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NGFA to ‘carefully examine’ STB proposal

The National Grain and Feed Association has announced it will "carefully examine" an advance notice of a proposed new rail rate reasonableness methodology unveiled today by the Surface Transportation Board intended to be used by grain and other commodity shippers to challenge unreasonable rail rates.

Alltech Young Scientist program calls for future innovators

The Alltech Young Scientist (AYS) program, the world’s largest university-level competition in agri-science, seeks to attract future innovators for its 2017 term. Registration is now open for the 2017 competition and will close on Oct. 31.

Laboratory Products and Services

Romer Labs AgraStrip WATEX test kits

Romer Labs AgraStrip WATEX test kits are an extended line of water-based mycotoxin test kits that enable the testing for multiple mycotoxins from the same sample extract.

Bühler MultimpactMax hammer mill

The Bühler MultimpactMax hammer mill provides high throughput capacities on a wide range of friable and fibrous products with uniform particle size distributions from coarse to fine applications.

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Animal Feed Manufacturing

Purina invests $2.4 million in Iowa feed plant

A $2.4 million capital investment will boost production capacity at the Purina Animal Nutrition plant that has been making livestock feed in Mason City, Iowa, for 55 years. The upgrades will increase availability of locally produced feed to farms in north-central and northeast Iowa and southeast Minnesota.

Animal food industry requests FDA amend Part 11 compliance for VFDs

The American Feed Industry Association and the National Grain and Feed Association have urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remove the unnecessary regulatory burden that records required as part of the agency's revised Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) program be maintained in accordance with the agency's onerous Part 11, Electronic Records; Electronic Signatures requirements.

EW Nutrition adds Walls, Smalley

Jess Walls and John Smalley have joined EW Nutrition USA Inc. as key account managers focusing on managing and implementing sales to U.S. poultry producers.

Feed Production by Region

5 facts about ForFarmers first half results

ForFarmers N.V. reported a 4.4 percent drop in revenue for the first six months of 2016, which it attributed to a combination of the passing on of lower raw material prices and the effect of the devaluation of the British pound.

Guy Rusche joins BioZyme

BioZyme Inc. recently hired Guy Rusche as a BioZyme Area Sales Manager for its supplement division.

Pharmgate announces new appointments

Pharmgate has announced the appointment of three animal health professionals: Dr. James Skinner, Ray Williams and Chad Howser.

NGFA hires Jim Seibert

National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) President Randy Gordon has announced the hiring of Jim Seibert to fill the newly created executive staff position of manager of regulatory affairs, education and training.

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

FDA extends compliance dates for some FSMA provisions

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended and clarified the compliance dates for certain provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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