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Animal nutrition company Vi-COR bought by Church & Dwight

Church &Dwight Co. has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Varied IndustriesCorporation (Vi-COR), a manufacturer and seller of feed ingredients for dairycows, beef cattle, poultry and other livestock. The acquisition was announcedon December 3.

Nutreco to open calf, cattle research facility in Netherlands

Nutreco plans to open calf and beef cattle research facility in Boxmeer, the Netherlands.

Animal Feed Manufacturing

South Korea stops JBS USA beef imports due to Zilmax use

South Korea has cut off beef imports from JBS USA after finding evidencethat cattle were fed growth additive Zilmax. The beef in question came in a22-ton shipment from a Texas plant owned by JBS USA.

DSM completes acquisition of nutritional supplements company Tortuga

Royal DSM, a global life sciences and materials sciences company, has completed the acquisition of Tortuga Companhia Zootécnica Agrária, a nutritional supplements company with a focus on pasture raised beef and dairy cattle, for a total enterprise value of about €440 million (US$575.8 million). The acquisition was announced in August 2012.

Agriculture firm H.J. Baker & Bro. acquires Brazil animal nutrition companies

International agriculture firm H.J. Baker & Bro. Inc. has announced it has purchased Rumiphos Industria e Comercio de Sal Mineral e Racoes located in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The firm has also acquired Mineral Fanton Industrial e Comercio Ltda., located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a producer of free choice minerals for beef cattle, and feed for cattle, horses and sheep.

US cattle feedlots facing negative margins on high costs

U.S. cattle feedlots are expecting slight losses in 2013 in the wake of high livestock feed costs, according to Michael Swanson, an agricultural economist at Wells Fargo & Co. The U.S. herd reached a 61-year low after the 2012 drought, the worst drought since the 1930s and one which sent corn prices to an all-time high.

US, Japan further open Japanese market to US beef

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack have announced that the U.S. and Japan have agreed on new terms and conditions which pave the way for expanded exports of U.S. beef and beef products to Japan. Under these new terms, which enter into effect on February 1, Japan will now permit the import of beef from cattle less than 30 months of age, compared to the previous limit of 20 months, among other steps.

Animal Feed Manufacturing

US fed cattle prices reach record levels in first quarter

U.S. fed cattle prices traded at record levels in the first quarter of 2012, with an average year-to-date price of $1.26 per pound and a peak price of $1.30 per pound in the first week of March, according to Rabo AgriFinance's Quarterly Beef Outlook. Cattle on feed numbers remain strong, with a 1 percent to 3 percent increase over 2011.

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Optimizing available hay resources

With hay selling for vastly inflated prices this year, ranchers are looking more closely at getting cows to eat more and waste less. New and improved hay feeder and bunk designs can help maximize on-hand stocks of hay to last through the winter. However, it appears that the best solution for maximizing hay stocks may be simply good management.

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Korean farmers hit with high feed prices

Korean farmers have recently been hit by rising animal feed prices, and a fall in beef cattle prices caused by an oversupply of homebred cows. The number of Korean beef cattle rose to 2.92 million in 2009 and has now reached 3.3 million, the result of a 2008 mad cow disease outbreak that caused consumers to turn to Korean beef, increasing the number of Korean livestock farmers involved in cattle breeding.

Lallemand Animal Nutrition Micro-Cell LA 1 Gram

Lallemand Animal Nutrition US

Lallemand Animal Nutrition offers Micro-Cell LA 1 Gram. Micro-Cell LA 1 Gram is a strain of Lactobacillus acidophilus BT-1386, which colonizes the lower gut of beef cattle, fed all type of rations and competitively inhibits certain bacterial strains, according to the company.

Feed Mill Management

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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