Although feed type and intake can aid enteric methane emission calculations, uncertainties continue for estimating manure-generate emissions, says researcher.
Dutch feed group, ForFarmers, says it is facing challenges in the UK - both in the market and in its own organization - as it announced its third quarter 2017 trading update.
To discuss that question and more, FeedNavigator is hosting a free to access webinar – Early Calf Nutrition – next Tuesday – 31 October at 4.30PM CET (Paris).
Trouw Nutrition researchers say they are continuing to glean insights into the effects of early nutrition and management on the development of the dairy cow.
Pennsylvania-based Daniel Baum Company is buying several product lines from Kauffman’s Animal Health with an eye toward expanding company reach, says executive.
French farming trade show, SPACE 2017 in Rennes last week, served as a launch pad for Applifarm, an open platform for data sharing in the livestock sector.
EFSA was unable to conclude on the safety of a feed material produced by fermentation with Escherichia coli, a by-product of the production of l-lysine, for certain animals and for meat consumers.
A multi-facet, multi-year project is set to assess the use of biochar as a feed ingredient for cattle with the aim of reducing methane emissions and improving feed efficiency, says researcher.
Although increasingly in demand in South Asia, raw milk output in the Indian Subcontinent in particular is being held back by tradition in the form of chosen animal genotypes, the conditions in which herds are kept and severe deficiencies in feeding regimes,...
Plant breeding must remain a priority to develop and commercialize improved forage varieties for dairy farmers year-round, says Dairy Australia executive.
The number of beef cattle on feed in Australia has hit record levels and end product prices remain high, opening up lots of opportunity for feed makers, says a Rabobank analyst.
A new research center for beef cattle is taking shape in Elora, Ontario and is expected to expand options for research into cow nutrition, genetics, forage use, feedlot systems and livestock health and welfare.
By-products and corn may be options for US cattle producers looking to extend the use of forage ingredients as pasture conditions deteriorate, nutritionists say.
Proposed feed standards for beef and dairy cows seek to improve regulatory responsiveness, while maintaining nutritional and environmental safety, says CFIA.
An international team of researchers from Brazil and Canada examined the influence of dietary crude protein (CP) level and animal gender on the recovery of nitrogen (15N) in microbial protein.
New technology and the development of precise on farm rationing systems can help European dairy producers protect and improve income over feed cost (IOFC) - a valuable benchmark for farmers to track improvements, says Cargill.
Educating African and Asian farmers to improve milk production can take 20 years, says FrieslandCampina executive who runs a farmers’ training initiative
Phosphorus control, a pertinent issue in the Dutch dairy sector right now, was one of the areas Cargill zoomed in on a recent education initiative involving Dutch feed millers.
The FAO reports on how a feeding strategy it initiated through a research alliance helped to reduce methane and improve dairy cattle productivity in Ethiopia.
Finnish food and agribusiness, Raisio, estimates its operating profit for 2017 will fall slightly short of earnings for 2016, and predicts exchange rates will continue to hit its EBIT.
McLarnon Feeds is aiming to extend, beyond trial farms, a service for monitoring dairy cows managed during the dry period and immediately post-calving.
In an ongoing series about feed industry careers, we caught up with Troy Wistuba, director of dairy technical solutions at Purina to talk about his new position, how he arrived where is he today and his thoughts on the world of feed manufacturing.
US firm, Ridley Block Operations, a division of the Alltech owned Ridley Inc, has initiated a voluntary recall of a single batch of a beef cattle feed product due to concerns there is a risk for the target animal.
ADM is to build a new feed facility to replace its existing production plant in Columbus, Nebraska, a location the producer said is key to its US business.
Cargill has inaugurated a $10m dairy feed plant in the Punjab in India that aims to produce 10,000 metric tons of feed per month and feed 75,000 cows per day.
