Operators and traders strive to comply with EUDR but face challenges: gaps in information, technical solutions, and supply chain complexities, claim FEFAC, FEDIOL, and agribusiness groups.
EU and US trade associations in the feed and soy industry are ramping up their efforts to disseminate information about their collaborative endeavors aimed at bolstering feed sustainability both sides of the Atlantic.
FEFAC has updated its Soy Sourcing Guidelines, with the key change in the 2023 version being that the desired criterion on conversion-free soy has now become an essential criterion.
Finding ways to support the greater uptake of circular and advanced feeding technologies in the EU livestock sector was one of the themes of the 30th FEFAC congress.
The EU needs to safeguard market access to essential supplies of feed grains and vegetable protein meals to its feed and livestock sectors, said FEFAC referring to the move by Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Bulgaria to impose import restrictions on Ukrainian...
There is frustration among some agribusiness stakeholders that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) failed to incorporate their feedback into its recently published calf welfare opinion.
After a turbulent 2022, with significant geopolitical tensions and high input costs, Alexander Döring, secretary general, European Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC), looks at what might be in store for the industry in 2023.
FEFAC says energy costs have risen substantially for its members, in some cases up to 20% of total production costs, depending on the market in which the feed company is operating.
Animal nutrition can support the transition to sustainable livestock farming, contributing to the EU Green Deal goals and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), says FEFAC.
UK feed industry representative body, the AIC, is continuing to train advisers registered within the Feed Adviser Register (FAR) on sustainability related topics.
EU feed, grain and oilseed trade groups have welcomed some of the changes made by the Council of the EU in relation to the draft deforestation regulation.
Industrial compound feed production in the EU remained stable in 2021. However, the increasing threat from animal diseases and the continuing global grain market rally fueled by the Russian reinvasion of Ukraine is expected to reduce compound feed demand...
As the Omicron variant is driving an unprecedented wave of coronavirus infection globally, resulting in mass absences of staff in multiple industries, due to infection or quarantine, we track the impact on the European feed sector.
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.
US and EU feed trade groups have jointly backed the US-EU Union Global Methane Pledge, which calls for the use of scientific innovation to cut methane emissions by 30% below 2020 levels by 2030.
A FEFAC digital seminar flagged the huge potential of animal nutrition ingredients to help farmers in the EU to transition to more sustainable practices.
Six programs have passed the benchmarked exercise against the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines (SSGs) 2021, said FEFAC and the joint UN and WTO agency, the International Trade Centre (ITC).
The new lead at ProTerra Foundation has spent the past two years democratizing its standard, boosting its standing with NGOs and industry stakeholders in the process.
We track the latest hires and those who have taken on a new role over the past few weeks in companies or associations serving the international feed industry.
Pigs delivered to Danish Crown in the coming years must be fed with 100% responsibly produced soy, said the company in an action plan that it delivered to the Soy Alliance in Denmark last Thursday [April 30].
Industrial compound feed production for farmed animals in the EU-28 is estimated at 161.7 million tons for 2019, that is 0.9% lower than in 2018, according to EU feed trade group, FEFAC, citing data provided by its members.
