News & Analysis on the Global Animal Feed and Pet Food Industries
The EU Commission's proposal to deny authorization of formaldehyde as a feed additive for use as a preservative and hygiene condition enhancer has been backed by a qualified majority of EU countries.
Changes wrought by the new US administration, questions on trade agreements, regulations and hurricanes topped the list of major developments in 2017.
Crop innovation rather than animal health and nutrition is attracting the AgTech money, says TechAccel. However, it noted some of the leading animal health and nutrition opportunities for venture capital firms to direct some of their money towards.
A Polish PhD thesis focused on the effect polyphenol supplementation in poultry diets has on meat oxidative stability has taken top honors in the third edition of the Nor Feed Award.
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Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM) is divesting its Bolivian oilseeds operations.
Cargill has named Tom Taylor as managing director of its US premix organization – its Provimi brand.
French biotech company, Deinove, says the results of extensive in vivo efficacy and bioavailability trials on its bacteria derived carotenoid compounds in poultry and fish diets will be released next month.
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The parent of Canadian salmon producer, Cooke Aquaculture, has finalized the acquisition of US fishmeal and fishoil producer, Omega Protein Corporation.
US agricultural producer sentiment turned lower in November, driven by a decline in optimism about future economic conditions in agriculture, says David Widmar, senior research associate at the Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture.
Citing global demand, Dow Industrial Solutions is set to increase output of its feed additive propionic acid.