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Wilbur-Ellis purchases Agri-Services

Wilbur-Ellis Company has announced the acquisition of Agri-Services to expand market share in the Great Lakes region, according to a company press release. Wilbur-Ellis, founded in 1921, is a distributor of agricultural products, animal feed and specialty chemicals and ingredients with annual sales approaching $ 2.5 billion.

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April 1, 2011

Wilbur-Ellis Company has announced the acquisition of Agri-Services to expand market share in the Great Lakes region, according to a company press release.

Wilbur-Ellis, founded in 1921, is a distributor of agricultural products, animal feed and specialty chemicals and ingredients with annual sales approaching $ 2.5 billion. Agri-Services, founded in 1997, offers a full-line of agronomy services and products to the agriculture producers in the area.

Symptoms of acidosis in feedlot cattle

Symptoms of acidosis in feedlot cattle

Podcast Susan Miller

Crisis response strategies for the feed industry [PODCAST]

Feed Strategy Podcast

Crisis response strategies for the feed industry [PODCAST]

Susan Miller, 5MetaCom's public relations director, shares insights into how internal and external communications should be managed before, during and after an incident.

Podcast Susan Miller

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

Algal oil production poised to double by 2030

Recent price spikes and health challenges in the salmon industry are likely to drive rapid growth of algal oil production, says IFFO, the Marine Ingredients Organization.

Regulatory Updates

AFIA continues to urge Congress to pass feed-related legislation

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) continues to work toward passage of two bills in Congress that would affect the animal feed industry.

Congress Capitol Washington

Business & Markets

How companies can ‘play to win’ with employees

In sports, and in human resources, there is a difference between playing to win and just playing not to lose, according to Kristen Ireland and Erin Mies, of People Spark Consulting, who spoke at AFIA's Liquid Feed Symposium.

Workers Celebrating

5 things I learned about the feed industry in the past year

What I learned about the feed industry as an undergraduate intern at Feed Strategy and Feed & Grain

Hands Holding Feed

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

Symptoms of acidosis in feedlot cattle

Acidosis, a metabolic disorder, can develop quickly, often within a few days after introducing a high-grain diet or after making significant changes to the ration without an adequate adaptation period.

African Swine Fever

Philippines begins controlled ASF vaccination campaign

Elsewhere, a new virus variant has been detected in Vietnam, and more African swine fever outbreaks have been reported in Bhutan, India and Indonesia.

Vaccine Vials With Syringe

Alternative Protein

Zimbabwe explores potential of insect larvae as feed ingredients

With the aim to boost supplies of feed protein for rural poultry sustainably, a new project in the southern African state has been initiated to produce insect larvae.

Black Soldier Fly

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

Organic acids could replace antibiotics and cut emissions

Using organic acids to preserve grain could boost productivity beyond using them as feed additives, study says.

Pigs Eating Feed

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

California reports suspected H5N1 cases in cattle

Samples have been taken from herds at three dairy farms in the state.

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African Swine Fever

African swine fever spread in Europe hits backyard herds, wild boar

So far this year, total outbreaks in this population are significantly lower than at the same point in 2023, while cases in wild boar have passed 4,600.

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Precision feeding could reduce climate emissions from pig farms

Study finds an as-yet-unavailable precision feeding technology could reduce climate-warming emissions from swine production by 8%.

Pigs Eating Feed

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