Despite predominant uncertainties stemming from sea freight, feed additive markets have been exhibiting reduced volatility in the pre and post Chinese New Year period compared to previous years, finds Kemiex.
According to a recent study, incorporating extra Tryptophan (Trp) and threonine (Thr) into pig diets, exceeding the current Danish recommendations, appears to have a potential impact on lowering the need for antibiotics during the weaning period.
2024 is shaping up to be a busy year for US lawmakers, with critical legislative actions on bills—such as the farm bill, appropriations, defense, and trade agreements—on the docket. Several policy issues are poised to challenge US animal food manufacturers,...
Diets for newly weaned piglets should be formulated to minimize the glycemic load while amino acids, minerals, and vitamins should be provided to manage health, not weight gain, say animal nutrition experts.
The past few weeks have seen profit warnings and new financial forecasts by multiple animal nutrition and chemical companies. dsm-firmenich's accelerated restructuring, which includes production stops, asset reviews, and organizational restructurings,...
Evonik’s nutrition division recorded lower earnings compared with the previous quarter. While demand picked up, the price of methionine again fell slightly, said the firm.
Linde has signed a long-term agreement to supply green hydrogen to Evonik, with the idea of supporting the growth of the German specialty chemical company’s operations in Singapore.
German specialty chemicals business, Evonik, is separating its amino acids and specialties businesses into two distinct operating models; it says the move will allow it to adapt to market dynamics, ensuring competitiveness and enabling further profitable...
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) has awarded over US$653,000 in a seedings solution grant to Minnesota based startup, Sasya Inc, to develop sustainable, cost-effective, multi-species feed supplements that are safe for livestock...
Lysine is an essential amino acid for dairy cows, helping boost milk production when added to the diet at adequate levels. Now a new University of Illinois study shows rumen-protected lysine can improve uterine health if fed during the transition period....
A Texas A&M AgriLife team is working to improve the health, growth and productivity of farmed bass by developing effective nutritional strategies to substitute fishmeal and other protein feedstuffs in their diets.
Trial work provides evidence DL-Methionine is more efficient than hydroxy analogues of methionine, not only for weight gain and FCR, but also in terms of protein retention, says Evonik.
Boulder, Colorado headquartered, DMC Biotechnologies, saw Continental Grain Company, through its venture arm Conti Ventures, and Toyobo join its Series B fundraising round at the end of last month, bringing the total raised to US$39m.
New research from Novus International, Inc indicates that swine producers operating without antibiotics in diets may be using the wrong ratio of amino acids in their feed formulations.
Projects aimed at improving the feeding of broilers during and after a coccidiosis challenge through the use of functional amino acids and understanding the contribution of the gut microbiota to mucosal immunity in poultry have secured an industry research...
A low dose of functional amino acid combinations can improve performance and gut health parameters in monogastrics, namely in piglets at weaning, coccidiosis challenged birds, heard attendees at EAAP’s 2nd Amino Acid Academy in Paris last month.
Dispatches from the 2nd Amino Acid Academy in Paris
Spot rates for most ingredients peaked during February and March and have since returned to lower levels amid lackluster demand and cautious purchasing, says Swiss data and trading platform, Kemiex.
A life cycle assessment (LCA) has shown a feeding concept based around low crude protein levels and the use of amino acids can have significant effects in terms of lessening the environmental impact of monogastric production and reducing nitrogen-based...
Feed additive demand and input pricing remains somewhat unclear for now as markets analyze the significant price spikes in corn, soybean, other feed raw materials globally, says Swiss data and trading platform, Kemiex.
Specialty chemicals company, Evonik, says version 6.0 of its AMINODat database is now available for the first time as a web application. This new format allows the data to be updated several times a year.
Spain headquartered, Indukern Group, has rebuffed any suggestions it is looking to divest its chemical distribution business focused on the feed, food, vet and pharma sectors.
Kansas-State University researchers confirm that emergency diet strategies adopted by swine producers to slow the growth of pigs during the Covid-19 crisis are safe and effective.
Evonik Nutrition and Care GmbH is declaring a force majeure for the supply of an amino acid product generated at production facilities that have closed in response to the ongoing disease outbreak.
Elevated leucine levels in high-protein distiller’s dried grains with solubles hamper swine feed intake and weight gain, but the amino acid can be managed, says expert.
Using low-oil dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) in swine feed requires additional oil to maintain the energy level of conventional DDGS, but less soybean meal as amino acid digestibility in low-oil DDGS is improved due to recent ethanol industry...
Balancing farmed rainbow trout diets for amino acids allows for a reduction in crude protein levels in feed while maintaining feed efficiency, stress response and growth performance, researchers say.
UK company, Premier Nutrition, has launched a feed ingredients matrix, with global relevance, to help nutritionists formulate livestock rations more accurately.
Supplemental taurine in farmed yellowtail diets may increase spawning rate, total egg production and improve young fish’s survival rate, say researchers.