European feed sector representatives said the sector ready to support the EU’s Green deal, while outlining the work it has already done to realize more sustainable feed and livestock production.
Balancing farmed rainbow trout diets for amino acids allows for a reduction in crude protein levels in feed while maintaining feed efficiency, stress response and growth performance, researchers say.
EU production of soybeans and pulses will continue to grow to address feed and food demand for locally produced plant-protein products, according to the EU Commission’s outlook for EU agriculture until 2030.
Ireland’s Specialist Nutrition has signed a five-year deal, worth €135m, with US-based Attis Industries to supply by-products from that producer’s corn ethanol plant as sustainable feed to local farmers.
Purina Animal Nutrition is working to expand its pilot program aimed at increasing the recycling of used feed tubs and packaging material as part of a company focus on developing sustainable solutions.
Cargill looks to feed production, livestock, soil health and shipping improvements as part of its growing effort to reduce company emissions and limit global temperature increases.
Helping the feed and grain industry prepare for the future, looking at regulatory hurdles, and expanding trade opportunities are some of the goals of the new head of the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA).
European organizations have been reacting with alarm to reports that farmers in Brazil are seeking to end the Amazon Soy Moratorium, a commitment made by traders and crushers not to buy soy from cleared land after 2008 in the Amazon.
Canada's Northeast Nutrition is concluding work on its multi-year, CAD $20.3m revamp and expansion project intended to increase the amount of salmon feed generated on site and support industry growth.
Across the food industry, there is still little awareness of the need to address the impacts of feed production within the meat, dairy and fish sectors, finds a report from the sustainability focused organization, Forum for the Future.
Although challenges remain in using electronic sow feeding in the US, such systems can reduce feed waste and allow producers to individualize nutrition for each animal.
Researchers are developing a tool to provide an economic and environmental assessment of novel ingredients to support the use of new fish feeds that are nutritionally adequate and have little environmental effect.
TeleSense is creating a grain monitoring system – Cellular SensorSpear – that controls feed grain moisture and temperature post-harvest, with a focus on grain in transit or stored outside.
Twelve Netherlands-based students are working for ForFarmers on a sustainability case in relation to circular farming over the next few weeks as part of a Dutch initiative called the Sustainable Business Challenge.
