Dairy farmers need greater insight into how to optimize calf diets, says Nutreco as it invests just over €1m ($1.3m) in a new dairy calf and beef cattle nutrition research facility in the Netherlands.
A Dutch feed producer is under investigation following the discovery of the banned antibiotic, Furazolidone, in animal feed it supplied to four veal producers.
Adding a yeast derivative based on brewery yeast hydrolyzate to the diet of post-weaned piglets may support their immune system without affecting animal performance, says a new study from The Netherlands and Finland.
The vitamin C landscape ‘will not change materially’ with DSM’s acquisition of China-based vitamin C maker, Aland, said an analyst, as the Dutch group announced the finalization of the deal today.
Salmonella-infected dairy calves are less likely to show clinical signs associated with salmonellosis when fed a certain combination of yeast products, finds a new study from the US.
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.
US aquaculture firm, Bell Farms, has become a fully integrated fish farm with the completion of a new feed mill at its Indiana base that is set to produce around 907 metric tons (MT) of plant-based fish feed monthly.
Spanish feed additives company, Rubinum, has criticized EFSA’s findings that new evidence submitted by the firm on Toyocerin did not demonstrate the safety of the gut flora stabilizer.
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.
Piglet mortality during the neonatal phase, from birth until weaning, can often run as high as 18%, and, in a bid to address that, Cargill recently launched a global nutrition program to help improve piglet livability.
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.
French group, InVivo NSA, remains on the lookout for premix, vaccine production and complete feed assets in Mexico and surrounding countries but its immediate priority is to boost its share of the shrimp feed market in the region.
Nutreco’s fish feed division, Skretting, is ploughing a significant amount of its research funds into the development of alternative proteins to fishmeal for the aquaculture sector.
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.
Barley with improved grain phytase activity could soon be a reality if regulators classify new plant breeding techniques in the same way as traditional breeding methods and do not label them GM, says a plant science expert.
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.
An analyst questions Nutreco’s move to set up a joint venture in fish feed in Nigeria, saying the Dutch feed group should remain focused on the massive growth potential of the Asian and Latin American aquaculture markets instead.
The Parma-based feed safety assessor said it cannot conclude on the effectiveness of a digestibility enhancer aimed at lactating sows due to a lack of supporting data.
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.
Raisioagro, the feed and grain division of Finnish food group Raisio, is to cease production of poultry and pig feed due to a “lack of competitiveness” in the market there.
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.
Thai food and feed giant, CPF, is upbeat about prospects for its feed business, following on from its posting last month of a near double Q1 net profit for group operations, driven by higher meat prices, lower raw material costs and a recovery in its...
Supplementing the diet of piglets with laminarin from seaweed may improve gut health and growth performance post-weaning, according to a series of studies from Ireland.
Concentrates of the microalgae Nannochloropsis sp. and Dunaliella tertiolecta have the potential to replace or supplement to fresh cultures, long regarded as a bottleneck in the aquaculture industry.
Nutrition and feeding approaches may be able to lower enteric methane in dairy production by up to 15%, but rumen modifiers have had very little success in terms of sustained methane reductions without compromising milk production, found a meta-analysis.
Regulatory restrictions on formaldehyde in certain markets such as Taiwan spurred feed pathogen control developer Anitox to develop an alternative to its Termin-8 feed additive to combat salmonella and E. coli in feedstuffs post milling.
Supplementing the diet of cultured tilapia fish with astragalus polysaccharide (APS), one of the active ingredients of traditional Chinese herbal astragalus membranaceus, may boost growth performance and the immune parameters.
The mycotoxins, DON and FUM, were found in over 50% of feed grains samples analyzed by Biomin in its latest survey of the prevalence of mycotoxins in cereals globally, with piglets at risk from the levels of DON concentrates found.
‘The industry is crying out for better performing piglet feed,’ says De Heus as it launched a new feed program for young pigs at the Utrecht feed to meat show.
Total replacement of fish oil with camelina oil (Camelina sativa) in the diet of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) does not affect weight gain and growth rate in the fish, according to new data from Canada.
Logic and legislative frameworks often don’t go hand in hand, says an edible insect expert and academic behind a recent conference looking at the potential of insects as feed and the bottlenecks preventing their exploitation as a protein source.
Technology such as drones and robots are set to usher in a new age of precision agriculture, which would lead to an end to the chemical ag system reliant on pesticides, fertilizers, and herbicides, according to experts.
Technology development firm Health Enhancement Products Inc. (HEPI) has a new urine test to measure critical biomarkers for stress and inflammation, which could have significant benefits for rapid identification of mastitis and ‘shipping fever’.
Defatted biomass from the biofuel industry may replace some of the corn and soybean currently used for weanling pigs, broiler chicks, and laying hens, report scientists from the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University.
Competitive grain sourcing, lower poultry imports and feed production efficiency have helped generate a profit hike of 35% for the animal feed and flour division of United Arab Emirates (UAE) food group, Agthia, for the first quarter of this year.
Evonik, as part of an investors’ consortium, has announced its backing of a microalgae derived beta-glucan that is said to support immune health for animals and could help the sector migrate away from over usage of antibiotics.
The Dutch feed group is extending its fish farming R&D capabilities for the Asian country in tandem with the construction of new factories in its strategy to be one of the top five feed makers in Vietnam.
Mergers are expected in the Mexican hog sector in the coming years to offset the impact of the PED virus - Rabobank says global feed companies should be ready to capitalize on the feed demand generated by a more consolidated industry.
