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Foster Farms to build organic feed mill

Foster Farms is planning to construct a new organic feed mill to be located next to its conventional feed mill in Tulare County, California.

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Keep up with advances in piglet nutrition that balance health, performance, and feeding costs

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Learn about science-driven approaches to improve gut health, refine feed formulation, and enhance profitability in piglet production. Presented by Feed Strategy.

Keep up with advances in piglet nutrition that balance health, performance, and feeding costs

Animal feed trends for the week ending February 25

The past week brought us news about GMO labeling laws, antibiotic usage trends, an anticipated corn shortage in South Africa, how feed additives can create meat and egg superfoods and a recently released mycotoxin study.

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The high cost of metabolic diseases in dairy cattle

Metabolic disorders are extremely costly to dairy farmers and the overall cost is certainly greater than the direct loss of income from reduced milk production. Most metabolic disorders are not "stand-alone" – the occurrence of one tends to increase the risk of another. Nutrition is probably the most influential and most often considered when looking at management practices to address metabolic issues, but cow comfort and hygiene are also crucial.

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South Africa seeks solutions to expected corn shortage

While South African corn farmers are calling for a tariff on imports of the grain in order to protect local producers, the nation’s grain millers are opposed to any such move, saying it would push up food prices for consumers.

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Safety of vitamin B2 product confirmed

A feed additive - containing riboflavin and riboflavin 5’-phosphate sodium – is an effective source of riboflavin in covering the animal’s requirement when administered orally, concluded the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) based on the assessment of a dossier submitted by DSM.

Nutrinsic attends Aquaculture Conference

Nutrinsic representatives discussed technology developments, company expansion and sustainable protein production at the recent Aquaculture Conference in Las Vegas.

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Animal feed trends for the week ending February 18

The past week brought us news about broiler feed efficiency, new products from IPPE, Pilgrim’s new feed mill, nutrition for breeding boars, insect protein as a feed ingredient, mycotoxins, and Russia’s ban on U.S. grains.

Purina Animal Nutrition Organic Layer Crumbles

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Purina Animal Nutrition Organic Layer Crumbles provide a balanced and complete diet with 16 percent protein for feeding organic laying hens. This product has been certified organic by the USDA.

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Most popular WATTAgNet stories for week ending February 12

Here are the Top 5 most popular articles and blogs at www.WATTAgNet.com for the week ending February 12.

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IFFO welcomes BioMar and Whole Foods salmon feed project

IFFO, the trade association for the global marine ingredients industry, welcomes the project launched by the BioMar Group and Whole Foods Market to promote the use of feed for farmed salmon utilizing by-products from fish processing.

Purina introduces new line of organic premium poultry feed

Purina Animal Nutrition announces its new line of organic poultry feed. This new group of products joins Purina’s family of industry-leading poultry feeds, offering organic flock raisers optimum nutrition for happy, healthy birds.

AB Agri acquires AgroKorn

British animal nutrition and agricultural services group AB Agri is growing its capabilities in the fast-developing field of alternative proteins with the acquisition of AgroKorn.

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