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Victam Asia 2014 to bring together animal feed professionals in Bangkok

Victam Asia 2014, again co-located with FIAAP and GRAPAS Asia, will bring members of the animal feed industry together for what show organizers say is set to be the largest show yet. The show, April 8-10, will be located in one hall at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in Bangkok. BITEC is connected by a fully air-conditioned Skytrain directly into the heart of Bangkok.

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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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Quality issues with bakery meal

Bakery meal can originate from one single industry or be a mix of by-products from many different industries. If the number of raw materials is large enough to ensure not a single ingredient dominates the mix, then careful mixing can provide a fairly stable nutrient composition.

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Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist investigating benefits of glutamate

Glutamate, an abundantamino acid found in milk and meat, is getting a closer look by Dr. Guoyao Wu, aTexas A&M AgriLife Research scientist and distinguished professor in thedepartment of animal science at Texas A&M University. Wu’s research suggestsa diet containing sufficient glutamate can aid both animals and humans.

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Double S appoints Greg Shepard president and CEO

Double S Liquid Feed Services, aleading manufacturer and supplier of cane molasses, vegetable oils, beetmolasses, fish oil and mineral oil products, is pleased to announce that GregShepard has been named president and CEO. Shepard, along with his parents Donand Evelyn Shepard, founded Double S inJuly 1987, in Danville, Ill.

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Rising fast: The cost of feed delivery

Here is a simple challenge for everyone who operates or manages a feed mill where feeds are manufactured for farm livestock. The following question about relative economics was recently raised in a discussion with feed companies.

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European organic animal feed manufacturers face new regulations in 2012

European manufacturers of organic feeds for poultry already occupy a rather small niche market, but they fear it may not exist at all starting in 2012, unless the European Union regulators come to their rescue. The legal background to this problem was spelled out by Commission Regulation number 889/2008, which set detailed rules for implementing previous Regulation 834/2007 about organic production in European Union countries. The ruling made plain that a small percentage of non-organic ingredients would be permitted in organic animal feeds until 31 December 2011.

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Ukraine eyes increased feed production

The growth of the Ukrainian feed industry will double in the coming future following a series of large investments, say forecast experts with the country's Ministry of Agriculture. According to analysts, the country, which in 2012 reported 10 million tons of annual production and a growth rate of 10 to 15 percent per year, is expected grow its total feed production output by 60 percent.

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Experts convene to discuss mycotoxin challenges

Experts convene to discuss mycotoxin challenges Kemin hosts industry leaders who call for action from regulators, industry analysts and business leaders to control mycotoxin challenges in the EU Mycotoxins continue to remain a complex and challenging topic for the feed industry. To shed

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Proposed VFD rule: Business as usual for well-managed producers

The FDA released its proposed amendments to the VFD regulation, which aims to phase out the use of antibiotics for production purposes. Luckily, for well-managed animal production operations, the shift of medically important antibiotics from over-the-counter availability to VFD status, which requires veterinary oversight, should not have much impact on business. The challenge: Finding the veterinarians to write prescriptions when these drugs are needed for therapeutic purposes.

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Cobb-Vantress to open Kentucky feed mill

Cobb-Vantress Inc. is constructing a new feed mill in Albany in south central Kentucky, to supply its expanding operations in both Kentucky and Tennessee. The mill, projected to cost US$15 million, is the latest investment in a region where Cobb has invested more than $36 million over the past three years including a new hatchery at Lafayette, Tenn., and a new pedigree research and development complex at Deer Lodge, Tenn.

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New Erber Group campus to house Biomin headquarters

The town of Getzersdorf in Austria is set toclaim its spot among Austria’s leading innovation centers foragro-biotechnology with the new Erber Group campus. The new 53,000square meter headquarters will house the management and administration of the ErberGroup and its subsidiaries Biomin Holding, Romer Labs Holding, Sanphar Holdingand Bioferm GmbH.

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