US based soy processor, Perdue AgriBusiness, and startup, ZeaKal, have announced a multi-year development agreement to raise more sustainable poultry through improved soy genetics and feed quality.
Canadian farmers are expected to plant more wheat, corn, soybeans, and oats in 2022, while the area seeded to canola and barley is anticipated to decrease compared with 2021, according to a new report.
The USDA released its much-awaited prospective plantings report yesterday, taking markets by surprise with a larger than expected reduction in the US corn area and an increase for soybeans.
MEP Christophe Hansen's new ENVI report amending the proposal to end imported deforestation into the EU for certain commodities has been praised by industry and some environmentalists, but not all.
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.
EU feed, grain, and oilseeds sectors warn against the pitfalls of the current EU Commission draft regulation to curb global deforestation. They want to make it more workable.
South Dakota Soybean Processors LLC (SDSP) is to construct a multi-seed processing plant near Mitchell, South Dakota, in the US. The facility is pegged to come on stream in 2025.
Commodity trader, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), has committed to eliminate deforestation and conversion of native vegetation of high conservation value for agricultural purposes from all its supply chains by December 2025.
An investigation by Global Witness alleges that global commodity traders, ADM, Bunge and Cargill, are dealing in ‘conflict-tainted soy’ sourced from powerful agricultural producers in Brazil.
FrieslandCampina and Agrifirm are joining forces for the purpose of create a physically separated supply stream of guaranteed deforestation-free soy for dairy cattle feed.
A new mechanism has been developed, the Responsible Commodities Facility (RCF), with the goal of protecting vast tracts of native Cerrado vegetation in Brazil, reducing CO2 emissions and protecting biodiversity.
The promise, made in a joint statement issued late on Monday at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, was backed by the leaders of countries including Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
This week started in a slightly bearish way, with data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) indicating that, post-WASDE, managed money funds had been reducing the number of long positions held across corn, wheat and soybeans, reported...
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Most customers are not willing to buy soy meeting sustainability criteria, including no-deforestation criteria, if it entails having to pay a premium, finds FEDIOL.
Broiler feed prices have been steadily increasing in Turkey while broiler meat production has been stagnating for the past two years, finds a new report.
After what has been a bearish week, with concerns over damage to grain export terminals in the US following Hurricane Ida, and speculation over the risks for delayed and reduced exports, global markets made a recovery yesterday, says CRM Agri.
Partially replacing fishmeal with Prairie AquaTech’s microbial enhanced protein in sea bass diets can reduce feed costs and may even benefit fish health, according to a new study.
The destruction of ecosystems in Brazil endangers local soy agriculture: Researchers, in a new paper, have calculated that extreme heat costs losses in soy revenue, up to US$3.55bm annually due to drier conditions.
Two Norwegian salmon companies – Bremnes Seashore and Nordlaks - have eliminated all links to deforestation throughout their soy supply chains, according to new market mapping conducted by Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN).
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).
Tesco is set to become the first UK retailer to offer its supply base sustainability-linked supply chain finance, in a move it hopes will encourage more suppliers to sign up to science-based emissions reduction targets.
FrieslandCampina has signed an agreement with ING Bank for a new €300m sustainability-linked loan that refinances part of its current short-term liabilities.
Nutreco looks to accelerate action to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, address climate change and decouple the business from deforestation risk in its new sustainability strategy.
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.
Brazil based soy suppliers to the salmon industry will implement a 100% deforestation and conversion free soybean value chain with August 2020 as their cut-off date. No soy grown on land deforested after this deadline will be traded.
EFSA has published new guidance on the information applicants need to include in their dossiers for the renewal of the authorization of feed additives.
Dutch fish feed and animal nutrition group, Nutreco, is aiming to source soy and oil palm ingredients by 2025 that are free from both legal and illegal deforestation, with the purpose of limiting its impact on biodiversity and climate change.
The Soft Commodities Forum (SCF) is exploring new ways to further refine and improve the accuracy of traceability at the farm level in Brazil’s Cerrado region, as it members achieve and even surpass the targets the group set around soy sourcing traceability...
Almost all supermarkets in France – Carrefour, Casino, Auchan, Lidl, Système U, Mousquetaires and Leclerc – announced measures to end the use of soy produced on deforested land this week, according to a release from French campaigners, Canopée.
Agribusiness giant, Bunge, says its recently released 9th Non-Deforestation Progress Report highlights additional progress the group has made toward its goal of achieving deforestation-free value chains worldwide by 2025.
The USDA, citing lower supplies in the US and higher foreign use, reduced global soybean ending stocks by 4.9m tons to 88.7m, according to the latest WASDE report.
EU legislation halting the import of forest-risk commodities would not be an effective response to stop deforestation in the Amazon, said feed, grain and oilseeds, and crushing trade groups, FEFAC, COCERAL and FEDIOL.
The six major soy traders that make up the Soft Commodities Forum (SCF) say that they are on track to achieve traceability to farm for 95% of their direct soy sources in 25 municipalities in the Brazilian Cerrado by the end of 2020.
The use of Donau Soja-certified feed sees an elimination of around 40% of CO2-emissions caused by pork meat production, found a study carried by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in Austria.
Chinese agri-commodities giant, COFCO International, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, are partnering to help improve the sustainability of soy farming in Brazil’s Cerrado Biome.
UK agriculture and environmental consultancy, ADAS, is carrying out an online survey to collect evidence and perspectives of relevant stakeholders across the insect supply chain on current insect production and the barriers and opportunities of scaling...
Nando’s, the South African restaurant chain, is planning to test the use of algae and insect protein in chicken feed as an alternative to soy as part of a move to reduce its carbon emissions in its UK and Ireland division over the next decade.
