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Feed Strategy Podcast

How does the feed industry’s safety record stack up? [PODCAST]

Gary Huddleston of the American Feed Industry Association discusses recently released data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration about worker safety in the animal feed manufacturing industry.

African Swine Fever

France, Italy join forces to control African swine fever

Affecting mainly non-commercial herds, there has been a recent sharp rise in ASF outbreaks in domestic pigs — now affecting 14 of Europe's nations so far this year.

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

F3 contestants aims to replace emerging niche: krill

Fish meal is no longer the dominant aquafeed ingredient it once was, so the F3 contest, which aims to promote alternatives to marine ingredients, is moving on to new topics.

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

US plants unexpectedly small soybean crop

Despite projections for a record setting crop, U.S. soybean acreage is down 5% this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Feed Strategy Podcast

Kansas State professor leads global animal health project [PODCAST]

Agricultural economics professor Dustin Pendell will lead the Collaborating Center for the Economics of Animal Health.

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

Purdue to study effect of antibiotics on animal health

Antibiotics may do more than prevent disease in animals. If we’re going to replace them, we need to study their full effect, Purdue researcher says.

African Swine Fever

US controls unlikely to contain ASF quickly, study says

Although effective at slowing the spread of African swine fever, plans for controlling an outbreak did not halt its progress in a computer simulation by North Carolina State University.

African Swine Fever

Chinese researchers report new variant of ASF virus

The new strain, which appears to be a hybrid of two existing varieties, is no more contagious than existing variants but could evade vaccines.

African Swine Fever

Proposition 12 could increase risk of ASF reaching US

Increased pork costs related to California law could lead to consumers seeking pork from outside of the United States

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

Europe fears future shortage of animal feed fats

In Europe, the proportion of all animal fats used in the production of biodiesel is set to grow further in the coming years, leading to the prospect of a shortage of animal fats for other uses.

Commodities

Corn, soybean futures up on fears of Corn Belt drought

Although USDA’s latest numbers maintained trend-line yield estimates, rising futures markets told a different story last week.

African Swine Fever

Swine sample program could help speed up ASF detection

African swine fever isn't necessarily easy to identify and the U.S. has a shortage of veterinarians to collect samples, so a new program has been designed to help speed up the sampling process.

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