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2013 poultry nutrition survey offers mixed views

Members of the poultry feed industry continue to wrestle with high grain costs while simultaneously working to increase profits and meet consumer demands for “no”—no antibiotics, no hormones, and no animal byproducts in animal feed. The results of this year’s WATT Nutrition and Feed Survey reflect those challenges.

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ADM’s rumen-protected capsicum – from plant science to performance

ADM Animal Nutrition

ADM’s rumen-protected capsicum helps improve energy efficiency in dairy cows, supporting milk production and resource-efficient dairy nutrition.

ADM’s rumen-protected capsicum – from plant science to performance

Let me introduce you to our poultry wastewater treatment department

Wastewater treatment is no longer the out-of-sight, out-of-mind department in the poultry industry. Poultry companies are investing heavily in wastewater treatment facilities and shining a light on their excellence.

Cargill’s third-quarter profit falls 42 percent

Cargill's fiscal third-quarter net income, which the company said was hurt by higher feed costs for its meat processing businesses, fell 42 percent, according to the quarterly report released on April 9. For the quarter ended February 28, the agribusiness company earned $445 million, down from $766 million in the same period in 2012.

UN lays foundations for more drought resilience

A top-level United Nations conference has, for the first time, laid the foundations for practical and proactive national drought policies to increase resilience to the world's most destructive natural hazard. The high-level Meeting on National Drought Policy marked the first globally-coordinated attempt to move towards science-based drought disaster risk reduction.

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act resurfaces

New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter has once again introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act.

Poultry Health & Disease

Poultry nutrition: Implications of changing immune function

Many nutrients are capable of modulating the immune system, said Doug Korver, Poultry Research Centre, University of Alberta, during the pre-show Nutrition and Poultry Health Symposium at the 2013 Midwest Poultry Federation Convention. Nutritional immunomodulation holds great promise as a means to increase poultry productivity and health.

VIV themes to focus on ‘feed to meat’ process

By using two essential themes VIV aims to facilitate and stimulate production of high-quality animal protein in the growth countries of the Southeast Asia. This themed duality is prevalent throughout VIV Asia 2013: CropTech-FeedTech & MeatTech.

United Nations institutions seek effective drought policies

Seeing the harsh impact drought has had on the world’s food supply, three United Nations institutions are joining forces to promote the development and adoption of policies to make drought-prone countries more resilient.

Agriculture must be part of EU trade talks, says ag secretary

The U.S. and the European Union are launching negotiations to a trans-Atlantic trade agreement, and U.S. agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack is pushing that agriculture be a key commerce area covered in those talks. "I expressed in the presence of the President and the U.S. trade representative a deep concern that the negotiations take place with the full understanding that agriculture’s got to be on the table," said Vilsack.

Food, beverage industry survey offers economic outlook for BRIC nations

“Global food and beverage Industry Survey 2013: Economic Outlook in BRIC” is a new report that provides an extensive and authoritative analysis of the economic outlook of Brazil, Russia, India and China for 2013.

Poultry market conditions improving, Rabobank reports

The global poultry industry continues to operate in a challenging market place, but conditions for 2013 are improving; a reduction in corn prices in recent months has been a welcome break for an industry that saw margins shrink in many parts of the world throughout 2012.

Snow storms help animal feed producers, but won’t end drought

A pair of February snow storms brought some drought relief to animal feed grain producing states, but weather experts say it will not be enough to replenish the water supply to its needed levels.

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