For the next decade, US feed crop producers are expected to face challenges from large stocks, flat domestic use, limited export market growth and growing global competition, analysts say.
Low wheat prices are prompting questions about how US feed crop acres will be allocated next year, as acreage that is not planted with winter wheat could add to production of other feed crops like corn and soybeans, says analyst.
The Global Commodity Technology Association (CGTA) is launching with a focus on supporting and improving digitization and modernization in the global agricultural commodity industry, says managing director.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts reduced production for some feed grains including corn, soybeans and sorghum even as corn yields see a slight boost.
The US National Chicken Council (NCC) is asking the country's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to slash proposed ethanol volumes for 2020, citing disruptions to the US feed supply.
Researchers at North Carolina Agricultural &Technical (A&T) State University are exploring how the use of a mushroom-based feed supplement might improve how US farmers feed their cattle.
Poor weather and a drop in planted acres are expected to lower sorghum yields in Mexico, while increased corn production shifts feed use way from the feed grain.
Despite the expectation of a record corn crop and ongoing production expansion, poultry and swine producers face challenges in accessing the feed ingredient, says analyst.
Weather delays in the planting season raise questions about the total acres planted along with the potential implications for feed crop development and yields, says analyst.
The amount of planted corn acres in the US is provoking a bearish market response, despite uncertainty remaining about the total number of acres planted in corn and soybeans.
The weather-related delay in feed crop planting, along with financial support for producers may lower the amount of non-planted feed crop acres and alter the type of feed crop planted, say analysts.
Increasing levels of phytase past feed formula recommendations may improve birds’ ability to use dietary nutrients in maize-based feeds, say researchers.
Shifting periods of corn production and increased feed use for poultry and swine production are upping Brazil’s corn imports, while exports also expand, says analyst.
Evonik has launched a new testing service for corn DDGS used in feed production. The analytical service, AMINORED 2.0, allows rapid and reliable evaluation of the nutritional value distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), detecting the impact...
In its first forecast for the 2019 crop, Coceral, the trade group representing the representing EU trade in cereals, rice, feedstuffs, oilseeds, olive oil, oils and fats and agrosupply, projects the EU total grain crop at 298.5 million tons.
Feed production in Great Britain (GB) was up 4% for cattle and calves, 1.7% for poultry and down 3.3% for pigs from July to December 2018, compared with the same period in 2017/18, according to a new report from AHDB.
