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Renderer Darling International’s purchase of Rothsay finalized

Theconsolidation of two leading rendering companies is completed, as DarlingInternational’s has taken over ownership of Rothsay. Darling Internationalpurchased the rendering and biodiesel business from Maple Leaf Foods for aprice of about $645 million.

Formulation & Nutrition

Kemin hires new marketer, announces promotions

Kemin has hired Rebecca Casey as an addition to the company's marketing team for the animal nutrition and health division in North America. The company has also instituted several promotions. Dr. Ken Griswold was promoted to senior technical services manager of the ruminant team; Marc Hoopingarner and Dr. Brian Kremer were promoted to regional sales managers for the monogastric team and Dr. April Levy will coordinate technical services and trials for the monogastric team.

Danisco explores benefits of feed additives beyond growth performance

Dr. Ajay Awati, development lead at DuPont subsidiary Danisco Animal Nutrition, presented on the topic "Benefits of Feed Additives Beyond Growth Related Performance for Animal Production" at the Animal Nutrition conference in Brussels, Belgium, on October 23. Awati, a qualified veterinarian and doctor of Animal Sciences with over eight years healthy nutrition experience and an extensive back catalogue of peer reviewed publications, argued that while the role that feed additives play in achieving growth performance is extremely important, their use can also contribute to broader animal and consumer welfare.

Feed Mill Equipment

Asia/Pacific feed and grain shows to be largest ever, say organizers

The feed and grain exhibitions being held April 2014 in Bangkok will be the largest ever, according to show organizers. FIAAP Asia, VICTAM Asia and GRAPAS Asia 2014 are already bigger than the 2012 shows, and are expected to continue growing.

Dutch ambassador visits Norfolk BOCM Pauls mill

BOCM Pauls, a UK-based animal feed company, has hosted a fact-finding visit by Her Excellency Laetitia van den Assum, ambassador of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, at its Tucks Mill in Burston, Norfolk. Producing more than 300,000 metric tons of pig and poultry feed annually for farmers in Norfolk and Suffolk, the mill is the largest operated byBOCM Pauls, which is owned by European livestock feed manufacturer ForFarmers B.V., headquartered at Lochem in The Netherlands.

Grain Market Outlook Conference highlights growing influence of China

The growing influence of the Chinese market on international wheat markets was highlighted at the 2013 HGCA Grain Market Outlook Conference held in London on October 15. The annual conference, which presents the first overview of the new season, attracted a sell-out audience of industry analysts, economists, growers, processors, traders and retailers.

Phytobiotics intensifies knowledge management

Phytobiotics Feed Additives GmbH, a global leading company in research, development and sales of high-quality feed additives for livestock and companion animals, has appointed Dr. Manfred Andratsch to the position of Alkaloid Research Manager. With Dr. Andratsch in the team, Phytobiotics will present themselves even more efficiently to their in-house and external audience in the field of scientific communication.

Mycotoxin Management

Webinar presents mycotoxin strategies for 2013 corn harvest

Register for the free webinar, "Mycotoxin Strategies for the 2013 Corn Harvest," which will take place November 19, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Central and feature Dr. Raj Murugesan, technical specialist at BIOMIN, and Christy Swoboda, laboratory director and quality manager at Romer Labs. The 2013 corn crop has been under significant stress; as a result the overall quality is a concern to livestock and poultry producers. BIOMIN and Romer Labs will discuss quality findings and possible effects to livestock and poultry.

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Animal Feed Regulations & Safety

FDA urged to extend comment period on feed safety rules

The National Grain and Feed Association has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to extend the comment periods on two sets of proposed rules issued by the agency to implement significant portions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The NGFA did so, it said, because the agency still has not issued proposed regulations implementing the animal feed and pet food provisions of the law, whose requirements are expected to be closely linked and interrelated to the other two rulemakings for which the comment period extension was sought.

Nutreco cuts 2013 profit forecast

Nutreco has dropped its 2013 EBITA (earnings before interest, taxes and amortization) to €255 million from €262.1 million, after third-quarter animal nutrition results for the company came in down from 2012 numbers. Nutreco saw animal nutrition revenue drop by 7.1 percent, to €794.4 million, mainly due to lower volumes in compound feed and adverse foreign currency impact.

Biomin establishes new business unit in UK

Biomin is setting up a new UK business unit to be headed up by Neil Spreckley as chief operating officer. The structure of the UK feed market calls for Biomin to have its own team in the UK delivering scientific expertise and solutions tailored to the needs of the local market and customers, according to the company.

Centre for Feed Technology in Norway appoints manager

The Centre for Feed Technology, at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, appointed Olav Fjeld Kraugerud in a permanent position as manager of the Feed Technology Centre (FôrTek) on August 1. Kraugerud has a thorough academic background, holding an M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from NTNU, Norway, and a Ph.D. from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.

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