The arrival of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Philippines will impact overall food and feed grain consumption in 2019/20, according to a USDA GAINS report.
China’s feed consumption is down sharply, but set to rebound during ASF recovery, says Rabobank in a review this month of the impact of African Swine Fever (ASF) on the industry in China and other Asian markets hit by that virus.
The Iowa Crop Improvement Association is supporting Iowa State University’s work on a new feed mill and grain science complex with a $1.5m gift to help fund construction and development.
Mountaire Farms was one of several US poultry companies with multiple feed mills, along with other production facilities, that earned awards of distinction for safety practices at the US National Safety Conference for the Poultry Industry.
Expanding the understanding of how long African Swine Fever survives in complete feed and feed ingredients and tracking the virus’ half-life may improve mitigation strategies, says KSU researcher.
Abandoning sub-therapeutic doses of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) makes no sense if replaced by therapeutic doses in medicated feed, says a Danish expert.
Authorities in the region of Rouen, France have issued an order banning the harvest and sale of agricultural products, including animal feed, in 112 municipalities located near the site of a chemical factory fire.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said the adoption of its opinion on the risk of transmission of the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus from different products and materials, including feed, will be delayed.
A new £300K (US$373.5K) study involving researchers from the Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) at the University of Stirling, Scotland and a UK animal feed manufacturer is aiming to explore how certain feed ingredients can reduce infections in farmed fish.
The US Department of Agriculture is providing $1.7m in funding to support Swine Health Information Center efforts to research and help address the outbreak and spread of African Swine Fever in Vietnam.
Rabobank, in a newly released industry note, maintains its projections for China’s feed use and soybean imports from last month. In 2019, it forecasts the year-on-year (YOY) drop in China’s pig feed will be at 35%.
Corteva Agriscience, the maker of chlorpyrifos, disputes EFSA’s conclusion that the controversial insecticide is harmful to human health and does not meet the criteria for renewal on the European market.
