Jackie LindenJackie Linden is a freelance journalist based in the United Kingdom.From the Author - Page 68Feed Production by RegionSri Lanka sees strong demand for compound feedEvidence shows that poultry farmers in Sri Lanka are shifting from feeding home-mixed diets to purchasing compound feed.Feed Production by RegionAquafeed demand for Chilean salmon market may declineAn algal bloom has caused losses in Chile’s salmon industry of 10 percent of annual production since the start of 2016, according to USDA Foreign Agricultural Service reports. Having faced previous challenges, Chile’s salmon industry appeared to be recovering in late 2015, as the balance between prices and input costs became more favorable, but the algal bloom in 2016 has caused additional problems.Dairy CattleHow feed efficient is your dairy cow?After years of research by Wageningen UR Livestock Research, Dutch dairy farmers can now find out the feed efficiency of the offspring of the country’s dairy bulls. This will help the farmer boost profitability from milk production, and contribute to more sustainable production of animal proteins to feed a growing world population.Feed Production by RegionEurope-China project aims to cut mycotoxin lossesMycotoxins cost the European agriculture industry EUR3 billion (US$3.4 billion) each year, presenting risks to human and animal health throughout the feed and food chain.Feed Production by RegionOlam invests $150M in Nigerian poultry, feed sectorsOlam International (also known as Olam Group) plans to invest NGN30 billion (US$150 million) in two state-of-the-art feed mills, poultry breeding farms and a hatchery to produce day-old chicks in Nigeria.Feed Production by RegionAller Aqua to build fish feed factory in ZambiaIn partnership with local aquaculture firm Yalelo, Aller Aqua has announced plans to build a fish feed mill on Lake Kariba in southern Zambia to help boost the region’s production of tilapia.Feed Production by RegionChina to allow market to set corn pricesAn end is in sight for Chinese government policy to support domestic corn production, which has subsidized farmers to produce excessive crops that linger in storage.Feed Production by RegionEuropean Parliament: Farms must fight antibiotic resistanceLate last week, the European Parliament announced that the use of existing antimicrobial drugs should be restricted, and new ones should be developed, in order to fight the growing resistance of bacteria to today’s antibiotics.Feed Production by RegionLack of quality feeds slows Russia’s aquaculture sectorLack of feed and raw materials is among the challenges facing the aquaculture sector in Russia, delegates to Aquaculture 2016, held in Moscow in February, learned, according to a report, “Development of Aquaculture Sector in Russia.”Feed Production by RegionNew feed mill opens in eastern BoliviaA new feed mill has been opened in Santa Cruz to support small producers of poultry meat, pork and beef.PoultrySouth Africa seeks solutions to expected corn shortageWhile 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.PoultrySafety of vitamin B2 product confirmedA 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.Previous PagePage 68 of 70Next Page
