Delayed planting continues to prompt questions about US feed crop acres and production and now highlights the uncertainty of some USDA data in the WASDE report, says analyst.
Cargill cites global trade challenges and disease outbreaks as negative influences while reporting an earnings drop for its fourth quarter and full-year results.
A set of new, online tools is aimed at making information about nutritional components in cattle feed and the economic value of feed or feed ingredients more accessible to livestock producers.
Missed the feed industry news concerning corn prices, ASF, ADM or Nutreco while taking advantage of summer break? We’ve pulled together the big traffic getters for FeedNavigator in June to provide a quick recap.
Weather delays in the planting season raise questions about the total acres planted along with the potential implications for feed crop development and yields, says analyst.
The world’s first financial facility to offer green bonds for sustainable soy production in Brazil was launched yesterday [July 4] at London Climate Action Week.
With a return to average yields, the USDA forecasts record soybean production in Brazil for 2019/20 but predicts lower exports on the expectation of lower demand for soy from China.
US chicken industry changes position producers to weather variable feed costs and changes in trade and demand as the sector prepares for growing challenges, says analyst.
The amount of planted corn acres in the US is provoking a bearish market response, despite uncertainty remaining about the total number of acres planted in corn and soybeans.
China is seeing exceptionally high poultry prices due to the shift from pork to poultry as a result of the worsening situation with African Swine Fever (ASF), noted Rabobank it its latest poultry quarterly.
Market diversification, feed production and research into valued added processing of soy were some of the drivers for setting up a new soy crush and biodiesel production facility in Minnesota.
Wet weather and delayed planting are raising fears about forage and hay availability for US livestock and dairy producers and sparking the US Department of Agriculture to change when cover crops can be harvested or grazed on prevented planting acres.
KnipBio is turning to alternative feedstocks to generate its single-cell protein in a bid to make its aquafeed ingredient more competitive on the market, says CEO.
UK start-up, Deep Branch Biotechnology, has completed validation work on its technology that converts carbon dioxide into a single cell protein for use in fish and monogastric feed.
Delayed corn production and lost acres, along with questions about soybean production levels, point to the probability of higher feed costs for producers, says analyst.
The outbreak of African Swine Fever in Asia may bring both challenges and opportunities to US feed producers as export demand dwindles initially and livestock producers seek to fill animal protein demands, says analyst.
Whilst there is unlikely to be any relief from high feed prices in the short term for the soymeal-reliant poultry industry, an increase in soybean plantings in India in 2019 is “highly likely,” according to an analyst.
The weather-related delay in feed crop planting, along with financial support for producers may lower the amount of non-planted feed crop acres and alter the type of feed crop planted, say analysts.
Ongoing trade uncertainty and continuing tariffs are prompting a new round of federal support for US feed crop and agricultural producers as disruption to international markets continue.
African Swine Fever (ASF) will have a huge influence on feed prices and trade flows of meat and soybeans over the coming months, said the new boss at Bunge.
Federated Co-operatives Limited is adapting to market consolidation by restructuring its feed manufacturing program and revamping its bagged feed production.
The ongoing US-China trade situation could result in another round of aid for US feed crop producers as China outlines its response to increased tariffs and feed crop producers ask for a trade deal.
Vietnam bought US$1.3bn worth of imported animal feeds and materials for animal feed production in the first four months of this year, up 2.4% against the same period last year, according to data from the country's Ministry Agriculture and Rural...
The current African swine fever (ASF) epidemic is expected to reduce China’s pork production by up to 35%, resulting in increased demand for other animal proteins, said Rabobank’s senior dairy analyst Sandy Chen.
Adding set amounts of fresh forage to dairy cow diets may provide cheaper feed, support high milk production and add desirable fatty acids to milk composition, say researchers.
The US feed industry calls for a resolution to the trade war with Beijing as Washington points to the possibility of new or increased tariffs on products.
The Canadian government is stepping in to support canola producers as a period of trade uncertainty stemming from a slow down in exports to China continues.
Weather and market challenges reduced segment earnings for ADM in the first quarter, but predictions of a potential trade deal with China could boost returns in the later half of the year, says CEO.
Northern Ireland producers will “suffer disproportionately to the rest of the UK” and farmers could fall into cash flow crisis within weeks of a no deal Brexit, forcing feed producers into some difficult decisions, warns Declan Billington, CEO of Belfast-based...
As the US trade negotiations continue, an element that needs to be evaluated when examining the potential for improving access with trading partners like China or the EU is what additional market access could mean for feed players, said David Widmar,...
New figures released by the European Commission on Tuesday [April 16], show that imports of US soybeans by the European Union increased by 121% over the current market year (July 2018 to mid-April 2019), compared to the same period in the previous year.
Demand for US organic poultry and livestock feed continues to growth pushing for an increase in production and in the imports of organic feed grains, says economist.
As part of ongoing efforts to streamline the company, improve the core business and boost growth, Archer Daniels Midland is rolling out an early retirement scheme.
The planting pace remains slow for corn and other feed grains as weather considerations raise questions about the potential for acres to switch to crops with shorter growing times, says analyst.
