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Market for organic trace minerals to reach $624.6M by 2020

The global market for animal feed organic trace minerals is expectedto reach US$624.6 million by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View ResearchInc. Higher bioavailability or organic trace minerals in animals as compared toinorganic counterparts is expected to be a key driver for the market over the nextsix years.

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Novus celebrates 30 years of ALIMET production

Thirty years ago this week, the first load of ALIMET shipped out of the Chocolate Bayou Manufacturing Facility near Alvin, Texas. ALIMET feed supplement, an 88 percent active source of methionine, has become the liquid methionine source most frequently used by nutritionists around the world.

Where is the poultry industry going to be in seven years?

With the slogan "What if…," Dr. Pearse Lyons, CEO of Alltech, urged the audience, both in-person at the International Production & Processing Expo 2014 and the 1,600 virtual attendants, to challenge themselves to imagine where the poultry industry could be by 2020. "What if an egg could provide all the DHA we need a day? What if we could really have antibiotic-free production? Or, what if there could be no leg problems in chickens?"

Effects of grinding high-fiber feed ingredients for swine diets

Researchers at Kansas State University recently conducted a series of studies to help determine the effects of fine grinding byproduct ingredients or whole diets. The main focus was on high byproduct diets with DDGS, wheat middlings and/or soybean hulls fed to both nursery and finishing pigs. This article examines their findings.

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Connell Bros. acquires Enzyme Solutions

Connell Bros. Co. Australasia Pty Ltd., a subsidiary ofWilbur-Ellis Company, announced on January 16 that it has acquired the businessof Enzyme Solutions Pty Ltd. based in Melbourne. The acquisition will expandthe company’s ingredient portfolio within a wide range of industries, includingfood, home care, animal feed, and industrial applications.

Jury rules against Land O’Lakes Purina in poisoning case

A jury has ordered Land O'Lakes Purina Feed to pay a pair of dairy farmers in Tillamook, Ore., $750,000 in damages for poisoning their dairy cows.The trial, which wrapped up in December 2013 in Tillamook County Circuit Court, ended on a 10-2 verdict in favor of Neal and Nancy Kaste after food from Land O'Lakes Purina Feed killed 140 of their milking cows, Tillamook County Pioneer reported.

Feed additives producer opens new South East Asia office

Phytobiotics Feed Additives GmbH has established the Phytobiotics South East Asia Ltd. company with headquarters in Bangkok.The new office will coordinate the business activities in Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Myanmar and Malaysia.

AAFCO to review feed ingredient definitions at upcoming meeting

The Association of American Feed Control Officials’ (AAFCO) Ingredient Definitions Committee (IDC) will hold a meeting to review the definitions of feed ingredients, published annually in the AAFCO “Official Publication.” The committee will meet Friday, January 10 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. during the AAFCO Midyear Meeting in New Orleans.

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Phytobiotics expansion continues with establishment of new company in Thailand

Phytobiotics FeedAdditives GmbH (Phytobiotics) -- a global leader in research, development andsales of quality feed additives for livestock and pets -- has established thePhytobiotics South East Asia Ltd. company with headquarters in Bangkok.Phytobiotics already operates internationally outside its European base withoffices in the United States, Brazil and China, along with a production site inChangsha, China.

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Reuters reports cattle fed Merck’s animal feed additives lost hooves

In an MSN article from Reuters, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) documents revealed that cattle, previously euthanized by Tyson Foods, had lost their hooves and all were fed the muscle-building drug Zilmax, made by Merck & Co. Inc. The animal feed additive was a common factor in 17 animals that were euthanized, according to the report.

China denies US dried distillers grains shipments

China has denied about 2,000 metric tons of U.S. dried distillers grains (DDG), and more rejections are expected in coming weeks as Beijing imposes strict checks over an unapproved genetically-modified (GMO) strain, traders said on December 26, 2013.According to a Reuters report, the move follows the rejection of more than a half-million metric tons of U.S. corn when authorities detected the presence of MIR 162, a GMO variety developed by Syngenta AG but not approved for import by China's agriculture ministry.

Leiber brewer’s yeast products receive Halal certification

Leiber GmbH, a German manufacturer of yeast specialty products, announced the company's refined brewer's yeast products are now Halal-certified. The family-run company relies on monitoring, certifying and monitoring every process when manufacturing its special brewer’s yeast products, starting with production, transport and ultimately, further processing.

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