benefits of probiotics in animals go beyond gut health, says an animal nutrition scientist, who claims the bacteria can play a vital role in ensuring more profitable and sustainable poultry production.
French poultry production businesses must invest at the farm level and increase scale via mergers and acquisitions at home and abroad or lose further ground to the competitive German, Dutch and Belgian producers, who, using more efficient models, are...
Adding resveratrol to feed may boost the antioxidant defenses of broiler birds and prevent liver damage, says a new study from the National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology in Bangalore, India.
Indications from trials assessing the safety of using insects for feed show fly larvae contain very high levels of heavy metals, putting their use as a potential protein source for pigs and poultry at risk.
A Chinese researcher whose study shows how short antimicrobial peptides could replace conventional antibiotics in livestock production has walked off with a top animal nutrition science prize.
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
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.
Concordia University is teaming up with Elanco Animal Health on a genomics project looking to develop enzymes that will improve the digestibility of feed for pigs and poultry in Canada and make those livestock sectors more competitive.
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.
New Jersey based veterinary product supplier, Pharmgate, says its acquisition of Pennfield Animal Health, a producer of medicated in-feed and water soluble additives to tackle enteric diseases in livestock and poultry, is ‘transformative’.
There is still buoyant demand in Europe for non GM soy as a feed ingredient, despite some meat sectors in Germany, the UK, Denmark and Sweden debating the feasibility of retaining a GM free policy, says an industry insider.
An alignment of two responsible soy standards, RTRS and ProTerra, will help boost physical flows of certified soy by keeping audit costs low, increasing market transparency and enhancing farmer training, says the ProTerra Foundation.
Agri giant's Q1 results show solid performance for animal nutrition and meat division
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.
Research efforts at AB Vista have yielded insights into enzyme technology, showing the vital importance of specific enzyme characteristics, which the company says will aid poultry producers and feed formulators.
The South Asian poultry market is the first staging post for US enzyme developer, BRI, as it has a shift in strategy for the roll-out of its new thermo stable xylanase feed enzyme, Xylamax.
In vetoing a livestock antibiotic bill on Tuesday, the governor of California is, in fact, calling for stronger action to curb unnecessary antibiotic use in that state, say US environmental and consumer groups.
Probiotics enhance performance, promote a healthy balance of microbiota in the gut, and counteract the negative consequences of enteric diseases in poultry, found two leading US researchers following a comprehensive review of the literature.
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.
French firm, Nor Feed Sud, said it has leveraged its long established partnership with medicinal plant producers’ cooperative, Adatris Anjou Plantes, to develop Ubigreen – a series of “well-defined and high quality” botanical products for animal feed...
Hazard control procedures in UK feed mills need to be enhanced, found a Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) review of the systems in place to verify that UK feed operators identify and manage risks effectively.
US group, Sabinsa, is training its portfolio of botanical ingredients, probiotics and enzymes on companion animals and livestock as it sets up a new animal nutrition division, VetVitals.
A US scientist, in a review of the literature, reports that GM feed is safe and nutritionally equivalent to non-GM feed, with no indication of any unusual trends in livestock health since 1996 when GM crops were first harvested.
Early next year could see a reintroduction of GM free soy feed into the German poultry supply chain if a working group involving poultry producers and food retailers can reach unanimity on the issue.
The successful deciphering of the complex genome of the oilseed rape by an international group of scientists will accelerate ongoing breeding efforts around the crop to benefit animal and human nutrition, says INRA.
US chicken processor removes antibiotics from hatcheries
US chicken processor, Perdue Foods, yesterday announced that it has removed all antibiotics from its chicken hatcheries, a move that “sets the standard for the responsible use of antibiotics in poultry production.”
Algae biomass-derived pellet binders that could potentially make poultry feed more efficient are one of the early-stage innovations that award-winning poultry researcher Joe Moritz is working on.
Whilst the poultry feed industry is still getting its head around the concept of phytase ‘super-dosing’, AB Vista has come out with the results of a new study which advocates combining phytase super-dosing with a single-enzyme xylanase.
The Alliance for Natural Health suggests that non-organic inputs may be used in EU organic production until 31st December 2017 and call the public to action in support of true organic agriculture.
It is becoming increasingly difficult for producers of poultry feed in New Zealand to guarantee a reliable supply of imported GM-free soya, according to the Poultry Association of New Zealand.
Insect meals could potentially replace between 25 and 100% of the soymeal or fishmeal in animal feeds, according to a new meta-study that has been accepted for publication in Animal Feed Science and Technology.
The Russian ban on food and agricultural products from the EU, North America, and Australia, looks likely to support a hike in grain, oils and meals as well as meat exports from Brazil to that market.
A new, sustainable protein source for animal and fish feed is on the horizon, with its US developer getting ready to hit the start button on the production line at its facility in Ohio.
An expected softening of domestic soy meal prices will bring some relieve to poultry producers in India, who have seen their profitability hit in the past six months, says an analyst.
A US federal appeals court has ruled against the need for regulatory action to end the use of non-therapeutic antibiotics such as penicillin and tetracyclines in farmed animals.
EU feed and cereal sector representatives say the postponement of a decision on the authorization of eight genetically modified (GM) crops by the European Commission is ‘highly problematic’ for the security of protein supplies.
EFSA experts say they need more information before they can go ahead with an assessment of the risks arising from the production and consumption of insects as feed and food.
UK politicians are calling for government action to ensure the use of antibiotics in farm animals is strictly required for therapeutic use and that more research is carried out on the link between animal and human pathogens resistant to antibiotics.
EFSA has again found that Toyocerin from Spanish feed additives firm, Rubinum, poses a risk for the spread of determinants for resistance to two antibiotics used in human and veterinary medicine - tetracycline and chloramphenicol.
Global feed prices are expected to decline in the coming months based on current fundamentals and a good crop outlook for wheat and soybeans, reports Rabobank in its Poultry Quarterly Q2 review.
A group of UK politicians are calling for the government to migrate away from heavy dependence on imported soybean for animal feed and they want a Plan B for the development of alternative protein sources.
New guidelines on feed nanomaterials from the US regulator could spur the development of products to boost animal weight gain, bind toxins or make feed easier to digest.
Moisture levels, rising temperatures, the availability of oxygen and poor feed management during storage contribute to changes in the levels and types of mycotoxins in feed, says an expert on the grain contaminants.
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.
As Nutreco announces it is to hold onto its Iberian business for the foreseeable future, a Dutch broker says management at the feed company has been ‘clumsy’ in the execution of the divestment process.
