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Feed Protein Innovation

Dairy processing waste to protein rich duckweed

By Jane Byrne

Scientists in Ireland are working on a process to produce duckweed for use in animal feed by capturing essential nutrients in wastewater from dairy processing plants.

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US grain lobby ponders on how much exports matter

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

The economic contributions of grain exports, feed production’s “ripple effect” and the importance of trade for more than producers were topics that featured prominently in recent feed and grain sector analysis.

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Bunge reduces earnings guidance for 2017

By Aerin Einstein-Curtis

Bunge reported lower income for the third quarter on the same period in 2016 though it anticipates momentum in the fourth quarter and start of 2018.

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EU: No decision taken on glyphosate

By Jane Byrne

The decisive vote due today on the reauthorization of the EU license for the controversial herbicide, glyphosate, did not take place - it was postponed.

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News in Brief

ForFarmers UK boss to step down

By Jane Byrne

Iain Gardner, ForFarmers chief operating officer and the executive responsible for the Dutch feed group’s UK operations, is resigning.

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MEPs propose glyphosate ban by end of 2020

By Jane Byrne

Environment Committee MEPs have called for a full ban on glyphosate-based herbicides in the EU by December 2020 and immediate restrictions on the use of the substance.

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Dispatches from SPACE 2017

Sanders Euralis looks to develop a French soybean chain

By Jane Byrne

Sanders, the animal feed business of French agri group, Avril, in conjunction with the cooperative, Euralis, are backing French protein production through the opening of a soybean crushing facility in Vic-en-Bigorre, in the southwest of France.