Maintaining feed grain and oilseed trade with China may mean exporters should improve their knowledge of their trading partner, agri-food policy analysts say.
Co-Alliance and Farmer’s Grain & Feed Co. are in the start up phase and turning on their joint venture feed mill in Indiana following more than a year of construction.
The proposed acquisition of Delmar Commodities is part of an ongoing effort to expand Ceres Global Ag Corp’s footprint and product line by adding facilities in Canada and soy crush ability, says CFO.
Wet weather and challenging planting conditions trimmed less feed crop planted acres than predicted, but as anticipated corn production remains high, predicted soybean production fell and yield questions remain, say analysts.
Feed crop quality continues to be uncertain for feed users, even as questions remain about total production for current corn and soybean crops, says analyst at Iowa State University.
South African growers are expected to increase plantings of yellow (feed grade) corn by 10% per cent in 2019, which “should decrease corn prices”, according to the latest report from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
Delayed plantings, wet spring weather and damaged alfalfa crops are combining to generate forage and hay challenges for beef and dairy producers, however, alternative feed sources do remain, say experts.
Making agriculture greener and cutting food waste are key solutions in the climate fight according to the new report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
A new variety of hybrid rye may provide a less expensive alternative to wheat use in swine growing and finishing diets in Canada as it supports growth performance, says researcher.
Increasing feed pellet size and adding binding agents may support cattle intake and weight gain during winter production and could improve ruminal fermentation, say researchers.
Single cell protein (SCP) producer, Unibio, said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the General Investment Authority of Saudi Arabia (SAGIA) to initiate a project to produce feed proteins from methane gas in that market.
Rabobank expects soybean imports into China to resume a modest growth, by 2020, even without a US-China trade deal, although import volumes will remain below their historic highs.
Severe weather and ongoing trade challenges between the US and China contributed to a decline in second-quarter earnings for Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).
