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Feed Production by Region

Syngenta net income up 17 percent in 2012

Syngenta's net income reached $1.87 billion in 2012, up 17 percent from 2011's $1.6 billion, according to the company's latest financial report. The company reported a strong fourth quarter in North and Latin America, as well as double-digit seeds growth in all regions.

Brand Insights

Rethinking calf nutrition: 5 reasons to embrace vegetable proteins in CMRs

Hamlet Protein

Discover how enzyme-treated soy protein like Hamlet Protein’s HP 100 offers a sustainable, cost-effective alternative to traditional milk proteins in CMRs.

Feed Mill Management

Alltech releases 2012 global feed survey numbers

Report shows significant increase in world feed production over 2011.

Feed Additives

Outlook on Latin American feed ingredients for 2013

There are good corn and soybean harvests in South America, but there was a drought in the U.S.; the price of fishmeal is rising, so the supply of rendering products is again attractive to the poultry industry. So where do amino acids come in?

Feed Production by Region

Monsanto reports $339 million net income in first quarter 2013

Monsanto Company saw $339 million in net income in the first quarter of its fiscal year 2013, up over the $126 million in the same period of 2012, reflecting contributions from the continued expansion of its Latin American corn business, early momentum in its U.S. seeds and traits business and performance of its agricultural productivity segment, according to the company.

Feed Production by Region

China to drive global agricultural commodity demand over next decade

China's continued influence on agricultural commodity demand and global economic growth stand out as a key issue for North American food, beverage and agribusiness in 2013 and over the next decade, according to a recent poll of Rabobank clients. The poll of over 350 executives from leading companies in the North American food, beverage and agribusiness industry was conducted at Rabobank's Markets Forum held in New York City.

Feed Production by Region

Uncertainty brings risk, opportunity for egg producers

While dismissing William Cramer’s challenge to California's Proposition 2 with prejudice, judge John Walter’s decision said, "Proposition 2 provides a person of ordinary intelligence more than a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited and provides explicit and objective standards to prevent discriminatory enforcement." I respectfully disagree with the judge, and given the ongoing uncertainty over what type of housing would meet Proposition 2 requirements, what should egg producers do?

Feed Production by Region

Supply rationing will mean less poultry, eggs

Through the month of October, the average cost per 100 pounds of layer feed in the U.S. in 2012 was $15.73, according to Egg Industry Center estimates. The cost of feeding laying hens has more than doubled since 2006, when the average price was $6.92 per 100 pounds of feed. When grain prices rise to historically high levels, some buyers are tempted to lock in future supply fearing that prices will rise even higher, but this play can be very costly.

Poultry

Report calls for agriculture productivity gains in Africa, Asia

The Global Harvest Initiative 3rd annual Global Agricultural Productivity Report notes that increased trade is needed in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia to meet rising food demands. Overall, the report offers a mixed review of efforts to increase global agricultural productivity.

Feed Production by Region

New Zealand importing cottonseed meal on Australia bumper crop

New Zealand has imported 10,000 metric tons of cottonseed meal from Australia over the last year due to Australia's bumper crop of cotton, according to reports. Australia cotton producers are forecasting a record harvest of 4.8 million bales from 583,000 hectares planted for the 2011–2012 season.

Feed Production by Region

Presidential election: Win or lose, keep thumb off the scale

With the election just around the corner, former North Dakota governor and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Edward Shafer told the audience at the United Egg Producers executive conference about presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s commitment to agriculture and to the country’s current ethanol policy. It was as though Shafer were reading from a speech written for the National Corn Growers Association meeting and a group of corn buyers, not the U.S. egg producers.

Feed Production by Region

Poultry industry sheds light on Renewable Fuel Standard ramifications

While the shortage of rain and dry conditions have and continue to wreak havoc on our nation’s farmers and livestock and poultry producers, there was one good thing that emanated from this summer’s crippling drought: a brighter light was shone on the federal requirement that diverts much of the nation’s dwindling corn crop into fuel.

Feed Production by Region

Will Africa’s growing urban population have a taste for US poultry?

Industry economists and consultants are saying that Africa might soon become an important destination for U.S. poultry products. Africa’s growth accelerated after 2000, making it the world’s third-fastest growing region behind emerging Asia and the Middle East. Growing disposable incomes on the continent, as people begin to move upward on the economic ladder, make this region of the world a prime market for inexpensive poultry protein. By 2020 more than half of African households will have discretionary spending power.

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