Dr David Bravo, chief innovation officer, Pancosma, provides us with some insights from his numerous years working in animal nutrition targeted research and development.
This month, we are looking at innovation in the area of feed protein in the context of growing demand for fish and meat globally. We trawled the archives to track exciting developments in that arena over the past few years.
Switzerland based feed additives company, Pancosma, and German chemical giant, BASF, say they have intensified their efforts to enforce their intellectual property (IP) rights for their metal-glycinates.
The growth rate in demand for liquid methionine is expected to be higher than powder methionine due to industrialization of the feed industry in China and in India as well as in other developing countries, says Adisseo.
Sarena Lin, who, up to recently, oversaw Cargill's global animal feed and nutrition business, has moved to Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company.
Employee engagement, safety practices and quality controls were among the elements that helped distinguish this year’s category winners of the Feed Facility of the Year program.
New research shows it may be possible to convert Greek yogurt acid whey waste into either a feed additive or aviation fuel, and, critically, without the use of additional chemicals.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has opened a public consultation on its draft guidance for the risk assessment of nanoscience and nanotechnology applications in the food and feed chain.
Ruud Tijssens, director of corporate affairs, at Dutch feed group Agrifirm, will be presenting on the regional raw material protein production trend at Feed Protein Vision.
Weather events from a series of cyclones to severe storms to inland floods to a crop freeze, drought and wildfire wreaked havoc for many sectors in the US last year including crop and livestock production; the disasters resulted in around $306.2bn in...
Research at Aalborg University in Denmark suggests that green bio-refinery processes have the potential to generate organic protein-rich animal feeds from green crops for pigs, poultry and dairy cows.
The low number of pigs weaned per sow per year in all UK systems is still a major cause of that market’s relatively high cost of production and a factor that needs to be addressed if UK pig production costs are to remain competitive with the rest of Europe,...
Canadian feed manufacturers can temporarily break from adherence to regulatory specifications on vitamin A and E levels while global supplies remain limited.
Minneapolis headquartered agribusiness giant, Cargill, reported profits were down as it announced its 2018 Q2 financial results yesterday; however, it said its animal nutrition and protein segment was the largest contributor to adjusted operating earnings...
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) said its soy crushing facility in Straubing, in southern Germany, is up and running again after a recent Salmonella contamination incident.
Marks & Spencer (M&S) was the first major UK retailer to publish antibiotic data from its supply chain. It did so in December. Waitrose and ASDA quickly followed suit.
EFSA has reiterated its previous conclusion that bentonite is safe for all animal species, the consumers and the environment when used at a maximum level of 20,000 mg/kg complete feed.
We caught up with WWF global soy lead, Jean Franҫois Timmers, to hear if the organization believes the feed sector has made large or small strides towards sustainable sourcing this year and what actions WWF is carrying out in this regard in 2018.
Vitamin shortage, feed’s role in the circular economy, future EU protein policy and the public image of the sector will be some of the dominant themes of 2018 for the European feed sector.
A House of Commons committee inquiry heard oral evidence from livestock industry players about the implications of uncertainty generated by Brexit for trade in agricultural goods.
The USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) offices in Venezuela and Chile noted that feed and agricultural exports from the US to Chile are expected to see an all-time high this fiscal year.
Great Plains Processing is starting work on a new production site to address increased market demand, footprint and diversify its product offerings, says president.
GMP+ International says the feed sector needs to be as alert as the horsemeat-hit food industry has shown itself to be in recent years in relation to fraud in the supply chain.
Reducing crude protein levels and monitoring dietary net energy levels may offer producers a way to improve feed efficiency in heavy pigs, say researchers.
As vitamin E and A prices increase due to the recent supply constraints, animal nutrition companies are proposing interim strategies to lower financial stress for end users.
Feed additive producer, Nutriad, which operates four laboratories and five plants located in Belgium, Spain, the UK, China and the US, has been bought by Chinese group, Adisseo.
Although feed type and intake can aid enteric methane emission calculations, uncertainties continue for estimating manure-generate emissions, says researcher.
Scientists in Ireland are working on a process to produce duckweed for use in animal feed by capturing essential nutrients in wastewater from dairy processing plants.
As reports of supplies of vitamins A and E become very tight, the industry worldwide will have to manage the shortfall for several months, says UK feed and crop protection sectors’ trade group, Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC).
The sale and distribution of antibiotics approved for use in food-producing animals in the US decreased by 10% from 2015 to 2016, according to a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report released on Thursday.
Only 1-2% of global soy production is certified responsible, but RTRS president Marina Engels believes that figure could jump to 10% in five years if demand for credits and produce increases.
