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France’s Avril Group looks to Brazil for feed additives growth

By Jane Byrne

MiXscience , which is the animal nutrition division of the Avril Group, has formed a “strategic alliance” with Brazilian feed additive and premix player, Salus Group, to leverage the continuing growth in the livestock sector in the Latin American powerhouse.

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Expert says future research should focus on the effect of antibiotics on methane emissions from cow belching

Research shows antibiotics intensify methane emissions

By Jane Byrne

A study by US, UK, Finnish and Swedish researchers is said to provide the first demonstration that antibiotics can increase dung emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas (GHG).

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Monsanto could still be looking for a Bayer

By Jane Byrne

US seed giant, Monsanto, this week rejected the $62bn takeover offer from chemical company, Bayer, but said it was open to further deal negotiations. 

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Arla ready to capitalize on what it sees as a major trend in dairy

What are the benefits to EU dairy farmers of a switch to GM free feed?

By Jane Byrne

Dairy company, Arla Foods, says it only has ambitions, at this stage, that more of its farmers will convert to GM free feed based on the increasing market willingness to pay the higher price required.

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Media reports of hike in number of Dutch pig farm bankruptcies

Are strict welfare rules hurting Dutch pig farming profitability?

By Jane Byrne

As Dutch media reports show the rate of pig farms going bankrupt in the Netherlands has picked up steam in 2016, the head of the Dutch feed association says his sector has a role to play in securing pork production profitability. 

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Stalemate at EU glyphosate talks, no vote taken

By Jane Byrne

The glyphosate dossier is to be handed over to the Commission, following on from the PAFF committee's failure today to generate a vote on the controversial herbicide.

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Cargill and NGOs hail ratification

Brazilian soy moratorium renewed ‘indefinitely’

By Jane Byrne

The Brazilian soy moratorium, a private sector voluntary agreement, set up in 2006, which has prohibited participants from trading, acquiring or financing soybeans from areas of the Brazilian Amazon biome that were deforested after July 2008, has been...

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Special Edition: Environmentally friendly feed sector initiatives

What is the link between genomics and dairy feed efficiency?

By Jane Byrne

A game changing development in dairy cattle feed intake genome trait research will allow for more efficient and sustainable production, says the Dutch academic involved. 

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De Heus strengthens footprint in Vietnam

By Jane Byrne

De Heus, in its strategy to be a leading player in the Vietnamese feed sector, continues to enhance its production capacity in that Asian country, it has just opened its seventh feed plant in the Mekong Delta.