Mighty Earth is welcoming changes to POSCO International’s policy on deforestation and palm oil production but continues to watch for positive on the ground change in Indonesia.
A new joint venture between Tyson Fresh Meats and Jacob Stern and Sons seeks to produce oils and fats from pork and beef products for global markets including animal feed.
Integrating collected data and providing actionable insights along the animal production chain are driving the development of new agricultural technologies.
Integrating technology and animal nutrition to provide usable insight for producers is one area where digital development and the use of new tools can help improve industry productivity.
High-risk ingredients, mitigation plans, limiting on-site travel and preventing facility cross-contamination are some of the steps feed producers need to consider when facing disease challenges, says expert.
Despite the challenge caused by the Australian drought in 2019, feed manufacturer, Ridley Corporation, posted profits following a recovery in the three months of the year.
As part of a company focus on meeting product demand in international markets, Hormel Foods is set to stop sourcing pigs raised using, or having been exposed, to the feed additive ractopamine.
The American Feed Industry Association is promoting steps to improve feed industry biosecurity and supporting US-based and international work to improve feed ingredient registration, says VP.
Fears about the time that African Swine Fever survives in soy-based feed ingredients are prompting a request for the US Department of Agriculture to limit some feed ingredient imports.
The US Poultry & Egg Association, the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) and the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) sponsored an Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit at IPPE to address how to optimize US feed and animal production practices...
Higher, if stable, feed prices and uncertainty tied to a global disease outbreak are not expected to reduce Brazil’s beef and pork production or export demand in 2020, says analyst.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is highlighting common areas where feed manufacturing facilities are missing goals established by the US Food and Drug Administration’s new regulations.
The revised trade agreement negotiated by the US, Mexico and Canada is expected to improve provisions on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and reduce non-trade barriers, says expert.
AB Vista is highlighting the role its blended ingredient plays in prompting the monogastric gut microbiome to develop more rapidly and improve fiber degradation.
A review of core business and acquisition opportunities is underway at Novus International, along with moves to ensure staff are empowered, says incoming CEO.
NIR-based analysis of feed ingredients is detailing changing amino acid profiles in plants and alterations in nutrition from processing, says Evonik representative, who also talks about challenges to ‘real-time’ use of the data generated.
Precision assessment of feed, additives and ingredients along with the examination of products for unwanted contaminants has a role to play in feed safety.
Evonik highlights the use of biostatistics to improve poultry production with the introduction of its flock data management and predictive software program, Porphyrio.
Industry members need to apply experience gained during previous disease outbreaks to improve biosecurity practices and prevent future disease transmission, says expert.
Minnesota-based agri-giant, Cargill, has expanded the Diamond V animal nutrition production facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to address the increasing demand for animal health products.
Declan Billington, chief executive of John Thompson & Sons Ltd, Northern Ireland’s largest animal feed processor, debriefs on this in the latest episode of our podcast series, Feed Matters.
The animal nutrition business delivered a solid result with strong sales growth across regions and species, said DSM, as it announces its Q4 and FY2019 results.
Calm feed prices in Mexico are granting producers the opportunity to expand production and exports, while cattle and swine producers improve their genetic stock.
A recent meta-analysis by Nutreco company, Trouw Nutrition, found supplementation of piglets’ diets with a feed additives blend resulted in an additional €1.31 financial gain per piglet.
Around 80% of global deforestation is driven by agricultural expansion, a phenomenon which has roots in the global demand for products such as palm oil, soy and beef, says the EU Commission.
China says it is stepping up efforts to ensure orderly production and distribution of animal feed, meat, dairy products and eggs amid its fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The types and levels of mycotoxins present in feed grain samples raise the possibilities of reduced performance for production species and fertility challenges.
Elevated leucine levels in high-protein distiller’s dried grains with solubles hamper swine feed intake and weight gain, but the amino acid can be managed, says expert.
There would not seem to be major volatility in vitamin E pricing since November last year when a force majeure was announced by LANXESS for the production of m-cresol, an intermediate in the manufacture of vitamin E, at its site in Germany.
Swine inventories in Poland decreased by 4% in 2019 due to the spread of African swine fever (ASF) and growing feed costs stemming from the 2019 drought, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Over the past few months, several of Japan’s largest meat processing companies have announced plans to develop plant-based alternative meat products for retail.
A survey of some 97 professional buyers, traders and producers of feed and food additives saw 35 respondents or 36% expecting a high, and 50 respondents or 51% a low impact of the coronavirus on ingredient supply.
Broiler feed continues to take the largest share of the world's feed production cake, according to the latest Alltech annual global feed survey, released today [January 27].
Changing governmental policies are prompting early export sales of feed grains and may be lowering domestic use of corn even as livestock production increases.
The Dutch government has pledged funds to a financial mechanism for sustainable agriculture, a move that ensures the AGRI3 Fund will be up and running in the first half of 2020.
Neogen Corporation is seeking to grow its presence in export markets including in animal producing regions of Uruguay and Argentina with the acquisition of Productos Quimicos Magiar.
Maintaining biosecurity at the farm-level, educating feed producers about disease risks, continuing to research disease spread and mitigation agents and working together with the government are the steps needed to prevent African Swine Fever (ASF) from...
The global black soldier fly market will grow at a CAGR of 33.3% from 2019 to 2030 to reach US$2.57bn in a decade, according to new market analysis from Meticulous Research.
US animal production and corn use in feed is predicted to increase even as corn export sales cede market space to shipments from Brazil and Ukraine, say analysts.
Archer Daniels Midland Company’s animal nutrition business is focusing on the integration of Neovia, developing alternative ingredients and supporting the feed industry’s move away from antibiotic use.
Following up on Wednesday’s trade agreement progress with China, the US Senate approved the revised trade agreement with Canada and Mexico (USMCA) on Thursday [January 16]. The development was welcomed the US feed sector.
