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Animal Feed Manufacturing

ForFarmers reports a bumper year in 2012

ForFarmers has reported an significantly successful year in 2012. Sales rose to a record level of 6.3 million metric tons of compound feed, with turnover (excluding the divested Cefetra) of €2.6 billion and a net result of €53.3 million, according to the company.

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Biosecurity

New university feed mills to help industry find solutions

A wave of feed mill construction is underway at universities around the country. Auburn University officially opened its new feed mill in November 2012, Kansas State University expects to complete construction of its new mill in late April, and the University of California at Davis hopes to begin work on a new mill early in the fall of 2013.

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Animal feed costs could drop as grain prices forecast lower

Poultry and livestock producers should see some relief from high animal feed costs, as the price of corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum have all been forecast lower, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, released on March 8. Corn prices are projected 20 cents a bushel lower, with a range of $6.75 to $7.45.

Animal Feed Manufacturing

USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey puts focus on soybeans

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a basic idea of how soybean producers and the feed industry responded to challenges brought on by drought, supply shortage and higher prices in 2012, but the agency is seeking more specific details. That’s why the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service and Economic Research Service are in the midst of the annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey.

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Wilbur-Ellis Company acquires aerial application business in Texas

Wilbur-Ellis Company has acquired the assets of Nueces Ag, an aerial business located at the Nueces County Municipal Airport in Texas, due to its proximity to a bustling agricultural area. The facility will serve as a home location for the company’s aerial application business in Texas’ Coastal Bend area.

Feed Mill Management

Formulating on a real-time basis

The first major step toward immediacy of feed formulation may have taken place with the introduction of the BESTMIX Formulation as a Service platform, offered by the Belgian company Adifo. If the platform is embraced by the feed industry, it most likely will become the new standard for feed production and service.