The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam has officially approved the domestic commercial use of two locally manufactured vaccines against African swine fever (ASF).
Rabobank anticipates a modest improvement in production costs in swine production in 2023, but this will depend very much on local conditions, while risk management will remain critical to success.
Cargill has been investing in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, through new plants and an innovation center. The company reports that, in the last four years alone, its animal health and nutrition business has grown by double and even triple digits in key...
Concerns about the African swine fever (ASF) virus entering the US swine herd through imported feed ingredients has seen the launch of a new four-year research project.
Another year of decline is expected for pork production in 2023, after a sharp 5% drop in 2022. Rabobank expects pork production in the EU27+UK to contract by about 3% YOY in 2023.
Animal health company, Zoetis, has non-exclusively licensed a vaccine candidate for African swine fever (ASF) jointly owned by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the University of Connecticut (UConn).
Animal protein companies face strategic challenges of sustainability, animal health and market volatility.They must pivot in 2023 to secure their future, according to Rabobank’s Global Animal Protein Outlook 2023.
ATCC, a US biological materials management and standards organization, is set to modify specific cell lines for ASF virus vaccine research and production.
The animal nutrition business delivered 10% volume growth for DSM last year, revealed the company as it released its full year and Q4 2021 financial results.
A new research project has been launched in North America aimed at identifying the best disinfection methods for feed mills should an ASF outbreak ever occur in that region.
Feed output in China increased by 8.9% last year to reach 261.424 million metric tons, making it once again the top feed producer globally, according to the 2022 Alltech Agri-Food Outlook.
We get the perspective of Constance Cullman, president and CEO of the American Feed Industry Association, and president of the US Institute for Feed Education and Research, on the next 12 months. She also reviews what was achieved by the trade representative...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, is potentially looking to provide millions in backing to the vertical pork and feed integrator.
EU compound feed production has been negatively impacted by the spread of animal diseases but boosted by the continuing global grain market rally this year, according to data from FEFAC.
Feed wheat consumption in the Philippines is expected to be significantly lower in MY 2021-22 compared to the previous year due to the continued challenge of African swine fever (ASF).
Industrial compound feed production in the EU and UK remained stable in 2020 despite the combined effect of the spread of animal diseases including African swine fever (ASF) and Avian influenza (HPAI) along with the disruption brought on by the COVID-19...
The UK’s National Pig Association (NPA) has welcomed a recently published report by the European Commission that it hopes could pave the way for genome editing to be used commercially in the EU.
Hamlet Protein, the Denmark headquartered producer of soy-based specialty ingredients for young animals, has reported increased volumes across all regions, coupled with an optimized cost structure, resulting in a significant EBITDA hike versus prior year....
A new paper describes the current knowledge of feed as a risk for swine viruses and the opportunities for mitigating the risk to protect US pork production and the global swine population from ASF and other animal diseases.
The outlook for the global poultry industry is gradually improving. Big differences remain between countries, and global poultry trade is still very competitive, says Rabobank in its latest review.
Analysts see an ‘active pipeline of earning enhancing acquisitions’ for specialist feed additives group, Anpario, across the UK, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
Industry concerns vary from region to region and from species to species but there are some common challenges for the global feed and farming sectors throughout 2021, says Erik Visser, CEO of Danish soy protein producer, Hamlet Protein in an outlook.
French and Polish feed additives players, NUQO and Aditech Polska, have signed a partnership agreement to develop and distribute the French company’s technologies in Poland and in the Baltic countries.
In the coming year, US livestock and poultry producers will face more feed cost inflation than they have in over a decade, challenging their ability to recover after a difficult and volatile 2020, finds a new report from CoBank.
The Dutch agribusiness bank's outlook for animal protein markets globally sees pork production returning to growth in 2021, but the analysts say it will be a gradual recovery process, as African swine fever (ASF) is still active.
Poultry feed may possibly lose its position as the leading segment of EU compound feed production to pig feed for the first time after more than a decade, as a result of a continuous, downward trend in output.
China has become the biggest player in animal protein trade globally, and there should be concern about the implications, politically and economically, of such strong market dominance, says an analyst.
During the first five months of 2020, the volume of Spanish pork exports grew by 11% fueled by record-level exports to China, finds newly released data.
Rabobank expects a slight increase in global poultry production (+0.8% YOY), mostly as a result of poultry expansion in China and Vietnam, where African swine fever has reduced pork availability, and also from expansion in the US.
Japan has joined China, South Korea and Singapore in terms of the Asian markets that have imposed a ban on German pork imports after the EU country confirmed its first case of African swine fever last week.
The implications of Germany's first case of African swine fever (ASF), confirmed yesterday, for the pig sector in other countries could be significant says the UK’s National Pig Association (NPA).
Chinese swine production and slaughter will hit record lows in 2020 as African Swine Fever (ASF) continues to impact China’s pig sector, according to a new US Department of Agriculture note.
Danish venture, Scandinavian Farms, cites high feed costs in China as one of the reasons for its decision to switch to swine genetics that deliver stronger piglets, capable of utilizing feed more efficiently.
A study looking at the effect of liquid porcine plasma in contaminated feed has suggested the minimum infectious dose of the African Swine Fever virus (ASFV) in feed may be higher than conveyed to date.
