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AB Vista will exhibit at 2014 IPPE

ABVista will be exhibiting at the 2014 InternationalProduction & Processing Expo (IPPE), scheduled for January 28- 30 inAtlanta. 2013 was a year of successes for AB Vista, consolidating its position asone of the leading top three global feed enzyme suppliers.

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

Pet Food Conference to be held as part of IPPE

The American Feed Industry Association in partnership with the Poultry Protein and Fat Council will sponsor the Pet Food Conference on January 28, the first day of the International Production & Processing Expo. The conference will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Farmer CEOs must confront challenge of big investment, small company

Thetricky problem for today's economic scale farms is that they are largeinvestments of dozens of millions of dollars, but small companies from amanagement standpoint. Consequently, the challenge for the farmer as CEO is toassemble the talent team needed for success in today's increasingly complex andrisky environment was the message Gregory Duerksen, President of Kincannon & Reed, delivered yesterdayto the audience at the Farm Futures Business Summit 2014 in his address"The War for Talent and What It Means for 21st Century Agriculture."

Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

AFIA, KSU to host two education programs

The American Feed Industry Association in partnership with the International Grains Program of the Department of Grain Science and Industry at Kansas State University will host two education programs in February and April in Manhattan, Kan. The February course will focus on advanced pelleting while the April program will concentrate on the development of a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan for all industry sectors.

Cargill profits up 36 percent in second quarter

Cargill on January 9 reported net earnings of $556 million in its fiscal year second quarter ended November 30, 2013, up 36 percent from $409 million in the year-ago period. First-half earnings were $1.13 billion, down 19 percent from $1.38 billion a year ago.Cargill reported net earnings of$556 million in its fiscal year second quarter ended Nov. 30, up 36 percentfrom $409 million in the year-ago period. First-half earnings were $1.13billion, down 19 percent from $1.38 billion a year ago.

Feed Mill Management

Victam Asia 2014 to bring together animal feed professionals in Bangkok

Victam Asia 2014, again co-located with FIAAP and GRAPAS Asia, will bring members of the animal feed industry together for what show organizers say is set to be the largest show yet. The show, April 8-10, will be located in one hall at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC) in Bangkok. BITEC is connected by a fully air-conditioned Skytrain directly into the heart of Bangkok.

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Laboratory Products and Services

Grupo Ox OX-Biocontrol-Box

The Grupo Ox OX-Biocontrol-Box contains all the necessary tools for an objective assessment of a good hygiene and disinfection. The kit contains easy to handle tools and provides immediate and reliable results.

Formulation and Process Control

BinMaster eBob software

BinMaster eBob software is designed to help users gather real-time inventory data from storage bins. The eBob program works in conjunction with BinMaster SmartBob remote level sensors to provide measurement data to personal computers.

Feed industry logs 46,500 volunteer hours, donates $3 million to charity in 2013

The U.S. feed industry logged 46,500 hours of communityservice in 2013, almost double the hours compared to 2012, according to anannual informal survey conducted by the American Feed Industry Association. Thesurvey also concluded the industry donated close to $3 million to localcharities last year.

International Trade

Canadian and US grain sectors release cross-border trade study

A new study, released by the Canada-U.S. Task Group, a groupof Canadian and U.S. non-profit and trade organizations, documents thecommercial flow of grain from the United States to Canada. The study addressesU.S. and Canadian trade volume, handling and processing practices for more than15 commodities traded between the United States and Canada.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Darling International completes Vion Ingredients acquisition

Darling International, a leading provider of rendering,recycling and recovery solutions to the nation's food industry, completed its acquisition of VionIngredients, a division of Vion Holding and a member of the Vion Food Group,for approximately EUR1.6 billion (US$2.17 billion) in cash. The completion of the Vion Ingredients acquisitionwas announced on January 8.

British Columbia farmers face grain shortage

Farmers in Fraser Valley in British Columbia could face grain shortages in the coming days, endangering millions of local chickens, cows and pigs, The Province newspaper has reported.West Coast feed mills are quickly trying to secure railcars of feed grain for local farms as the national railway system is overwhelmed by a record grain harvest on the Prairies and increased oil and gas shipments from Alberta, according to the report.

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