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Swine

Royal De Heus launches center for practical research into pig nutrition

Royal De Heus opened its center for practical research into pig nutrition, ‘De Elsenpas,’ on May 6. Feeding research can now actually begin following the arrival of the first TN 70-SPF breeding sows. The inauguration underlines De Heus’ ambitions to take the next step in the continuous development of innovative pig feeds.

African Swine Fever

African swine fever measures ramped up in Vietnam

Authorities in Vietnam are ramping up measures to control the spread of African swine fever (ASF), which has already led to the loss of 5 percent of the country’s pig population, while the first case of the disease has been detected in Hong Kong.

Poultry

Kaesler Forum 2019: Rethinking flavors in animal nutrition

Discussing flavorings beyond emotional marketing strategies, presenting scientific facts - that was the aim of the Kaesler Forum 2019, which took place from May 8 to 9 in the Hapag Halls in Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony and attracted numerous representatives of the international feed industry, associations, politics, university research and the media.

African Swine Fever

How Spain eradicated ASF and expanded markets

The international director of Interporc in Madrid explains how Spain controlled the ASF outbreak from 1970's and is an example for other countries in the matter.

African Swine Fever

USDA enhances African swine fever surveillance efforts

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is furthering its overall African swine fever (ASF) preparedness efforts with the implementation of a surveillance plan.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Country Junction Feeds to acquire Federated Co-operatives mill

Canada’s Country Junction Feeds, headquartered in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, has announced a major expansion of its operations with the agreement to acquire the Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) feed mill in Edmonton, Alberta.

Poultry

Limagrain Ingredients, a new name for a new horizon

As of May 13, the business unit of Limagrain group dedicated to ingredients, will change its name from Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients into Limagrain Ingredients. This name change will apply to all its entities, including Unicorn Grain Specialties BV and Unicorn Grain Specialties GmbH, the two entities that joined Limagrain Ingredients last year.

African Swine Fever

Modest growth ahead in Vietnamese animal feed output

Expansion in the poultry and aquaculture sectors is forecast to more than compensate for the losses arising from African swine fever, pushing Vietnamese animal feed output up by 500,000 metric tons (mt) in 2019.

African Swine Fever

Fewer cases of African swine fever reported

African swine fever (ASF) may be on the wane as there has been a drop in the number of cases officially recorded in recent days, but the impacts are being felt by Chinese consumers with pork prices rising.

Aquaculture

Study: Policies restrict aquaculture in productive waters

Five countries produce one-third of the bony fish consumed by the world population; none of these five can lay claim to the most productive marine environments. But government policy, according to a new study, prevents aquaculture from expanding into more productive countries, including the U.S.

Animal Nutrition

UK-grown rapeseed an attractive option for feed producers

Two livestock feed companies in the United Kingdom have recently identified home-grown rapeseed as a feed ingredient with real potential for meeting the protein needs of the country’s livestock.

African Swine Fever

New African swine fever outbreaks in Asia, Africa, Europe

Further outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) have been confirmed in domestic pigs in Cambodia, China, Romania, South Africa, and Ukraine over the past week, and there are new cases in European wild boar.

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