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Feed news bites: Cargill finds buyer for Russian grain terminal, Westway wins US liquid feed facility prize, BASF flags carbon footprint data

15-Sep-2023 By Jane Byrne

We catch up on industry news from the past week.

Feed additive suppliers focus on efficiency, digitalization and restructuring as profitability suffers

21-Jul-2023 By Jane Byrne

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,...

Expanded BASF vitamin A plant in final testing phase

07-Jul-2023 By Jane Byrne

BASF reports that the construction phase of the expansion project for its vitamin A formulation plant at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, ran as scheduled, with the build completed in May.

BASF and Schothorst Feed Research collaborate for greater farm-to-fork transparency

02-Mar-2023 By Jane Byrne

BASF and Schothorst Feed Research (SFR) have signed a pact whereby SFR gains certain non-exclusive licensing rights to Opteinics, BASF’s digital platform designed to calculate the environmental impact of feed and animal protein products to identify opportunities...

BASF and Cargill extend enzyme innovation alliance to US market

25-Jan-2023 By Jane Byrne

BASF and Cargill announced their expanded cooperation at IPPE in Atlanta, Georgia this week, adding the US to their existing feed enzymes development and distribution agreement.

DSM halts animal grade vitamin A production and reduces vitamin E output

21-Nov-2022 By Jane Byrne

DSM has announced that it is pausing Rovimix vitamin A production in Sisseln, Switzerland, for at least two months commencing January 2, 2023.

BASF releases propionic acid with zero carbon footprint

30-Sep-2022 By Jane Byrne

BASF can now supply neopentyl glycol (NPG) and propionic acid (PA) with zero carbon footprint.

Danisco increases enzyme access for African farmers via app, Evonik to leverage BASF digital platform to measure for impact

20-Sep-2022 By Jane Byrne

Major players announce technology partnerships aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of feed.

BASF venture arm invests in Indian seaweed company

17-Aug-2022 By Jane Byrne

BASF Venture Capital GmbH is investing in tropical red seaweed cultivation pioneer, Sea6 Energy Pvt Ltd, as part of a Series B round.

BASF takes measures to mitigate risk from natural gas shortages

28-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

Specialty chemical company, BASF, announced yesterday that it will reduce its ammonia output in reaction to escalating natural gas prices.

BASF to expand vitamin A formulation plant in Ludwigshafen, sets up new nutrition unit

21-Jul-2022 By Jane Byrne

Specialty chemicals giant, BASF, says it is to increase its vitamin A powder output for the animal nutrition industry.

BASF gives pigs a digital passport to track feed intake, animal health and genetic pedigree

04-May-2022 By Jane Byrne

BASF digital technology subsidiary, Cloudfarms, says it has enhanced its existing production management system for pig producers.

BASF is looking to enable canola production under harsher conditions

22-Apr-2022 By Jane Byrne

Specialty chemical company, BASF, reports a renewed focus on agricultural innovation aimed at supporting food security for future generations, while minimizing the impact of farming on the climate and the environment.

March 2022: Hired and Retired

04-Mar-2022 By Jane Byrne

This month sees career related developments linked to Cargill, Nutreco and BASF, among other organizations.

BASF expands feed enzyme production capacity

27-Jan-2022 By Jane Byrne

BASF has expanded the production capacity of its feed enzymes plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

BASF: New enzyme technology boosts nutrient digestibility, makes feed more cost-efficient

20-Dec-2021 By Jane Byrne

BASF says its new enzyme product is designed to improve nutrient digestion and make feed more cost-effective and sustainable.

BASF and Cargill to develop enzymes to tackle productivity and sustainability challenges

21-Oct-2021 By Jane Byrne

Their extended enzyme alliance looks to further innovation aimed at reducing nutrient waste, improving feed efficiency, and promoting animal growth and wellbeing.

Lab in a pocket: BASF and trinamiX tool designed to enhance feed formulation, quality control

12-Oct-2021 By Jane Byrne

BASF Animal Nutrition and trinamiX, a subsidiary of BASF SE, have collaborated on a new NIR spectroscopy tool for the feed industry.

Will BASF and Adifo software tie-up see the end of ‘least cost' feed formulation model?

11-Dec-2020 By Jane Byrne

BASF and Adifo say their new software partnership will advance feed formulation and support more sustainable animal protein production as sustainability can now be a used as a parameter in feed formulations and rations.

Feed additive market trends: Supply side remains robust, all the buzz is about DSM and BASF

15-Jun-2020 By Jane Byrne

Recent weeks have seen healthy developments in feed additives trading, with the street and boardroom talk these days all about DSM and BASF, says Stefan Schmidinger, partner, Kemiex.

Have vitamin E prices been affected by the m-cresol outage?

03-Feb-2020 By Jane Byrne

There would not seem to be major volatility in vitamin E pricing since November last year when a force majeure was announced by LANXESS for the production of m-cresol, an intermediate in the manufacture of vitamin E, at its site in Germany.

ForFarmers, BASF earnings hit due to water level related logistical challenges, among other factors

17-Dec-2018 By Jane Byrne

ForFarmers has announced that its underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) in 2018 would show a modest decline compared to 2017.