Replacing inorganic trace minerals in feed with an organic variety may help US producers meet regulations, improve nutrient utilization and fertility, says expert.
As Dutch media reports show the rate of pig farms going bankrupt in the Netherlands has picked up steam in 2016, the head of the Dutch feed association says his sector has a role to play in securing pork production profitability.
A new German start-up, SenseUp, has developed rapid fire microbial strain screening technology and is now planning to apply that to the large-scale production of amino acids as well as enzymes for feed and food.
The Brazilian soy moratorium, a private sector voluntary agreement, set up in 2006, which has prohibited participants from trading, acquiring or financing soybeans from areas of the Brazilian Amazon biome that were deforested after July 2008, has been...
A game changing development in dairy cattle feed intake genome trait research will allow for more efficient and sustainable production, says the Dutch academic involved.
The sustainability profile of Calysta’s methane gas to feed protein, FeedKind, could be bumped up if its production involved the use of biogas, but its land and water resource saving metrics are solid, finds a report from UK agency, the Carbon Trust.
Dutch feed producer, ForFarmers, was recently granted permission to go ahead with the construction of a planned £10.5m extension to its dairy feed plant in Exeter, UK.
Special Edition: Environmental friendly feed sector initiatives
Danish company, UniBio, has sold the entire production from its future methane gas to feed protein production facilities to Danish animal feed manufacturer, Vestjyllands Andel.
Expanding markets, research and feed use are some of the focus areas for a new venture started by the Sorghum Checkoff, Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission and Kansas State University.
A global forum has initiated a call to action to the wider industry, the Protein Challenge 2040, to accelerate development of alternatives to soy and fishmeal.
Stand-alone UK poultry feed producer, 2Agriculture, said it is ensuring the sustainability of the Scottish poultry sector through the construction of a new milling facility.
As Nutreco further develops its catfish feed plant in Ibadan, Nigeria that it runs as a joint venture, we hear about the Dutch group’s strategy for Africa.
A pioneering supply chain collaboration project is said to have yielded a sustainable new fish feed made from wild-caught fish trimmings that are cleaned to remove 95% of the environmental contaminants.
