Initiatives that improve quality of pasture in terms of animal nutrition and health of land or that help farmers achieve welfare-based certifications are the aim of a grant series being offered by FACT.
The largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, the Cherkizovo Group, has been accused by that country's authorities of illegally understating tax rates and the siphoning off $5m to an offshore company.
Special Edition: Middle East and African Feed Developments
Last week saw Olam International inaugurate its new poultry feed mill, hatchery and poultry farm in Kaduna State and its new integrated poultry and fish feed mill at Ilorin in Kwara State, in Nigeria.
French botanical extracts producer, Nor Feed, secured official EU authorization for its dry grape extract as a sensory additive for feed in February this year.
The feed sector must work together over the next five years if it wants to advance in contaminant control, sustainable sourcing and efficient processing, says the head of Stockfeed Manufacturers’ Council of Australia (SFMCA).
Danish fish feed producer, BioMar, is implementing a way of assessing its raw material supply chain that it says will reinforce the sustainability credentials of the ingredients it uses.
Proposed feed standards for beef and dairy cows seek to improve regulatory responsiveness, while maintaining nutritional and environmental safety, says CFIA.
The aim of the revised IFFO RS, version 2.0, launched today, is to ensure the relevancy and credibility of the marine raw material standard, which, up to now, has mainly seen take up in the salmon farming sector.
SouthFresh Aquaculture’s feed mill has become the first feed mill in the southeastern US, and the second in the country to earn a BAP certification, says company VP.
Feed businesses in Northern Ireland (NI) who participate in and comply with feed assurance schemes – FEMAS, TASCC and UFAS – can look forward to fewer inspections and less sampling, reported UK feed trade group, the Agricultural Industries Confederation...
