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Class action lawsuit brought against AgFeed Industries

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired the stock of AgFeed Industries Inc. between March 16, 2009, and August 2, 2011, according to reports. The complaint alleges that AgFeed made materially false and misleading statements regarding the company's financial health and in particular relating to its animal nutrition business.

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Meriden Animal Health Phyconomix

Meriden Animal Health's Phyconomix is a ready-to-use range of products designed to fulfill the nutritional requirements of growing shrimp and fish larvae. The company says Phyconomix eliminates the need to produce algae within the aquaculture hatchery.

Formulation and Process Control

Milk Specialties Global Animal Nutrition ROC program

Milk Specialties Global Animal Nutrition's Ration Options for Consultants program is designed to help nutritionists and dairy producers replace high-cost commodities without compromising production. Through the ROC program, consultants work with the company's Dairy Technical Services team to lower ration costs by eliminating high-priced feeds, such as corn and cottonseed, and replace the nutritional value with alternative ingredients.

Milk Specialties Global Animal Nutrition Energy Booster Mag

Milk Specialties Global Animal Nutrition offers Energy Booster Mag. The product is an energy-dense, rumen-inert fat supplement with dietary magnesium and a melting point of 159 F for warm climates, according to the company.

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Europe feed equipment manufacturer acquires feed mill dealer

Europe animal feed machinery and equipment producer Skiold A/S has acquired 50% of Australia's Vacuum and Milling Solutions. Since 2008, VMS has sold and supplied feed mills and ancillary equipment from Skiold to farmers and stockfeed industries in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and the Pacific Islands.

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Kansas State offers basic, advanced feed manufacturing courses

Kansas State University’s International Grains Program will be hosting Basic and Advanced Feed Manufacturing courses Sept. 26 through Oct. 7, 2011. The courses are geared toward feed mill owners, managers, supervisors, merchandisers and maintenance personnel as well as managers of livestock, poultry and agriculture facilities.

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JBS United, DeKalb Feeds partner on feed manufacturing

JBS United and DeKalb Feeds have entered into a joint venture, Central Nutrition Services LLC, focusing on manufacturing livestock feeds and nutritional supplements for both JBS and DeKalb and their customers throughout the Midwest. The venture takes advantage of an existing Frytown, Iowa, mill facility which DeKalb acquired in September 1996, and which has never been fully utilized.

Trouw Nutrition International Farm-O-San range

Trouw Nutrition International

Trouw Nutrition International's Farm-O-San range includes 20 products for animal health. The products provide nutritional solutions to specific health issues such as immune system deficiencies or digestive problems.

Adisseo animal nutrition to make initial public offering in Hong Kong, Paris

Bluestar Adisseo, an animal nutrition company and one of the largest producers of the poultry protein methionine, aims to raise around $1.5 billion in a Hong Kong-Paris dual initial public offering listing, according to reports. Adisseo plans to list itself on the markets in Hong Kong and Paris in September, with hopes of attracting European investors, reports say.

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Kansas State holds advanced feed manufacturing course

Kansas State University's Department of Grain Science and Industry held an advanced feed manufacturing short course for 27 feed industry professionals in June. The course was offered in partnership with the American Feed Industry Association and the National Grain and Feed Association.

Multivac H 240 Multi-Robot

Multivac offers the H 240 Multi-Robot. The Multi-Robot is equipped with two, HR 460-type, 4-axis robots, which grasp products from any position and set them down in an oriented manner with up to 240 "Pick and Place" cycles, the company says.

Danisco research highlights benefit of E. coli phytase in animal nutrition

Danisco Animal Nutrition announced new research in understanding the antinutrient effect of phytate in animal nutrition, which can reduce feed costs for pig and poultry producers. The research from Danisco is published in the Analytical Biochemistry journal.

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