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Environmental Protection Agency revises feed mill emission standards
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a direct final rule on Dec. 23, 2011 to revise certain provisions of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Prepared Feed Manufacturing. The direct final rule, which became effective Feb. 21, revises an earlier rule the agency finalized in 2010 that requires general housekeeping practices and sets efficiency standards for cyclones that operate on pellet mills.
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Viterra divests North American feed operations
Viterra Inc. has entered into an agreement with the newly formed Hi-Pro Feeds LP to divest its North American livestock feed operations, according to reports, including six feed mills and one pre-mix manufacturing facility in Canada, and six feed mills and one commodity blending site in the U.S. Hi-Pro is owned by the existing management team and Birch Hill Equity Partners.
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When new feed technology is both awe-inspiring and overwhelming
These technologies are quite exciting, allowing for faster processing, higher levels of efficiency and extraordinary capacity for data collection. The ability to do anything more quickly and efficiently is something to be celebrated, and that should be our approach to new feed technologies - even if it does cause a temporary sense of information overload.
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EU wheat futures hit seven-month high on weather concerns
European benchmark milling wheat futures have reached a seven-month high on concerns that recent bitterly cold weather in Russia, Ukraine and western European grain producers including France, Germany and Poland may damage harvests, according to reports. Europe's benchmark wheat, Paris' March contract, reached 221.50 Euros per metric ton in February 1 morning trade, a price last seen in June 2011.
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World Feed Panorama: Once again, industry increases its volume
Our latest World Feed Panorama survey points to a 1.3 percent annual growth in the production of compound feeds by commercial mills worldwide in 2011. Nonetheless, it suggests a remarkably consistent rate of expansion for the feed industry in recent times, following reported increases of about 1 percent in 2009 and almost 1.5 percent in 2010.
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South Africa corn stocks fall 45 percent December 2011
South Africa's corn stockpiles fell 45 percent, to 3.33 million metric tons, in December 2011, according to the South African Grain Information Service. The country had 2.24 million metric tons of white corn and 1.09 million metric tons of yellow corn in stock, according to the agency.
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Industry experts offer tips for surviving high feed prices
The poultry industry may not see the dire predictions of $10-per-bushel corn come true, but the days of $3 corn are also in the past and adjustments will have to be made, according to Gerald Weigel, a nutrition and feel ingredient consultant who spoke at Industry Outlook 2012 at the International Poultry Expo and International Feed Expo on January 23. During the presentation and panel discussion, sponsored by Kemin, Weigel said that 2012 will see corn prices averaging in the $6-per-bushel range.
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Japfa Comfeed to expand feed factories in 2012
Animal feed producer Japfa Comfeed Indonesia has set aside Rp 900 billion (US$99 million) to boost its production in 2012, including revamping factories in Sumatra and Java, according to company executives. The company will use 90% of the money to expand production capacity at chicken feed mills in Sumatra, and will also use funds to convert a fish feed factory to one producing chicken feed in East Java.
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Increasing feed mill profitability
Feed mill profitability cannot be simply defined as reducing processing input costs. If feed mill production rate and/or feed quality are sacrificed in order to save money, the virtual savings will not translate into increased profits.
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New York animal feed processor fined in worker death
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined New York animal feed processor Harbor Point Mineral Products $155,200 and cited the company for 21 violations of workplace safety standards following the May 11 death of employee Craig D. Bernier, who was fatally engulfed by cotton seed stored in a silo. Four of the violations were cited as willful — an intentional disregard for the requirements of the law or plan indifference to employee safety and health.
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World feed grain use increases
World utilization of grains for animal feeds is forecast to resume a trend of annual growth in 2011-2012 after two seasons of stagnation, according to the latest Food Outlook global market analysis from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Strong demand from the livestock sectors in the leading emerging economies is seen as the main driver for a projected 1.7% increase in feed grain use to 780 million metric tons.
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Distillers’ grains substituting for more corn, soybeans in feed
On average, between crop years 2006/2007 and 2010/2011, 1 metric ton of distillers' grains (DDGS) produced for animal feed by U.S. ethanol plants substituted for about 1.22 metric tons of corn and soybean meal combined, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These findings may result in a net increase in DDGS in animal feed, as over time the amount in beef cattle feed declines but the share in dairy cattle, swine and poultry feed increases, according to the report.
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