Company News: Page 144

Kemin opens customer service laboratory in Moscow

Kemin opened a fully equipped customer service laboratory in Moscow on June 23 to better serve the feed industry and its customers in Russia and neighboring Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). One of the industry’s first laboratories of its type in the region, it will deliver tailored services to meet each customer’s unique needs.

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Rabo Farm to work with companies to improve Poland farmland

Rabo Farm, Poleko Budownictwo and Van Kessel Sport en Cultuurtechniek have signed a letter of intent to strengthen cooperation in reshaping and draining Rabo Farm’s agricultural land in the Zulawy delta in northern Poland.This is aimed at unlocking the huge agricultural potential of farms as well as increasing and stabilizing agricultural production.

AFIA director named to Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on June 26 appointed Gina Tumbarello, American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) director of international policy and trade, to the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Grains, Feed, Oilseed and Planting. Tumbarello was one of 19 new appointees to six agricultural trade advisory committees.

Fire damages machinery at Land O’Lakes Purina feed mill

Malfunctioning machinery sparked a fire at the Land O’Lakes Purina feed mill in McMinnville, Oregon. Firefighters report they have put out the fire and no injuries were reported.

AFIA sees record attendance at Feed Industry Institute

The American Feed Industry Association's (AFIA) longest-standing event, Feed Industry Institute (FII), attracted a record-setting 170 attendees June 16-19, in Minneapolis, up from 150 attendees in 2012.The conference, hosted by AFIA's Purchasing and Ingredient Suppliers Committee every two years, provides a forum for those new to the industry to learn about feed and ingredients first hand from highly qualified industry experts.

NGFA urges House to vote yes on customer protection bill

The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and more than 30 other organizations urged members of the House of Representatives to vote yes on the Customer Protection and End-User Relief Act, (HR 4413) when it moves to the floor for consideration.In a letter, the organizations write that the legislation, which was unanimously approved by the Committee on Agriculture, provides important protections for futures customers.

VIV China to focus on country’s developments in feed-to-meat chain

VIV China will bring together suppliers and buyers active in China to represent their solutions and innovations within the feed-to-meat chain.As focus grows on health issues worldwide, consumer attitude and behavior toward food is changing.

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WATT Global Media to present FIAAP Conferences beginning in 2015

Beginning in 2015 Feed International magazine, a WATT Global Media brand, will produce the FIAAP Feed Ingredients and Additives Conferences. These conferences focus on the rapidly-growing feed ingredient and additive industry and are co-located with VICTAM International and VICTAM Asia events, the world's largest international events for animal feed ingredients and processing technology, biomass pelleting systems, flour milling and grain processing.

Nutreco ends process to explore divestment

Nutreco has ended the process to explore a possible divestment of the compound feed and meat businesses in Spain and Portugal.After a comprehensive process it has become apparent that at the current time no agreement at a fair valuation and in the best interests of all stakeholders can be reached.

NGFA urges rejection of ag transportation contract petition

The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) has urged the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to reject a petition from rail carriers urging that they be exempted from the statutory requirement to file agricultural transportation contract summaries.In a petition to the STB filed May 12 by Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) and CSX Transportation Inc. (CSXT), the two carriers asked the agency to initiate a rulemaking to eliminate the current requirement to submit a summary of each contract for the transportation of "agricultural products ... and products (derived) therefrom."

Alltech receives AAALAC accreditation

Alltech has received full Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) accreditation this year.AAALAC International is a private, nonprofit organization that promotes the humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary accreditation and assessment programs.

Double S reorganizes sales team

Double S Liquid Feed Services, a manufacturer and supplier of cane molasses, vegetable oils, beet molasses, fish oil and mineral oil products, has promoted Tim Trattles to eastern sales manager.Trattles joined Double S in 2003 after graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in animal science and agriculture business specialization.

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