ABN, a UK manufacturer of pig and poultry compound feed, has recently rolled out a technical suite designed to improve efficiencies across poultry businesses.
De Heus opened its second production site in Myanmar today. The manufacturer said the new factory is about helping the group to strengthen its market position in that country and helping to professionalize agriculture in the region.
Five traders and multiple soy farmers have been penalized to the tune of 105.7 million reais (US $29 million) in total for soybean cultivation and purchasing that is connected to illegal deforestation, the Brazilian environmental authorities reported...
An upcoming set of large-scale feeding trials with Atlantic salmon is intended to provide more information about the use of Calysta’s novel protein ingredient as a functional feed, says senior director.
EU feed trade group, FEFAC, is part of an international steering group looking to achieve a set of commitments and advance new partnerships to help tackle commodity driven deforestation by 2020.
Energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, ingredient and antibiotic reduction are some of the factors considered when evaluating the sustainability of aqua feed, says sustainability manager.
Awareness raising among consumers is needed to stimulate demand among downstream players if the soy supply chain is ever to get the level of palm oil in terms of responsible production and sourcing, says a representative of a French agribusiness group.
The use of cheaper feed with specific carbon/nitrogen ratios may boost shrimp performance in biofloc production systems, says an international team of researchers from the US and China.
Tyson Foods is sinking $850m into the purchase of a rendering company as part of an ongoing push to increase company sustainability. It also is expected to increase Tyson’s footprint in the expanding feed ingredient sector.
Improving the relationship between pellet quality, nutritional availability and pathogen control in feed will be one research area for a new poultry research-focused feed mill at West Virginia University, says professor.
Lallemand Animal Nutrition says it is now in the process of generating mobile app versions of its rumen efficiency investigation (REI) audit tool for both the dairy and beef sectors, much like the app it has for silage evaluation, Lalsil.
The Australasian Pork Research Institute Limited (APRIL) is disappointed over the limited number of proposals covering reduction of feed costs, improved feed efficiency and carcass fatness manipulation following its call for research ideas to enhance...
Supplementing cattle on pasture with a lipid source may improve omega-3 and omega-6 concentrations and fatty acid composition of the beef produced, say researchers.
ForFarmers is just beginning to test what it says is an environmentally beneficial, alternative way of unloading compound feed - electric and emission-free discharging of the feedstuffs.
A new aquaculture division is set to expand aqua feed ingredient and health product production while allowing for additional farmed species-focused research, says spokesperson.
Dutch feed group, Nutreco, has taken a 25% share in Eruvaka, an India-based Internet of Things (IoT) company that develops connected devices and mobile-based decision tools aimed at helping shrimp farmers increase productivity.
German company, BASF, and Northern Ireland’s arc-net say they are collaborating to provide science-based data on environmental impacts along the animal production supply chain from feedstuffs and feed production to farming and manure management to slaughter....
The Feed Adviser Register (FAR) run by the UK’s Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has launched its latest training session aimed at helping feed and farming stakeholders to mitigate the environmental impact of ruminant and monogastric production.
The use of brewer’s yeast hydrolysate as a feed additive may reduce the amount of harmful bacteria found in the intestine while supporting the growth of beneficial strains, say researchers.
A coalition of associations from the EU agri-food chain launched a joint code of conduct on agricultural data sharing in Brussels yesterday [April 23].
A dairy nutrition researcher is seeking to design more efficient dairy diets to reduce the amounts of crude protein needed and nitrogen lost while supporting production.
XpertSea, a Canadian, female-led technology company with an IoT device for tracking and managing aquatic populations in warm water farmed fish production has raised $10m CAD in Series A financing.
Technology is allowing producers a way to find already cleared land to grow soybeans sustainably in Brazil’s Cerrado and Amazon regions, keeping forests intact while maximizing economic returns, says a major soy trader and an environmental organization....
Traceable salmon production, feed innovation and antibiotic-free production are some of the elements involved with the establishment of a new, land-based salmon farm in Maine.
The European Commission has published guidance aimed at facilitating public and private understanding of the EU legal framework for the conversion of former foodstuffs into feed.
Unibio, a company producing a single cell protein for animal feed – Uniprotein – using methane as feedstock, has just made a new hire as it is set to ramp up production.
US meat processing giant, Tyson Foods, recently pledged to improve farming practices on two million acres of corn, with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and agricultural runoff from grains grown for feed, although the details around the implementation...
Glycerol, as an energy feed, can substitute barley up to 12% of dietary DM for dairy cows in mid or late lactation without affecting milk quality, according to a Danish study.
The depressed protein content of oil meals combined with the lack of sufficient growth in fuel and fermentation co-products is encouraging the development of novel sources of protein, says Sara Girardello head of LMC International’s starch research team.
Fish feed, functional feed additives, aquaculture practices and production sustainability are among the areas of focus for a new round of grant funding on offer from NIFA.
The production of soybeans see more yield damage from the emergence of common ragweed than expected, however two-pass mitigation systems may provide a way to address the problem, says researcher.
US wheat co-products may have less variation by mill than those in other countries, and the co-product red dog may provide a greater nutritional value, says researcher.
A refurbished button factory in Connecticut may not be the obvious choice for an aquaculture facility to raise European Seabass, but it is the site of Great American Aquaculture LLC's Ideal Fish project.
The retailer, fast food company, and NGO took part in an interactive panel debate during a workshop style event, at our conference, Feed Protein Vision 2018, last month. They were asked to explain why sustainable animal feed protein is relevant for the...
Animal nutrition, health and feed production remain topics of interest for research grants from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
Wisium, Neovia’s premix brand, says it has signed a partnership agreement with French technology developer, Aniprev for the marketing of its poultry farm management mobile application internationally.
South Central FS, an agriculture cooperative based in southeast Illinois in the midwestern region of the US, is to open a new and larger feed production facility.
Sorghum researchers may have found a way to double the number of grains produced by a plant and the hormonal pathway that controls the process, says researcher.
Large commodity traders, Bunge and Cargill, are displaying “intentional ignorance” about purchasing deforestation-linked soy from the Gran Chaco region in South America, alleges Glenn Hurowitz, CEO of US based not-for-profit group, Mighty Earth.
Global fast food giant, McDonald’s, is exploring the potential of protein derived from both insects and seaweed as alternatives to soy in chicken feed.
