Global grain markets were under pressure at the start of the week, likely due to ongoing concerns surrounding the global economic outlook, improved weather conditions in South America and some pressure on short term Brent crude oil futures contracts,...
There is a forecast decline in corn production in China with a USDA FAS report citing reduced planting area and yield losses caused by excessive rains in the northeast as factoring into the reduction.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has released a review of the US feed and pet food industries, recent challenges, along with potential growth opportunities.
AB Agri has opened a new 240,000 tons capacity feed mill in Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province, China, to further expand production capacity in the region.
Soybean imports, soybean meal and vegetable oil consumption are forecast to rebound in MY 2022/23 as swine and poultry producers return to profitability, finds a new report.
Calysseo, a joint venture between Adisseo and Calysta, says commissioning and start-up activities have commenced at the partners’ single cell protein (SCP) production facility in Chongqing, China.
A new study suggests the probiotic, L. johnsonii, might improve the ability of pigs to build up fat in their muscles, thus enhancing the quality of their meat.
The EU imported 12% more vitamin E volumes in 2021 compared to 2020, noted Kemiex, which has been tracking vitamin supply and demand trends over the past year.
China’s fishmeal imports in January and February 2022 decreased year on year, with Peru, Russia, and Vietnam the top suppliers of the raw material to the Asian country, finds the IFFO.
ATCC, a US biological materials management and standards organization, is set to modify specific cell lines for ASF virus vaccine research and production.
There is an increased focus on soybean and other oilseed production in China to reduce dependence on the world market for agri-commodities, according to government policy guidelines.
China is seeing its biggest COVID-19 outbreaks in two years, with partial or citywide lockdowns in multiple places and mostly for non-essential services. We look at the implications along with potential market disruption from the Black Sea conflict.
Chinese swine producer, Jiangxi Zhengbang Technology, is to sell eight of its feed units to Beijing Dabeinong Technology, for between 2 billion yuan ($317.13m) and 2.5 billion yuan, reported Reuters.
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.
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.
Markets have had a mixed reaction to the January WASDE. Initially, falling following the publication of the USDA’s report, they recovered quickly, thereafter.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said it will maintain anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on imports of distillers grains (DDGS) from the US, a key feed ingredient, during a review.
Multiple companies, including feed additive producers, have halted production in a critical manufacturing hub in China as the authorities try to contain a COVID-19 outbreak.
The US grain, farm supply and biofuels sectors enter 2022 facing a mixture of inflationary headwinds, supply chain bottlenecks and high-energy prices that present challenges but also a few opportunities, finds an outlook from CoBank.
Bits x Bites, China’s first agrifood tech VC, has completed the final close of its second fund, hitting US$100M, and exceeding its target previously announced with the first close in 2020.
