The National Chicken Council is calling for a reduction in the proposed amount of corn-based biofuel to be generated in 2017 and a reassessment of the overall biofuel program.
Zimbabwe is turning to the US, Mexico and Latin America to fill a gap in corn, feed crop production after a dry growing season, say analysts with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
UAE food and beverage group, Agthia, has signed a deal with Abu Dhabi Ports to expand its flour and feed facilities as the feed side currently faces challenging market conditions.
UK feed and agribusiness group, Wynnstay, in releasing its half year results yesterday, said it does not expect last week’s EU referendum vote to have an immediate impact on the sector.
US grain commodity futures took a hit on Friday following the Brexit referendum vote, but an economist does not anticipate long term ramifications from the result.
The result of the Brexit referendum was announced this morning with a vote in favor of the UK leaving the EU, and the British prime minster, David Cameron, subsequently announcing he is going to step down. Sterling has hit a 30 year low and uncertainty...
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The feed market is said to be a significant growth driver for Hamburg based functional ingredient producer, Stern Wywiol Gruppe, which had 12% growth overall in 2015.
Feed and grain organizations want the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to move slowly with an ongoing revision of biotech regulation, in order to align with other markets.
Total US corn plantings have almost doubled where they were at this point in the planting schedule last year says the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), the trade group representing the feed, crop protection, grain and oilseed sectors in the UK, said Brexit would not be in the best interest of its members.
Olam International said it has broken ground on an integrated feed mill, poultry breeding farm and hatchery in Kaduna State, Nigeria. When completed, it will be the largest such operation of its kind in the African country.
The US could have the largest wheat ending stocks since 1987, at 10 million bushels higher for 2015/16, predicts the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.
The US-based agri-giant said earnings rose in animal nutrition, led by operations in the US and Vietnam, as it released its Q3 results for fiscal year 2016 and first nine months to end of February, but, overall, it noted a tough trading environment.
Nutreco says its strategy to reduce or eliminate fishmeal in its fish feed portfolio is generated by the need to deal with spikes in pricing of that raw material and less by sustainability drivers.
In a change from recent years, Canada has returned to being the US’ top trading partner for agricultural products including animal feed and feed ingredients.
