Company News

United Sorghum Checkoff elects Kim Baldwin as chair

Kansas farmer and agriculture education leader will guide board priorities for sorghum research, market development and industry growth.

AFIA adds three staff members to policy, education teams

The American Feed Industry Association expands capabilities with new hires in advocacy, professional development and communications.

Geel hired to become next CFO of Astral Foods

He will succeed Dries Ferreira, who will leave the company in early 2026.

Rand South Africa

Mergers & Acquisitions

Biochem to acquire BASF’s global glycinate business

By acquiring this business, Biochem gains enhanced market access and a well-established network of distribution partners from BASF.

Business & Markets

Elanco restructuring to affect 600 positions across the company

The company said 300 jobs would be eliminated, and 300 would be shifted to other areas or locations.

Sustainability in Feed Production

Scandi Standard sustainability director elected to risk crops steering committee

Scandi Standard Sustainability Director Ida Ljungkvist has been elected to the steering committee of the Swedish Platform for Risk Crops.

Ida Ljungkvist Li

Mergers & Acquisitions

Fevara to enter Brazil market with acquisition of Macal

Fevara PLC, a global provider of sustainable livestock supplements, has entered into an agreement to acquire Domino Industria E Comercio LTDA, trading as Macal, marking the company’s entry into Brazil and establishing its first operational presence in the southern hemisphere.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Innovad to be acquired by private equity firm PAI Partners

Private equity firm PAI Partners has entered into an agreement to acquire animal feed additives producer Innovad from IK Partners, another private equity firm.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Rumin8 acquires ROAM Agricultural to expand product range

Rumin8 CEO David Messina said the acquisition of ROAM complements Rumin8’s development plans for its own methane and productivity solution.

Merger Handshake

Evonik names new president for the Americas region

Elias Lacerda will succeed Guido Skudlarek, who recently became global head of Evonik’s U.S.-based health care business line.

Elias Lacerda Evonik

Business & Markets

Tanmiah Food Co. pursues strategic investment in US red meat sector

Tanmiah Food Co., one of the Saudi Arabia’s largest vertically integrated poultry and food producers, has announced a new collaboration with Big Idea Ventures (BIV), a global venture capital firm specializing in food, agriculture and alternative protein technologies.

3 feed mills in France, New Caledonia achieve ASC Feed Certification

BioMar has received France’s first ASC Feed Certification for its Nersac mill, while SICA and Provenderie Saint Vincent in New Caledonia have also earned certification, increasing the availability of responsible feed to the Pacific region.

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