The benefits of probiotics in animals go beyond gut health, says an animal nutrition scientist, who claims the bacteria can play a vital role in ensuring more profitable and sustainable poultry production.
Adding resveratrol to feed may boost the antioxidant defenses of broiler birds and prevent liver damage, says a new study from the National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology in Bangalore, India.
Analysts say firms such as Cargill and DSM could still trump SHV's offer
Animal and fish feed group, Nutreco, said it fully endorses the bid from privately-held Dutch investment firm, SHV, to acquire it for €40 ($51) per share, or €2.69 billion ($3.43bn), and it dismissed speculation about third party bids for the business.
InVivo NSA says the acquisition of Brazilian animal nutrition group, Total Alimentos, has strengthened its position in pet food but also its foothold in the dairy and aqua feed segments in that market.
Concordia University is teaming up with Elanco Animal Health on a genomics project looking to develop enzymes that will improve the digestibility of feed for pigs and poultry in Canada and make those livestock sectors more competitive.
New Jersey based veterinary product supplier, Pharmgate, says its acquisition of Pennfield Animal Health, a producer of medicated in-feed and water soluble additives to tackle enteric diseases in livestock and poultry, is ‘transformative’.
An alignment of two responsible soy standards, RTRS and ProTerra, will help boost physical flows of certified soy by keeping audit costs low, increasing market transparency and enhancing farmer training, says the ProTerra Foundation.
The lawsuits brought against Syngenta over sales of its GM corn seed, MIR162, into the US prior to trait approval by China keenly show other countries' regulations cannot be ignored in domestic courts and by US companies, says a law professor.
Agri giant's Q1 results show solid performance for animal nutrition and meat division
Cargill has not had any new cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) within its pig operations since March this year, but the agri-giant is not throwing caution to the wind as a result.
Research efforts at AB Vista have yielded insights into enzyme technology, showing the vital importance of specific enzyme characteristics, which the company says will aid poultry producers and feed formulators.
The South Asian poultry market is the first staging post for US enzyme developer, BRI, as it has a shift in strategy for the roll-out of its new thermo stable xylanase feed enzyme, Xylamax.
Pre and probiotics supplementation of pig feed is relatively unchartered territory for US pig producers, and it remains quite an under-researched topic in the US, says a pig nutrition expert.
In vetoing a livestock antibiotic bill on Tuesday, the governor of California is, in fact, calling for stronger action to curb unnecessary antibiotic use in that state, say US environmental and consumer groups.
Nutritional modeling systems developed by a US university to lower feed costs are now being used to reduce methane emissions from cattle feed, says the researcher behind the project.
Probiotics enhance performance, promote a healthy balance of microbiota in the gut, and counteract the negative consequences of enteric diseases in poultry, found two leading US researchers following a comprehensive review of the literature.
US group unveils new protein blends to combat whey price hike
US group, Land O’Lakes, as it unveils new protein products for calves, says it is aiming to get producers to feed calves more frequently and at a higher plane of milk nutrition to boost their health and growth.
US group, Sabinsa, is training its portfolio of botanical ingredients, probiotics and enzymes on companion animals and livestock as it sets up a new animal nutrition division, VetVitals.
A US scientist, in a review of the literature, reports that GM feed is safe and nutritionally equivalent to non-GM feed, with no indication of any unusual trends in livestock health since 1996 when GM crops were first harvested.
Tennessee based feed and pig production company, AgFeed Industries, has agreed to pay $18 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case over fraud allegations, said the US regulator yesterday.
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) oils can help control salmonella in piglets and may lower the incident of campylobacter in chicks, says a scientist, as US firm, Horn Animal Wellness, releases an infographic to show the functional benefits of the ingredient...
A credit lending firm, Rabo AgriFinance, is suing US commodities broker, Turner Grain Merchandising, which is said to be on the brink of filing for bankruptcy, for an alleged breach of contract.
