DSM said Q4 2015 sales in animal nutrition and health were strong and showed 9% organic growth, driven in particular by the premix business and specialty products.
There is a growing awareness today of the importance of early feeding strategies for pig productivity. But questions remain about what role nutritional intervention plays in ensuring a stable gut and enabling the piglet to fully access nutrients for growth.
Poultry gut health was firmly on Cargill’s agenda when we caught up with the company at IPPE last week to get the low down on its additives and research pipeline.
Hydrolysed wheat gluten (HWG) inclusion in a low-fishmeal diet positively effects feed efficiency in Asian seabass, find a team of scientists based in France and the UK.
US agribusiness giant, Cargill, in a continued drive to expand its animal nutrition business, has acquired UK feed and food formulation technology provider, Format International.
International researchers are looking to refine a multiphase-individual precision pig feeding system to make it more efficient for use with breeding-finishing pigs, sows and broilers.
With increasing competition and shrinking margins, producers need maximum efficiency on their dairies. Precision nutrition is said to help save labor costs and improve animal performance.
Three quarters of EU-wide consumers polled would be “comfortable” eating livestock fed on insect protein, says the organization behind the survey - the €3m EU funds backed insect to feed research initiative, PROteINSECT.
The markets are reacting positively to DSM’s third quarter 2015 results as they show the underlying business, particularly nutrition, is performing well, says an analyst.
In antibiotic-free diets, the level of crude protein used may aid piglet growth and support gut health, than the actual protein type, say Chinese researchers.
Special Edition: R&D trends in vitamins, minerals, amino acids and yeast cultures
DSM is involved in ongoing R&D to further the understanding of the importance of vitamin supplementation for swine and improve productivity for that sector.
Scientific evidence that older sows are not getting enough vitamins and minerals is not being put into practice in commercial pig production, with potential impacts on litter sizes as well as the growth, development and immune health of piglets.
Mitigating variation in feed materials, unlocking nutrients and improving gut health are a few of the fields of study for DuPont Industrial Biosciences, say company officials.
Diets with low protein or high fiber levels fail to improve growth or weight gain in growing-finishing pigs and may require more amino acid (AA) work, say researchers from the University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center in Spain.
Dairy calves may see long-term benefits from use of prebiotics or probiotics and additional milk replacer intake, say scientists based at Texas Tech University.
A new multi-enzyme treatment may unlock more nutrition from the fibrous component of canola meal, researchers say, while other possibilities are being explored to minimize the fiber content.
Understanding the structure of the gut and how it may affect and be affected by factors like diet, digestion and the pig’s immune system, is one of the current research objectives of swine expert, John Patience.
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Fishmeal has moved from being a commodity to a high priced strategic ingredient in feed where other protein sources cannot be used, says Rabobank and the IFFO agrees.
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’.
Spanish and German researchers found carotenoid-rich corn maintains broiler health and increases the nutritional value of poultry products without the use of feed additives.
Increasing livestock fertility, nailing precision feeding, developing fish meal substitutes and a migration away from antimicrobials are the immediate goals of a US led research alliance relying on ‘innovative’ nutritional and management practices.
Up to 40% of feed samples are suboptimal in terms of digestibility, microbial protein production and fiber digestion rates, found a year-long analysis program at Alltech’s IFM Laboratory in the US.
From methane reduction strategies, to innovation in amino acids and yeasts, to early animal nutrition R&D, FeedNavigator’s special editions editorial calendar 2015 spans the hottest topics for the global feed industry.
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.
DSM, in posting Q4 2014 results yesterday, said sales volumes in its animal nutrition and health division were up 7% with strong performance in active ingredients and premix businesses.
A new broiler breeder facility at Cargill’s recently expanded animal nutrition innovation center in the Netherlands is said to allow scientists investigate the impact of the hen's diet on the performance of its offspring.
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.
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