Special Edition: Alternative Feed Proteins
Move underway to bolster EU regional organic feed supply
A new EU project is aimed at helping organic pig and poultry farmers achieve the goal of 100% use of organic and regional feed.
Archives for January 25, 2018
Managing feed hygiene following formaldehyde ban: Six reasons to consider organic acids
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On December 2017, at the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF), 26 European nations voted against the authorization of formaldehyde as a feed additive. The SCOPAFF vote means that EU feed mills will no longer be able to include...
Louis Dreyfus in industry first: blockchain based soy deal
Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), Shandong Bohi Industry (Bohi), ING, Societe Generale and ABN Amro have completed the first full agricultural commodity transaction using a blockchain platform.
Special Edition: Alternative Feed Proteins
Canadian insect farm sees continued investment, expansion
Additional investment in Midgard Insect Farm seeks to support product research and an expansion into animal feed.
Feed Protein Vision
The big debate: What is holding back the use of land animal proteins in farmed fish?
In Europe, the use of processed animal proteins (PAPs) in fish feeds used to be prohibited, but regulatory changes enforced in June 2013 opened up the European aquaculture sector to this protein source. However, retailer and consumer perceptions are said...
Lactic acid bacteria may boost bird production in face of mycotoxin challenge
Adding supplemental lactic acid bacteria may diminish effects of aflatoxin contamination in poultry feed, say researchers.