Rabo Corporate Investments (RCI), Rabobank's investment franchise, has invested in Protix, a company that breeds larvae from the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) and processes them into ingredients like proteins and lipids for use in feed.
BioMar Norway has decided to appeal the recent judgement of the Oslo District Court that found against it in a patent violation case brought by fish health group, STIM.
The US Department of Agriculture is outlining plans to address African Swine Fever if the disease enters the US, including establishing which agency has control in the situation, when swine may be moved and how producers would be reimbursed for virus...
High-risk ingredients, mitigation plans, limiting on-site travel and preventing facility cross-contamination are some of the steps feed producers need to consider when facing disease challenges, says expert.
As part of a company focus on meeting product demand in international markets, Hormel Foods is set to stop sourcing pigs raised using, or having been exposed, to the feed additive ractopamine.
The American Feed Industry Association is promoting steps to improve feed industry biosecurity and supporting US-based and international work to improve feed ingredient registration, says VP.
Following the launch of insect-fed trout in 2018 in Auchan supermarkets in the north of France, the multinational retail group said it has continued to innovate along those lines. It has just launched a trout product containing microalgae, insect meal...
The global demand for insect protein is increasing rapidly, said German separation process specialist, Reinartz, which is active in the development of machinery for the efficient extraction of proteins from insect larvae.
Cargill is exploring the alternative protein sector with plant-based product development while maintaining its historic interest in feed and livestock production, says segment president.
The coronavirus outbreak has triggered a spike in spot demand for food, feed and pharma ingredients along with price volatility in the past two weeks, says Kemiex.
AB Vista is highlighting the role its blended ingredient plays in prompting the monogastric gut microbiome to develop more rapidly and improve fiber degradation.
In its first forecast for 2020, COCERAL estimates that the EU total grain crop will reach 302.7 million tons, a decrease when compared to 2019 levels, when output hit 309.8m tons.
Supplementing laying hen diets with omega-3 rich biomass increases presence of the fatty acids in eggs and bird tissue and may provide an alternative market for spent laying hen meat, say researchers.
Precision assessment of feed, additives and ingredients along with the examination of products for unwanted contaminants has a role to play in feed safety.
Evonik highlights the use of biostatistics to improve poultry production with the introduction of its flock data management and predictive software program, Porphyrio.
Industry members need to apply experience gained during previous disease outbreaks to improve biosecurity practices and prevent future disease transmission, says expert.
The type of supplemental zinc provided to laying hens experiencing heat stress challenges may alter egg production, as zinc that is more available boosts layer performance.
Declan Billington, chief executive of John Thompson & Sons Ltd, Northern Ireland’s largest animal feed processor, debriefs on this in the latest episode of our podcast series, Feed Matters.
The animal nutrition business delivered a solid result with strong sales growth across regions and species, said DSM, as it announces its Q4 and FY2019 results.
Agribusiness and grain results are boosting fourth quarter returns for Bunge Limited based, in part, on origination and improved farmer selling in South America.
Layn Corp is launching new botanical-based poultry feed additives and highlighting their role in broiler weight gain following a series of feeding trials.
Danish fish feed manufacturer, Aller Aqua, says it will cease sourcing the soy it needs for its formulations from South America, with its European manufacturing bases privileging regional purchasing of soy products instead.
A recent meta-analysis by Nutreco company, Trouw Nutrition, found supplementation of piglets’ diets with a feed additives blend resulted in an additional €1.31 financial gain per piglet.
US dairy producers are facing several challenges as the industry shifts production regions and consolidates, but steadying feed prices, trade deals and an upturn in milk prices could bring a better year.
Around 80% of global deforestation is driven by agricultural expansion, a phenomenon which has roots in the global demand for products such as palm oil, soy and beef, says the EU Commission.
Poor weather conditions in Canada have diminished wheat quality and resulted in an increase in the share of production going into feed wheat, compared to the previous marketing year, finds a USDA report.
Delacon is looking to address challenges related to heat stress in North American poultry production, focusing on a blended phytogenic feed additive that is said to support weight gain and FCR.
Dublin-based agtech company, Cainthus, has released its first product, ALUS Nutrition, bespoke technology that allows a producer to track accessibility of feed 24/7; the system highlights times when feed is inaccessible, enabling adjusting of feeding...
There would not seem to be major volatility in vitamin E pricing since November last year when a force majeure was announced by LANXESS for the production of m-cresol, an intermediate in the manufacture of vitamin E, at its site in Germany.
In a grains and oilseeds markets update today, the AHDB in the UK reported that Chinese imports of US soybeans surged, throughout December, when compared to levels in the comparative period a year ago.
Swine inventories in Poland decreased by 4% in 2019 due to the spread of African swine fever (ASF) and growing feed costs stemming from the 2019 drought, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Over the past few months, several of Japan’s largest meat processing companies have announced plans to develop plant-based alternative meat products for retail.
Replacing partial replacement of soybean meal in pre-starter diets with a more digestible protein such as fishmeal, maize gluten meal or potato protein may have performance benefits, argues a researcher.
A survey of some 97 professional buyers, traders and producers of feed and food additives saw 35 respondents or 36% expecting a high, and 50 respondents or 51% a low impact of the coronavirus on ingredient supply.
Dutch animal nutrition and feed group, Nutreco, has announced an investment in Kingfish Zeeland, a company, established in the Dutch province of Zeeland in 2015, which is producing yellowtail kingfish through a proprietary recirculating aquaculture system...
Broiler feed continues to take the largest share of the world's feed production cake, according to the latest Alltech annual global feed survey, released today [January 27].
The Dutch government has pledged funds to a financial mechanism for sustainable agriculture, a move that ensures the AGRI3 Fund will be up and running in the first half of 2020.
The intake of beef, lamb and dairy will need to be cut by at least one fifth per person in the UK, finds a new report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
