Jackie LindenJackie Linden is a freelance journalist based in the United Kingdom.From the Author - Page 73Feed Production by RegionKenya’s government offers help to animal feed producersThe Kenyan government has announced plans to waive the duty on imported feed ingredients, according to Daily Nation. The move is aimed to boost dairy farming in the country, Acting Livestock, Fisheries and Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed told delegates attending the Africa Dairy Conference and Exhibition in Nairobi this week.Feed Production by RegionGermany narrowly misses record animal feed outputTotal feed production in Germany for the grain marketing year July 2015 to June 2015 reached 24.14 million metric tons (mmt), according to the country’s association for animal nutrition, Deutsche Verband Tiernahrung e.V. (DVT). This narrowly missed beating the previous year’s record of 24.26 mmt.Dairy CattleDenmark seeks alternatives to imported soybean mealGrass has great potential as a protein “crop” to reduce the reliance of pig and poultry farmers in Denmark on imported soybean meal. That is the conclusion of a new research collaboration between DLF-Trifolium and BioValue, according to a report in FoodCulture from the Danish organization Landbrug & Fødevarer (Agriculture and Food).Feed Production by RegionAlgeria reports higher grain harvestFor the 2014-15 harvest season, Algeria's cereal production reached 4 million metric tons, an increase of 14 percent from the previous year, Mohamed Belabdi, Director General of the country’s Inter-professional Office of Cereal (OAIC) told the Algeria Press Service.African Swine FeverHow is import substitution affecting Russian agriculture?Food imports look likely to be down by half this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture for the Russian Federation, from US$41 billion in 2014 to an estimated US$25 billion this year.Feed Production by RegionIndonesia aims for self-sufficiency in cornAs part of the newly formed ASEAN Economic Community, Indonesian self-sufficiency in corn within the next 2 to 3 years has become one of the top priorities of the country’s President, Joko Widodo, according to Indonesia Investments.HomeIndian corn, soybean production expected to slowYields of major crops in India remain low by global standards, despite government subsidies on inputs, good land availability and plentiful water resources.AquacultureFish oils can be ‘grown’ on landResearchers have announced the results of a field-scale experiment growing the oilseed plant, Camelina sativa (also known as false flax), which has been genetically modified to make in their seeds the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oils.Previous PagePage 73 of 73