US chicken processor removes antibiotics from hatcheries
US chicken processor, Perdue Foods, yesterday announced that it has removed all antibiotics from its chicken hatcheries, a move that “sets the standard for the responsible use of antibiotics in poultry production.”
South Korea, a major importer of beef from the US, Australia and New Zealand, has lifted a ban on the use of animal feed additive, zilpaterol, in beef.
Algae ingredients producer Heliae has announced a shift in the company’s focus to place new emphasis an agroscience and animal feed initiatives. A management shakeup accompanied what the company billed as a “new phase of technical development and commercialization.”
Barley that doesn’t make the grade for the brewing industry is being turned into a feed ingredient for aquaculture via a patented process that improves its nutritional value.
Contaminated feed might be a confirmed risk factor for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), but the number one mode of transmission is most likely contaminated transport, according to Dr Scott Dee, director of research at Pipestone Veterinary Services...
Researchers at the University of California (UC) Cooperative Extension have been working on converting rice straw into cattle feed, providing a potential solution for livestock producers confronted with feed shortages as a result of California’s crippling...
The Canadian canola industry is hoping that new research will alter the “outdated perception” that weaned pigs won’t do as well on a canola diet, encouraging feed producers to increase levels of canola meal.
Despite having joined forces with fellow US feed giant DeKalb Feeds to offer non-porcine swine feed, JBS United rejects suggestions that there could be a link between Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) transmission and the use of porcine plasma in...
The animal nutrition business of US fish meal and oil supplier, Omega Protein Corporation, had another spectacular quarter that benefitted from the strong 2013 fish catch, says an analyst.
The FDA expects enhanced reporting of adverse events associated with animal feed on the back of a new information exchange portal for US federal, state and public health agencies.
A new, sustainable protein source for animal and fish feed is on the horizon, with its US developer getting ready to hit the start button on the production line at its facility in Ohio.
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and other US non-profit groups are likely to appeal a court ruling of last week which endorsed the policy of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of encouraging a voluntary phase out of antibiotics in feed,...
A US federal appeals court has ruled against the need for regulatory action to end the use of non-therapeutic antibiotics such as penicillin and tetracyclines in farmed animals.
US feed ingredient supplier, International Nutrition, disputes OSHA’s findings that its decision to overload storage bins on the roof level of its Omaha facility led directly to the death of two workers in January.
US researchers, who concluded that controversial cattle feed additive, Zilmax, doesn’t have a detrimental effect on cattle health or well-being, said their study is robust despite criticism this week that it was too narrow in terms of scale.
Adding a yeast derivative based on brewery yeast hydrolyzate to the diet of post-weaned piglets may support their immune system without affecting animal performance, says a new study from The Netherlands and Finland.
Salmonella-infected dairy calves are less likely to show clinical signs associated with salmonellosis when fed a certain combination of yeast products, finds a new study from the US.
US aquaculture firm, Bell Farms, has become a fully integrated fish farm with the completion of a new feed mill at its Indiana base that is set to produce around 907 metric tons (MT) of plant-based fish feed monthly.
Global feed prices are expected to decline in the coming months based on current fundamentals and a good crop outlook for wheat and soybeans, reports Rabobank in its Poultry Quarterly Q2 review.
Piglet mortality during the neonatal phase, from birth until weaning, can often run as high as 18%, and, in a bid to address that, Cargill recently launched a global nutrition program to help improve piglet livability.
New guidelines on feed nanomaterials from the US regulator could spur the development of products to boost animal weight gain, bind toxins or make feed easier to digest.
Tyson Foods said it reviewing its operations to ensure environmental mishaps do not reoccur after improper disposal of a feed additive was said to have caused a major fish kill in the US state of Missouri last month.
Trace mineral supplier, Zinpro, is focusing on enriching the diets of broiler embryos to improve the liveability of chicks as part of its current research agenda.
The growth in demand for organic animal feed is far outstripping supply, said the Organic Trade Association (OTA), as it looks to review the barriers to the take-up of organic farming in the US.