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Animal Nutrition

Add value to piglet diets with molasses

Molasses, either from sugar beets or sugar cane, is a common enough ingredient throughout most of the world. In fact, it is an indispensable ingredient in ruminant diets, and perhaps this widespread usage has removed it from feeds for other species – pigs in particular.

African Swine Fever

African swine fever: What feed manufacturers need to know

An overview of the impact African swine fever will have on global animal protein, pork and feed production in 2019 and how feed manufacturers can mitigate the risks of its spread with biosecurity best practices.

Animal Nutrition

What is the best heifer-weaning index?

There are many guidelines around, but most are based on the Holstein breed and do not take into account inter- and intra-breed mature animal weight, birth weight and growth rate.

Poultry

Marketing nutrition by blaming other products

Those who have nothing good to say about their own products or services instead identify true or imaginary faults in the products of others.

Animal Nutrition

How feed additives can reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Feed Strategy Seminar will address the ways feed additives reduce poultry and livestock emissions at VICTAM International on June 13.

African Swine Fever

Year of the Pig: A look at China’s declining pork consumption

As Chinese consumers turn to beef, chicken and even vegetarian options, it's important to understand the mindset fueling the shift away from the nation's favorite meat.

Feed Production by Region

Biotech firm opens first insect meal plant in Ghana

With the view to reducing feed costs for tilapia production and the country’s reliance on imported protein feed ingredients, French-based biotechnology company, Cycle Farms, has launched its first facility for the production of insect meal in the West African country.

African Swine Fever

New pork, aquaculture investments by New Hope Group

New Hope Group, based in China, has recently announced new investments in its overseas businesses in Vietnam and Indonesia, as well as a cooperation agreement in China to improve the control of African swine fever (ASF).

Dairy Cattle

Adisseo, Kemin won’t renew ruminant distribution agreement

Adisseo and Kemin have announced the decision to not renew their distribution agreement involving the Smartamine, MetaSmart and Microvit, a Supra Ruminant products in EMEA, beyond its current term – which ends on Dec. 31.

Feed Production by Region

Japan’s classical swine fever outbreak total rises to 22

Since the start of April, new outbreaks of classical swine fever (CSF) have been confirmed in domestic pigs at six more locations in Japan, and the virus has been detected in around 80 more wild boar.

Poultry

USDA: No plans to survey amount of grain lost in Midwest floods

USDA will not collect information on the volume of harvested grain lost due to flooding.

Feed Production by Region

Lawsuit accuses beef packers of driving down prices

A new lawsuit says the four largest beef-packing companies in the U.S. conspired to lower the prices they paid ranchers for cattle, a violation of federal antitrust law, according to a Reuters report.

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