Unima, a leading exporter and shrimp producer in Madagascar, has been awarded Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification, assessed against the ASC standard, for one of its farms.
What are the pros and cons of feed protein derived from insects, from yeast, from duckweed or from seaweed and microalgae sources for poultry, pigs or farmed fish?
A third of fisheries supplying the feed industry with fish oil and fishmeal require “significant improvement” in terms of their sustainability performance, finds a new report from the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP).
Recent research insights have helped reveal some of the cell biological mechanisms that are likely behind the beneficial effect of additives such as butyrate products, botanicals and yeast cell walls (YCW), but knowledge gaps remain.
Zimbabwe is turning to the US, Mexico and Latin America to fill a gap in corn, feed crop production after a dry growing season, say analysts with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Special Edition: Feed Industry Consolidation Review
We caught up with Christopher Nolan, managing director, global deals origination at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, who recently spoke at Alltech’s One conference, to hear about his views on amalgamation of the global feed sector.
Feed additive innovation at Evonik has been earmarked as one of six R&D pillars that will contribute over €1 billion (bn) in additional sales by the year 2025 for the group.
Researchers studying the impact of adding two yeast products to dairy cattle diets, found no evidence to suggest a ruminal effect but they saw increased energetic output with the cultures, suggesting higher absorption efficiency.
Two UN bodies have initiated a global call to solicit data in order to help them provide scientific advice to guide the development of appropriate Codex standards or guidelines on pathogenic E.coli.
Irish company on the asset trail in North America and the Middle East
Northern Ireland headquartered, Devenish Nutrition, has just been recognized, through a UK award scheme, for its achievement in the areas of innovation and international trade.
Olam International said it has broken ground on an integrated feed mill, poultry breeding farm and hatchery in Kaduna State, Nigeria. When completed, it will be the largest such operation of its kind in the African country.
The US could have the largest wheat ending stocks since 1987, at 10 million bushels higher for 2015/16, predicts the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.
Danish company, UniBio, has sold the entire production from its future methane gas to feed protein production facilities to Danish animal feed manufacturer, Vestjyllands Andel.
Nutreco says its strategy to reduce or eliminate fishmeal in its fish feed portfolio is generated by the need to deal with spikes in pricing of that raw material and less by sustainability drivers.
A global forum has initiated a call to action to the wider industry, the Protein Challenge 2040, to accelerate development of alternatives to soy and fishmeal.
Biomin’s 2015 survey shows deoxynivalenol (DON) is the most prevalent mycotoxin for all regions except South America and Middle East, where fumonisins (FUM) pose the bigger threat to livestock production.
As Nutreco further develops its catfish feed plant in Ibadan, Nigeria that it runs as a joint venture, we hear about the Dutch group’s strategy for Africa.
Poultry gut health was firmly on Cargill’s agenda when we caught up with the company at IPPE last week to get the low down on its additives and research pipeline.
The move from Chinese state-owned food and feed giant, Cofco, to acquire 100% of Noble Agri, the agriculture arm of the Noble Group, shows the market in international trading is shifting, says an analyst.
US firm, Verdesian Life Sciences, says its new seed treatment aims to improve feed crop yields by improving nitrogen use and boosting plants’ early growth.
US agribusiness giant, Cargill, in a continued drive to expand its animal nutrition business, has acquired UK feed and food formulation technology provider, Format International.
Young scientists working in the field of feed probiotics, with a focus on subjects such as nutrition, microbiology or immunity, are the target of the latest Jules Tournut Probiotics Prize.
Nutreco’s aqua feed division, Skretting, is teaming up with local experts to expand tilapia production in Egypt as it also hikes its fish feed capacity in that country.
We ran a reader survey earlier this year to find out what the major headaches are for the feed sector - a majority of respondents reported the Russian sanctions as detrimental for business.