Family-owned premium poultry producer, Bell & Evans, is to invest US$500m in US organic-certified grains, announcing a sourcing deal with Cargill that aims to transition 50,000 acres of conventional corn and soybean production to USDA Certified Organic....
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has provided legal clarification on reformulation and feed labelling in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) and other UK organizations had requested the guidance.
Funding opportunities exist under a USDA's organic animal and crop production research initiative; to get support projects would need to address challenges linked to feed or integrated livestock and feed production systems.
The US is set to import more organic feed grains as wet spring weather limited domestic planting of corn, soybeans and corn silage, with questions about crop quality remaining.
French agribusiness group, Avril, and farming cooperative, Terrena, will launch a new joint venture, Oleosyn Bio, next year to produce meal for use in organic animal production along with organic vegetable oil.
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved ForFarmers’ purchase of the business and certain assets of Bowerings Animal Feeds, located in Somerset.
Demand for US organic poultry and livestock feed continues to growth pushing for an increase in production and in the imports of organic feed grains, says economist.
A once-shuttered lumber mill is being refitted to generate organic dairy cattle feed for Silver Sage Farms and is set to start production this summer, says general manager.
Assessing ingredients and supply chains for potential fraud, planning to address vulnerabilities and ensure mitigation efforts are effective are all steps in a new company-based anti-fraud program.
Pipeline Foods is expanding its position in the US organic feed and food grain supply chain with an investment in more facilities, staff and new regions, says CEO.
The lack of organic education resources, soil fertility and weed challenges along with transition period risk are some of the main hurdles to further expansion of organic feed and food grain production, say US organic groups.