News & Analysis on the Global Animal Feed and Pet Food Industries
Agri-commodity trader, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), has reported a fall in half-year profits, seeing a negative impact from its hedging strategy. It said it had taken a hit on derivative contracts used to lock in margins in its soybean business.
Transport drivers attached to the compound feed manufacturing mill run by ABN in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in the UK, are threatening strike action over the timetabling of an ‘extra Saturday’ in their monthly rota.
Vealth Fish Farm demands that its lawsuit regarding fish feed brought against Purina and Texas Farm Products Company should press ahead.
Feed crop and agricultural producer sentiment about the year and future in declining, after a brief uplift in expectation in August, say industry analysts.