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Animal Feed Manufacturing
Feed ingredients company seeks partners for Middle East expansion
Borregaard LignoTech, an animal feed ingredients company, is expanding its business in the Middle East and India, and seeks partners for its animal feed additives business in these regions. The company says it wishes to establish Borregaard LignoTech as a long-term supplier with the help of prospective partners that already have a strong local presence in these markets.
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Kansas State offers basic, advanced feed manufacturing courses
Kansas State University’s International Grains Program will be hosting Basic and Advanced Feed Manufacturing courses Sept. 26 through Oct. 7, 2011. The courses are geared toward feed mill owners, managers, supervisors, merchandisers and maintenance personnel as well as managers of livestock, poultry and agriculture facilities.
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JBS United, DeKalb Feeds partner on feed manufacturing
JBS United and DeKalb Feeds have entered into a joint venture, Central Nutrition Services LLC, focusing on manufacturing livestock feeds and nutritional supplements for both JBS and DeKalb and their customers throughout the Midwest. The venture takes advantage of an existing Frytown, Iowa, mill facility which DeKalb acquired in September 1996, and which has never been fully utilized.
Animal Feed Manufacturing
Chinese livestock, feed industry summit to be held in November
The 7th Association of China Feed Industry Summit will be held in November, in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, organized by Chinese feed machinery manufacturer Zhengchang Group. Leaders from feed companies that produce 90% of China’s feed products will share insights on the future trends of China's feed industry.
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First Chinese animal feed mill built in Cambodia
The first Chinese animal feed mill has been built in Cambodia, a joint effort between China's New Hope Group and Japan's animal feed Sojitz Corporation. The Sichuan New Hope Agribusiness (Cambodia) will be able to produce roughly 57,000 tons of animal feed per year, adding to the country's current production capabilities of 170,000 tons per year.
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ADM closes soy processing plant in Illinois
Archer Daniels Midland Co. has closed its soybean processing plant in Galesburg, Ill., due to low profits and slow demand, according to the company. "Several factors — including the growing soybean export market, the increasing cost of beans and a decrease in domestic demand for soybean meal — put severe pressure on the profitability of the Galesburg plant and drove the decision to close the facility," said Roman Blahoski, ADM spokesman.
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Syngenta sues grain supplier over GMO corn rejection
Syngenta Seeds has filed suit against the North American grain operations of Bunge for refusing to accept a genetically modified type of Syngenta's corn designed to protect the crop against insect damage. Syngenta said Bunge has singled out its corn, stating elevators cannot accept the grain because they don't have necessary international approval from major export destinations.
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Milling company expands with animal feed facility
Belstra Milling Co. is expanding with a $2.5 million expansion to its animal feed production facility. The renovation project will focus on creating more efficient mill stock and grain receiving, increased storage and processing capacity, improved external and internal traffic flows and greater warehouse space, according to the company.
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Tongwei expanding with feed plant in Vietnam
Tongwei Group is expanding with a new feed plant in Hai Duong, Vietnam. The $10 million plant will be the company's third facility opened in Vietnam, adding to Yue Hua Tongwei and Vietnam Tongwei, built in 2007 and 2009.
Animal Feed Manufacturing
Mexico corn output drops, imports hit record
Mexico's domestic corn output estimates have dropped to 22 million metric tons, from an original estimate of 25.1 million metric tons, forcing the country to increase their estimated imports by 36% to 12.1 million metric tons, according to Hector Salazar, the secretary general of the National Confederation of Farmers. Corn futures have already surged by 69% in the last year due to supply concerns, and Mexico's crops were cut by 4.5 million metric tons after frost last winter in the northern region, according to the country's Agriculture Ministry.
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Archer Daniels Midland acquires animal feed manufacturer
Archer Daniels Midland Company has announced the acquisition of English River Pellets Inc., an Iowa-based grain elevator and animal feed manufacturing business. The animal feed portion of English River Pellets’ business will be operated by ADM Alliance Nutrition Inc.
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Cargill joins venture to expand grain elevator
Cargill Inc. and Agrex Inc. have entered a 50-50 joint venture to expand an Indiana grain elevator at a cost of $20 million, according to reports. The expansion will triple the unloading and warehouse capacity for corn, soybeans and wheat being handled by the elevator.
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