Danish fish feed maker, BioMar, has acquired the 50% remaining shares in the Chilean factory, APSA, ending what is said was over 10 years of successful collaboration with salmon, trout and tilapia producer, AquaChile, in the operation of that facility....
Dutch feed group, ForFarmers, which says it is facing a tough first half year, is looking to reduce its cost base for the next two years by shutting down feed mills and lowering headcount.
BioMar, in releasing its financial results for FY 2018, said the business performed well in certain geographies and species, except in Norway where the company did not win the sales contracts expected.
Dutch feed manufacturer, De Heus, says it has signed a deal to acquire a majority stake in D-Mix in Ukraine, giving it a foothold in feed manufacturing in that country after 10 years of exporting product to Ukraine.
Logistics, disease, changing technology and feed conversion may have a role to play in altering what kinds of feeds are generated in which countries, says Alltech CEO.
Skretting, Nutreco’s aqua feed division, has 'expanded the functionality' of its SHIELD diet for Mediterranean sea bream to offer protection against gill as well as intestinal parasites.
Fish feed suppliers Cargill and Skretting are joining forces in fish feed transport in Norway in an attempt to limit shipping traffic and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from logistics.
Anti-trust authorities globally have now ticked the approval box on the deal. The combined animal nutrition business is one of the largest in the world, with estimated sales of $3.5bn, said Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).
Shore Capital says financial results for UK feed and agricultural products company, the Wynnstay Group, show a positive trading environment despite the uncertainties around Brexit.
Market challenges, political instability in some regions and adverse regional market conditions contributed to lower financial returns for Cargill’s second quarter.
Ridley Corporation Limited, the Australian feed manufacturer, says it is expecting its new fish feed extrusion plant in Westbury, Tasmania to be commissioned ahead of schedule.
Expanding the company's animal feed business and developing supply chains are two of the focuses for Cargill as it expands investment in the Philippines.
French company, Neovia, said a newly acquired asset allows the company to strengthen its positions on the global premix market and gain a significant market position in Latin America's fourth-largest economy.
Pig farmers in Northwestern Europe are working under tremendous constraints today, in terms of a shift away from antibiotics usage, the removal of zinc oxide and a reduction in copper inclusion levels. Agrifirm says it was mindful of those developments...
Danish fish feed group, BioMar, reported a 2% increase in volumes sold in its third quarter (Q3) for 2018, which it said mainly derived from the acquisition of Alimentsa in Ecuador and strong sales in Chile; its reported lower sales in Norway.
Skretting, part of the Nutreco group, has announced that the company has started a consultation process with employees in relation to shutting down production in the UK at the end of April 2019.
Cargill is seeing movement among members of its leadership team, as part of ongoing plans to address high potential markets, operational integration and fiscal discipline.
Transport drivers attached to the compound feed manufacturing mill run by ABN in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in the UK, are threatening strike action over the timetabling of an ‘extra Saturday’ in their monthly rota.
Cargill published its first quarter FY 2019 results yesterday. The US agribusiness giant said adjusted operating earnings for the period, ending 31 August, totaled $883m, nearly matching the $888m of last year’s comparative period.
Aller Aqua, which produces fish feed for freshwater and saltwater aquaculture, is participating in SDG Accelerator, a UNDP initiative aimed at fast-tracking the private sectors impact on the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Danish feed company, Aller Aqua, launched an updated fry feed portfolio, including reformulations of existing products and a new product for larvae and small fry at Aqua 2018 in France this week.
Summer has not been a quiet season for many companies and organizations in the animal feed and agricultural industries. Several have seen the arrival of new faces, while a few others have said farewell to longtime employees.
Improved returns for animal nutrition, protein and in grain sales and trade helped Cargill see improved year-over-year results and an earnings bump in the fourth quarter.
Danish fish feed company, BioMar, says it has increased its research capabilities in hatchery with an expansion of its Aquaculture Technology Centre, ATC Hirtshals, in Denmark.
Nutreco has taken a stake in Israeli startup, ViAqua, as part of its strategy to invest in innovation aimed at combatting disease in the aquaculture industry.
ForFarmers says it has acquired the compound feed activities of Maatman, a Dutch company primarily active in the poultry sector but also in the ruminant sector in the Netherlands and Germany.
