Summer has not been a quiet season for many companies and organizations in the animal feed and agricultural industries. Several have seen the arrival of new faces, while a few others have said farewell to longtime employees.
High protein soybean meal for aquaculture could soon be a commercially reality, as US biotech company Amfora embarks on a program to apply its patented gene editing technology to develop crops with an enhanced protein content.
Compared to alfalfa-only silage, blending red clover and alfalfa may support silage quality by limiting protein degradation, boosting lactic acid levels and lowering pH, say researchers.
Animal nutrition research, company expansion and the construction of a new global innovation facility are among the projects Devenish Nutrition is undertaking with financial support from the EIB, says CEO.
Feed production and ingredient growth are among the elements considered in a recent report card given to food companies regarding meat production sustainability practices, says campaign director.
In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, Richard Griffiths, chief executive of the British Poultry Council, predicted the rise of poultry ‘mega farms’. FeedNavigator catches up with him to find out what implications this would have for the feed industry.
Taurine supplementation may boost plant protein use in place of fishmeal in the diets of juvenile carnivorous fish and support fish growth performance, say researchers.
Special Edition: Lowering the carbon footprint of feed
Would it not be nice to produce L-Met in a safer way – without HCN – while utilizing the abundant industrial side product CO2? Yes, say a research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
Special Edition: Lowering the carbon footprint of feed
Microbial protein production, driven by on renewable hydrogen, and coupled with carbon capture, could be an interesting ‘out of the box’ solution as protein source for food and feed that warrants further exploration, finds a new paper.
Coceral, the European association of trade in cereals, rice, feed oilseeds, olive oil, oils and fats, is calling for legal certainty and regulatory coherence for New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBTs).
Special Edition: Lowering the carbon footprint of feed
A study indicates Chinese dairy farms using feed that consumes less water to produce or using feed imported from a country where its water consumption is lower could reduce the consumptive water use for milk production by up to 22%.
Defra in the UK has published a new guide setting out the steps farmers, advisors and contractors can take to reduce ammonia emissions and help improve air quality, one way being modification of livestock diet and housing.
