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AFIA names Members of the Year

The American Feed Industry Association named Angela Mills of Southern States Cooperative and Mike Van Koevering, Ph.D., of Elanco Animal Health as its Members of the Year.

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Bob Brill receives AFIA’s Distinguished Service Award

The American Feed Industry Association honored Bob Brill with its 2017 Distinguished Service Award for his life-long contributions to the feed industry at AFIA's Board of Directors dinner held May 9.

Ethiopians learn basics of US wheat quality

With the goal of helping to educate potential importers of Kansas and U.S. wheat, the Kansas State University IGP Institute hosted the USDA Cochran Program for Ethiopia—Introduction to U.S. Wheat Quality and Grading training—in April.

Land O’Lakes reports $110 million in quarterly earnings

Land O’Lakes Inc. reported quarterly net sales of $3.7 billion and net earnings of $110 million in the first quarter ending March 31, 2017, compared with 2016 first quarter net sales of $3.6 billion and net earnings of $104 million.

Dow-DuPont merger gets conditional approval in China

China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has granted conditional regulatory approval of DuPont and The Dow Chemical Co.’s proposed merger.

Pancosma appoints global sales director

Pancosma has appointed Marcos Teixido as Global Sales Director. He has worked for 20 years at the company, holding the positions of Sales Manager and regional Sales Director.

Farmers Cooperative, GlobalVetLINK partner for VFDs

Arkansas-based Farmers Cooperative recently announced its partnership with GlobalVetLINK to offer electronic Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) services in its 17 locations.

Nutriad appoints technical manager for China

Nutriad has announced the appointment of Dr. Wei Wang as Technical Manager for China.

EW Nutrition appoints senior account managers

EW Nutrition is welcoming Joseph Bruce and Mark Johnson to its team.

A new approach to improving feed conversion

Production performance can be significantly increased by feeding more bioavailable trace minerals to animals. This has been confirmed by numerous poultry and swine studies on hydroxy trace minerals.

Be prepared for ban of ethoxyquin in EU

The choice of trace minerals doses and sources interacts with oxidation kinetics in premixtures. Some studies have shown that non-water soluble sources of zinc and copper like HiZox and CoRouge, two products from Animine, can prevent vitamin degradation.

Westway Feed Products donates to ranchers affected by fire

In an effort to provide support for ranchers who suffered severe financial and livestock losses in recent fires in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado, Westway Feed Products has made donations to several organizations.

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