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.
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.
Talking up the quality of fishmeal and fish oil and ways to address alternative ingredients was one of the topics on the table for the opening day of the marine ingredients organization’s (IFFO) annual conference.
Adding seaweed to shrimp feed may improve membrane fluidity and immune functioning allowing shrimp to better weather temperature flux, say researchers.
Clearas Water Recovery company is starting a large-scale facility to clean wastewater and generate algae, and is looking to feed, food and fuel as potential byproduct markets, says executive.
US firm, Zivo Bioscience, has just entered into a new cultivation contract with Algatek, based in Entrego, Spain, to produce its proprietary algae strain in photobioreactors, according to a company filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission...
Algae ingredients producer Heliae has taken steps toward commercial viability with new certifications on its astaxanthin products and launch of new finished products. In addition, the company has reached a supply deal for biomass arising from its DHA...
TerraVia and Bunge said the salmon industry’s fast rate of adoption of their jointly developed algae derived DHA feed ingredient is prompting a ramp up of production in Brazil.
US company, Zivo Bioscience and, feed additive producer, NutriQuest, have formed an alliance to jointly develop and test animal nutrition products derived from Zivo’s proprietary algae strain.
The head of the research center of the global aqua feed leader, Skretting, has weighed in on the debate generated by BBC coverage of a Scottish study showing omega 3 oils in farmed salmon have halved in the past five years due to more plant based oils...
Skretting, Nutreco’s fish feed division, says a breakthrough in R&D development by Evonik and DSM means it can provide feed formulations containing EPA and DHA from algal oil as and when the industry requires them.
ZIVO Bioscience, a US developer of what it calls a ‘cost effective’ algae culture derived feed ingredient, is looking to partner with a global feed company on dairy formulation testing.
The Marine Algae industrialization Consortium (MAGIC), comprising researchers from both US universities and industry, has been evaluating the possibility of the large scale production of fuel and feed from microalgae.
Dispatches from the 10th Annual Oilseed and Grain Trade Summit, Minneapolis
Increasing livestock fertility, nailing precision feeding, developing fish meal substitutes and a migration away from antimicrobials are the immediate goals of a US led research alliance relying on ‘innovative’ nutritional and management practices.
GM plant oils would seem to represent the ‘holy grail’ in the hunt for viable replacements for fish oil derived long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in aqua feed.
Microalgae offers promise to the feed and livestock sector in terms of sustainable production and its use in feed could ensure better quality eggs, milk and possibly meat, and improved growth performance in piglets, chickens and lambs, finds a literature...
Algasol Renewables behind floating bag based algae cultivation system site in Bangladesh
A pilot scale initiative in Bangladesh backed by two international technology players is aiming to show how cheap fish feed can be derived from a novel algae production method.
Australian beef producers and feed companies can benefit from a University of Queensland (UQ) project that is demonstrating how microalgae derived feed can be produced cheaply and efficiently.
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.
!['AlgaPrime DHA is going to be a major source of growth. We have strong margins on that product and based on the initial responses we've got from the aquaculture market and, specifically, BioMar as well as some of our other partners, I expect that to ramp [up] quite rapidly.'](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/feed/feednavigator.com/article/2017/03/09/industry-demand-sees-terravia-and-bunge-ramping-up-dha-algae-production/542495-2-eng-GB/Industry-demand-sees-TerraVia-and-Bunge-ramping-up-DHA-algae-production.jpg)
