News & Analysis on the Global Animal Feed and Pet Food Industries
The slowdown in milk production in the Big 7 exporters - the EU, the US, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay - in Q2 has trickled through to Q3 2018, according to the latest Rabobank Q3 Dairy Quarterly.
Cargill published its first quarter FY 2019 results yesterday. The US agribusiness giant said adjusted operating earnings for the period, ending 31 August, totaled $883m, nearly matching the $888m of last year’s comparative period.
Damage to agricultural production in North and South Carolina is forecast to be more than $1.1bn based on loss of feed and other crops and livestock, reported the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA).
Special Edition: Early Animal Nutrition
If sows are fed within the last three hours before farrowing, they will repay with a shorter farrowing time and considerably fewer stillborn piglets, according to a Danish researcher.
VakSea is working to establish insect-based feed products that could provide farmed shrimp immune support against specific diseases, says CEO.