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UK feed and farm trade groups come out against Brexit

By Jane Byrne

The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), the trade group representing the feed, crop protection, grain and oilseed sectors in the UK, said Brexit would not be in the best interest of its members.

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Special Edition: Environmentally friendly feed sector initiatives

Carbon Trust runs the numbers on Calysta's gas to feed protein

By Jane Byrne

The sustainability profile of Calysta’s methane gas to feed protein, FeedKind, could be bumped up if its production involved the use of biogas, but its land and water resource saving metrics are solid, finds a report from UK agency, the Carbon Trust.

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Special Edition: Environmental friendly feed sector initiatives

UK feed mill revamp: ForFarmers banking on 20% energy savings

By Jane Byrne

Dutch feed producer, ForFarmers, was recently granted permission to go ahead with the construction of a planned £10.5m extension to its dairy feed plant in Exeter, UK.

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French biotech firm has feed ambitions for carotenoid platform

By Jane Byrne

Deinove says it is finally edging towards commercial revenue generation and industrial scale manufacture of natural carotenoids for use in feed, dietary supplements and cosmetics. The Montpellier-based producer uses Deinococcus bacteria as host strains.

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US swaps top ag products trading partner

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

In a change from recent years, Canada has returned to being the US’ top trading partner for agricultural products including animal feed and feed ingredients.

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Danube Soya ends use of glyphosate as desiccant in EU soy

Environment MEPs call for glyphosate ban

By Jane Byrne

The EU Commission should not renew the approval of glyphosate as long as concerns remain about its carcinogenicity, said MEPs.

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Fishmeal prices forecast lower in 2016

By Jane Byrne

The overall supply and demand balance for fishmeal, at least currently, looks slightly better than in 2015, says Rabobank analyst, Gorjan Nikolik.