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Feed additive producer announces increased profits

Anpario, an international producer of natural feed additives for animal health, hygiene and nutrition, has announced increased profits and earnings per share for the year ended December 19, 2012. Total underlying profits before tax and exceptional items increased by 39 percent to £3.1 million on sales up 23 percent at £23.5 million.

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Business & Markets

World Feed Panorama: A year of resilience for the feed industry

World feed production was remarkably resilient in 2012 despite facing extremely challenging conditions. Many early expectations had been that the total global tonnage of industrially produced compound feeds would show a significant reduction in 2012 under the pressure of high raw-material costs and weak farm market prices.

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Cobb Europe opens new UK headquarters

The new Cobb Europe headquarters at Colchester, UK, have been officially opened, with the move showing commitment to further growth throughout the region, according to the company. “We’ve already made substantial investment in developing and expanding Cobb great-grandparent production facilities in the UK, and we’re now doubling the scale of our pedigree breeding operation in the Netherlands,” said Cobb President Jerry Moye.

Alltech plans North America Lecture Tour

From February 12-March 1, more than 2,500 agriculture industry professionals are expected to attend one of the 23 stops on the 2013 Alltech North America Lecture Tour to explore the latest advances in nutritional technologies and share ideas for keeping their operations efficient, profitable and sustainable. Alltech’s 28th annual North American Lecture Tour, themed "Stay Curious," features presentations highlighting the latest developments in crop science, rumen nutrition, programmed nutrition, algae applications, fertility, mycotoxins, social media and branding.

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Rendering a naturally ‘green’ industry

The pet food industry in Latin America holds a 17 percent share of the global market. Currently, the volume of pet food is 4 billion metric tons, and it is expected to increase to 6-7 billion tons of pet food by 2017. Latin America is the third-largest market in the world with the highest rate of growth, and four countries share almost 95 percent of the market volume: Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and Chile (where 40 percent is still imported).

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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.

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Alltech releases 2012 global feed survey numbers

Report shows significant increase in world feed production over 2011.

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?

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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