Improved feed and feed ingredient research and faster nutritional trials are some of the reasons Cargill researchers have designed a dual-stream artificial rumen.
Updated student training, new feed production options and increased capacity are all elements the University of Illinois is seeking to include in a new feed mill facility.
ForFarmers says it has moved to shore up its position in the Belgian market by acquiring Voeders Algoet for around €14 million or seven times the Belgian feed company’s EBITDA.
BioMar is looking to accelerate the development of Alimentsa, less than a year after acquiring the majority stake in the Ecuadorian shrimp feed producer; it said it wants to fortify the company in what is a highly competitive market, despite the recent...
In an effort to expand its product market and feed production, Sunseo Omega 3 is working with the Nebraska Innovation Campus to establish a US headquarters.
As the winner of its 2018 feed tech challenge is announced, Viggo Halseth, chief innovation officer at Nutreco, gives us his perspective on the victor. He also discussed the Dutch group’s innovation pipeline, and its hunt for what he called “moonshot”...
ABN, a UK manufacturer of pig and poultry compound feed, has recently rolled out a technical suite designed to improve efficiencies across poultry businesses.
De Heus opened its second production site in Myanmar today. The manufacturer said the new factory is about helping the group to strengthen its market position in that country and helping to professionalize agriculture in the region.
Australian animal feed group, Ridley Corporation, announced today that it has appointed Investec to see how it can drive the growth of its prawn feed ingredient, Novacq, which it claims generates an increase in prawn biomass when added to prawn feed at...
Energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, ingredient and antibiotic reduction are some of the factors considered when evaluating the sustainability of aqua feed, says sustainability manager.
Awareness raising among consumers is needed to stimulate demand among downstream players if the soy supply chain is ever to get the level of palm oil in terms of responsible production and sourcing, says a representative of a French agribusiness group.
W&R Barnett, the owner Thompson Feeds, a leading ruminant, pig and poultry feed manufacturer in Northern Ireland, has gone over the £1bn turnover mark for the first time.
ForFarmers is just beginning to test what it says is an environmentally beneficial, alternative way of unloading compound feed - electric and emission-free discharging of the feedstuffs.
Dutch feed group, Nutreco, has taken a 25% share in Eruvaka, an India-based Internet of Things (IoT) company that develops connected devices and mobile-based decision tools aimed at helping shrimp farmers increase productivity.
Chinese feed giant, New Hope Liuhe, reported a fall in first-quarter net profit as the country’s pig sector faces record low prices, according to Reuters.
La Coop fédérée is focusing on expanding its activities in animal nutrition in the west of the country with the acquisition of Standard Nutrition Canada (SNC).
US producers generate about $10bn worth of silage annually, but there is a need for greater understanding in terms of best practice when using such feed materials, said Keith Bolsen, professor emeritus in the department of animal science and industry...
UK agriculture business, AB Agri, recorded revenue growth for H1 FY2018, according to the financial results for the 24 weeks ending March 3 reported by its parent group, Associated British Foods (ABF).
Australian feed giant, Ridley Corporation, expects up to AU$ 7m in losses due to the fact a critical raw material supply has ceased with the collapse of local chicken business, Red Lea.
Agribusiness giant, Cargill, has resumed operations at two of its grain crushing plants in Argentina after suspending operations on April 5 as workers went on strike.
South Central FS, an agriculture cooperative based in southeast Illinois in the midwestern region of the US, is to open a new and larger feed production facility.
It appears there is no letup in the interest of Dutch group, De Heus, in the Spanish feed market. This week saw it sign off on an agreement for the acquisition of the Spanish feed company, Piensos Unzué.
Some 1,750,000 tons of feed from Cargill’s fish feed mills last year were used in the diets of 30 different type of fish species. One-eighth of that product was functional feeds, aimed at promoting animal health, said the company.
The Danish fish feed manufacturer said its earnings fell slightly short of the results of 2016, with developments in foreign exchange rates and prices of raw materials and competition in certain regions having curbed the revenue increase.
Increasing the amount of trimmings and including microalgae in BioMar’s In the Blue feed has yielded salmon with a record-breaking fish-in:fish-out ratio and double the omega-3 of conventional farmed salmon.
Digging deeper into Alltech's feed production review, a short-term decline in beef feed production could signal a larger change, and a decrease is seen in aquafeed production in some regions.
José Nobre, formerly CEO of Arysta LifeScience EMEA, will take hold of the reins at AB Agri, the agriculture division of listed company, Associated British Foods (ABF).
AFIA is seeking additional regulatory guidance and more information regarding work with animal feed-specific hazards and hazard mitigation in its ongoing efforts to help the industry address FSMA, says VP.
Neovia today announced the acquisition of the Pilardière group, the third largest producer of mineral feeds and nutritional specialties on the French market.
Listed South African agribusiness, Quantum Foods, expects a stable performance in its feed and farming operations and a hike in profitability in the egg business for FY2018.
