Danish fish feed producer BioMar has expanded production capacity by 140,000 metric tons at its Karmøy facility in Norway and invested in a “new generation” LNG vessel to transport feed from the factory.
A US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report looking at feed usage trends in Thailand sees impact due to the government’s import restrictions on feed wheat.
Although the number of feed mills in production has fallen by 7%, the amount of feed generated in 2016 increased and surpassed 1bn metric tons for the first time, said Alltech.
India’s feed output could be six times larger in the future, said animal nutrition and health company, Alltech, when recently publishing its 2016 global feed tonnage survey.
India had a considerable boost in feed production, up to 29.4 million tons last year, a 10% increase over 2013, owing mainly to favorable weather conditions and improvements in farming methods and technology, Alltech’s 2014 Global Feed Tonnage Survey...
Asia remains the top feed producer by tonnage, but could easily double its totals if it moved all of its animals onto compound feed, according to the director of the Alltech Feed Tonnage Survey.
Feed tonnage for poultry was at a ‘surprisingly high’ 444 million metric tons in 2013, with six percent growth over 2012, according to the Alltech Feed Tonnage Survey.
