German firm, AlzChem, is looking to the Commission to act after an inconclusive EFSA opinion on the efficacy of its guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) product beyond chicken feed.
The German group, in releasing its financial results for Q4 and the full year 2015 yesterday, predicted adjusted earnings for this year could dip by as much as 19%.
Developments to AusScan Online, Aunir’s web-based spectroscopy calibration tool, mean the pig feed industry can now analyze soybean meal to obtain SID (standard ileal digestible) values for all essential amino acids.
A deal that could result in the merger of Asian lysine producers, CJ Cheiljedang and Meihua Bio, would heighten consolidation in the manufacture of that feed amino acid and others, says analysts.
US natural gas conversion technology company, Calysta, is building a small scale production plant in the UK for its methane gas to feed protein — FeedKind — for use in fish and chicken diets as a fishmeal replacer.
Most of China’s nine major lysine manufacturers, which between them account for over 61% of the global market, are back up and running, but nearly all of them are still on a go slow, said Chinese based analyst firm CCM.
Updated nutrient profiles and feed usage options are among the revamped sections of a new canola meal guide, say members of the Canola Council of Canada.
A group of researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the US is seeking to determine the amount of amino acids cattle absorb from different feeds.
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The over-arching goals of Mike Tokach’s research seek to minimize the ultimate production costs for farmers raising pigs and to improve the quality and welfare of the pigs, he said.
A multi-carbohydrase enzyme additive boosts the nutritional elements of the oilseed, camelina, when used in chicken feed by increasing energy and offering digestible amino acids, say a group of Canadian researchers.
Meal from Arcadia’s bioengineered gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) safflower seed has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as safe to use in cattle and poultry feeds.
Cargill said it has been helping integrated pork producers meet productivity gains and has fined tuned a feed mill’s phytase use though leveraging its system of mathematical modelling and ‘big data’.
Barentz said an injection capital from an ‘anonymous’ investor will help it accelerate new product development to support growth in the animal feed and pet food sectors.
Calysta is reviving the production of proven methane to feed technology BioProtein – a fishmeal alternative for use in aquaculture and animal nutrition that has hit several bumps along the road to market.
Evonik Industries, in its Q4 and full year results, predicts a slight hike in profit in 2015 based on ongoing high demand for amino acids in animal nutrition in tandem with their limited availability in the market.
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While microalgae and insect meal represent potentially innovative protein sources, producers should look to higher amino acid supplementation to lower the protein requirements in animal diets and reduce the environmental burden, says a leading researcher.
Non-toxic Jatropha kernel meal could prove a worthy candidate in the hunt for protein alternatives to soy and fishmeal for fish and animal diets, says an FAO expert.
A Japanese food and feed ingredients producer said EFSA approval of its amino acid, l-valine, should help accelerate growth in its European feed business.
Cargill says its animal nutrition and meat divisions once again had a solid performance, as the US agribusiness giant posts a 41% jump in second quarter profit.
Three years from now feed manufacturers could be replacing soybeans and fishmeal with bacterial protein meal produced from natural gas which might otherwise be flared as a waste product.
Barentz Animal Nutrition, which has just acquired its JV partner, AgriNutrition, is aiming to be the leading specialty feed ingredient distributor in Europe by extending its geographical reach, and investing in new protein sources such as insect and bacterial...
Insect meals could potentially replace between 25 and 100% of the soymeal or fishmeal in animal feeds, according to a new meta-study that has been accepted for publication in Animal Feed Science and Technology.
South Korean producer, CJ Cheiljedang, is aiming for global dominance of the lysine market with a new 100,000 ton capacity facility for the feed amino acid in the US.
Evonik could be a takeover target within three years but the amino acids division would likely be divested in such an event, says one analyst as a trust moves to cut its stake in the German firm.
A new report predicts the value of the global feed additives market will hit the $20 billion mark in 2020, and shows amino acids topped the animal dietary supplement revenue charts last year.
Chinese group, Global Biochem Technology (GBT), is to scale down its lysine production this year but is confident it can take the helm in the amino acid segment when buoyancy returns to the market.
More food makers could make an extra euro or two by converting
their waste animal products into proteins under a new consulting
programme launched by Alfa Laval.