The European Commission today [May 20] published a revised EU Feed Protein Balance Sheet, which it said provides a comprehensive overview of EU feed supply.
The diversified business model and geographical exposure of the Carr’s Group, the UK agriculture and engineering outfit, limited adverse impacts from the drop in feed volumes caused by the mild autumn and winter experienced across the UK and Europe and...
Prize money has doubled in the F3 Fish Oil Challenge, an incentive designed to help accelerate commercial-scale ingredients for aquaculture feed that meet the nutritional requirements of fish without utilizing wild-caught fish.
African Swine Fever (ASF) will have a huge influence on feed prices and trade flows of meat and soybeans over the coming months, said the new boss at Bunge.
Secondary plant metabolites are extremely promising for animal nutrition given their antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties and as science progresses, more will be understood in the next two years about how exactly these compounds can influence...
UK feed and crop protection trade group, the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), is setting out the case for the UK agri supply industry ahead of the EU elections.
Scientists are still learning how taste and smell systems work in farmed animals and so enormous potential remains for industry to gain and apply knowledge in the coming years, say experts
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.
The Scottish Salmon Company said the litigation it commenced seven years ago against Trouw (UK) Limited, trading as Skretting, with it seeking over £5m in damages, has now been resolved.
A five-year UK project targeting novel feed and food ingredients, involving a series of trials on genetically modified (GM) camelina plants, has been approved, despite anti-GM campaigners’ ongoing reservations.
Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition Europe (AANE), along with dropping the Eurolysine name, has changed its EMEA business model; the company is increasingly focusing on a more customized approach in terms of its amino acid portfolio.
UK feed manufacturer, Aylescott Feeds and Driers Ltd, has pleaded guilty to breaching the UK’s Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and has been fined £14,933 (US$19.4K).
The current African swine fever (ASF) epidemic is expected to reduce China’s pork production by up to 35%, resulting in increased demand for other animal proteins, said Rabobank’s senior dairy analyst Sandy Chen.
Swedish researchers looked at feeding a novel feed resource, Lepidium cake (LC), to grower pigs, saw that it was a palatable feed, and that it did not seem to cause the animals any detrimental health effect.
The Canadian government is stepping in to support canola producers as a period of trade uncertainty stemming from a slow down in exports to China continues.
Danish methane to feed protein company, Unibio, by invitation of the UNDP, has joined the SDG Accelerator program, an initiative aimed at fast tracking the private sectors impact on the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
EU feed industry representatives were among 22 food chain groups that sent a letter to the EU Commission and Member States spelling out their concern over the decree from the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) last July on new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs),...
Weather and market challenges reduced segment earnings for ADM in the first quarter, but predictions of a potential trade deal with China could boost returns in the later half of the year, says CEO.
Northern Ireland producers will “suffer disproportionately to the rest of the UK” and farmers could fall into cash flow crisis within weeks of a no deal Brexit, forcing feed producers into some difficult decisions, warns Declan Billington, CEO of Belfast-based...
As the US trade negotiations continue, an element that needs to be evaluated when examining the potential for improving access with trading partners like China or the EU is what additional market access could mean for feed players, said David Widmar,...
Adding a blend of encapsulated feed additives with clove and rosemary essential oils may improve the tenderness of meat from grain-fed cows without changing its chemical composition, say researchers.
Designing swine diets using the ratio of digestible calcium and phosphorus may support growth performance and feed intake as overfeed calcium can slow both, says researcher.
The German Federal Patent Court, in a recent decision, disallowed the extension of the supplementary protection certificates (SPC) regulation to an animal feed additive.
The EU Commission has requested EFSA to assess the specific concentrations of 24 antimicrobials resulting from cross-contamination to non-target feed, below which there would not be an effect on the emergence of and/or selection for resistance in microbial...
US based environmental campaign group, Mighty Earth, along with other NGOs, has ranked some of the leading soy buyers in France for compliance with recently established legislation in that market.
New figures released by the European Commission on Tuesday [April 16], show that imports of US soybeans by the European Union increased by 121% over the current market year (July 2018 to mid-April 2019), compared to the same period in the previous year.
Austria headquartered, Biomin, said its phytogenic feed additive for weaned piglets, branded as Digestarom DC, is edging closer to attaining EU zootechnical feed additive registration following a positive EFSA opinion, published on Tuesday [April 16].
The European Commission (EU) is still evaluating the legislation on additives for use in animal nutrition as part of its fitness check of general food law, REFIT.
A BioMar investigation has found no intent or negligence on the part of its Brazilian suppliers of non-GMO, certified soy - Caramuru, Selecta and Imcopa - in terms of environmental or social legislation violations.
A Netherlands focused public private partnership involving representatives of the academic, rendering and feed industries is looking at boosting the percentage of European raw materials in feed formulations, towards the goal of a circular bio-economy....
Ensuring the consistency of its probiotics in the field and being able to explain the mode of action behind the strains, why they work, are some of the fundamentals behind Evonik’s probiotic R&D work, according to a research lead.
The US Grains Council (UGC) has asked for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) to review the existing anti-dumping tariffs on distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) from the US.
The US National Pork Producers Council board of directors is canceling the World Pork Expo 2019 in an ‘abundance of caution’ regarding African Swine Fever (ASF).
Although the WASDE report brought bearish news for feed crop producers, there was little change in the commodity markets, said Chad Hart, associate professor of economics, crop markets specialist and extension economist with Iowa State University.
The Norwegian authorities have decided to allow the commercial harvesting of the zooplankter, Calanus finmarchicus, setting a quota at 254,000 tons per year.
Including more grass in the rations of dairy cows increases soil carbon sequestration and decreases the negative effect on biodiversity, finds a new study.
The US Grains Council announced recently that the long-time president and CEO of the organization, Tom Sleight, would be stepping down this summer after a successor is appointed.
