Feed Strategy StaffFrom the AuthorFeed Production by RegionReport: Brazil’s 2025 feed output to be down slightly due to HPAIBrazil’s National Union of the Animal Feed Industry (Sindirações) said the country will produce slightly less animal feed than expected in 2025.Animal Feed ManufacturersHouse of Raeford feed mill addition adds storage capacity, efficiencyHouse of Raeford Farms has added storage capacity and efficiency to its feed mill complex in Rose Hill, North Carolina.Mergers & AcquisitionsAgrifirm Hungary joins UBM GroupAgrifirm Hungary has become part UBM Group, after the sale of the Royal Agrifirm Group subsidiary closed on September 5.Animal Feed ManufacturersAgroPlus 2006 launches new grain elevator, feed mill in UkraineUkraine-based AgroPlus 2006 has launched a new grain elevator complex and feed mill in the Cherkasy region, with support from USAID AGRO Ukraine.Mergers & AcquisitionsMukka Proteins acquires majority stake in FABBCOMukka Proteins Ltd., an India-based fishmeal and fish oil exporter, has acquired a majority stake in FABBCO Bio Cycle and Bio Protein Technology Pvt. Ltd. for approximately INR60 million (US$680,000).Beef CattleResearchers: High-starch diets may reduce Salmonella in beef cattleA study found that high-starch diets can potentially lower Salmonella prevalence in cattle, especially within the lymph nodes – organs that are often embedded in fat trims included in ground beef products.Dairy Cow Health & DiseaseStudy eyes air, wastewater as source of H5N1 transmission on dairy farmsA recent study by researchers from Emory University and their colleagues from California, Colorado, Michigan and Virginia found evidence of the H5N1 virus in the air and wastewater on affected dairy farms.AquacultureBipartisan bill would boost open ocean aquacultureThe Marine Aquaculture Research for America (MARA) Act of 2025 would create opportunities for the aquaculture industry to grow, the bill's co-sponsors say.Business & MarketsSeaboard pork sales down due to lower hog volumeSeaboard said this was primarily due to availability of hogs and timing of deliveries to the processing plants, which decreased sales.Regulatory UpdatesBipartisan bill would allow states to regulate processing, sale of local meatThe Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act would give individual states the freedom to permit intrastate distribution of custom-slaughtered meat such as beef, pork, goat or lamb to consumers, restaurants, hotels, boarding houses and grocery stores.Animal Health & VeterinaryLegislation would establish standards for ‘downed’ pigsA bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would require a joint report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that tracks pathogens associated with nonambulatory, or “downed,” pigs.Regulatory UpdatesBill would exempt livestock haulers from hours-of-service rulesLegislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would permanently exempt livestock, insect and aquatic animal haulers from federal hours-of-service (HOS) regulations.Page 1 of 95Next Page
