Alternative Feed Ingredients: Page 120

Alternative Feed Ingredients

American Egg Board donates to White House Easter egg roll

The American Egg Board continued its tradition of supporting the White House Easter Egg Roll by donating 14,040 hard-cooked and dyed eggs for the April 9 event. Themed “Let's Go, Let's Play, Let's Move,” the day's activities helped educate families on smart ways to incorporate healthy eating and exercise choices into their daily routine.

Brand Insights

Optimized phytase dosing: unlocking more value from feed phytate

IFF Animal Nutrition & Health

Learn how optimized phytase dosing with Axtra® PHY GOLD can improve nutrient release, reduce feed costs and maximize feed phytate value in poultry and swine diets.

Feed Additives

Six unique ingredients to lower piglet feed cost

Piglet feedis the most expensive diet in a pig’s life although the final cost per pigremains less than 2% there are ways to lower feeding costs.

Alternative Feed Ingredients

Six unique ingredients to lower piglet feed cost

Piglet feedis the most expensive diet in a pig’s life although the final cost per pigremains less than 2% there are ways to lower feeding costs.

Feed Additives

Emerging issues in swine nutrition

Using alternative ingredients in order to lower feed cost is now common practice in swine diets. However, now the challenge is to strike a balance between cost and quality.

Alternative Feed Ingredients

Getting buy-in from feed mill employees

DeKalb Feeds involves its employees in all aspects of its operation.DeKalb Feeds in Rock Falls, Illinois, had a great 2011—profits are up, quality is high and employee turnover is almost non-existent. In fact, 44 percent of the feed mill’s 50 employees have been there more than 14 years. According to president Kelly Keaschall, DeKalb Feeds doesn’t really have a secret; what it has is a number of initiatives that have made DeKalb Feeds a place where people want to stay, work and create an atmosphere of success.

Feed Mill Management

Van Aarsen closes on largest order in 63-year history

The Netherlands-based Van Aarsen has closed on the largest order in the company's 63-year history, to supply, build and start up a 90-tons-per-hour feed mill for Sweden-based Kalmar Lantmän. The mill, a €45 million investment, will increase Kalmar Lantmän's animal feed production to 270,000 tons per year.

Alternative Feed Ingredients

Reutilización de plumas de pollos

En la Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Jordi Aymerich, estudiante de la Escuela de Ingeniería de Terrassa en Barcelona, realizó un estudio, en el cual desarrollo un composite a base de pluma de pollos y un plástico biodegradable, ácido poliláctico, para la fabricación de un biomaterial.

Alternative Feed Ingredients

Vitamin E: pharmaceutical role in poultry male fecundity

Recent studies have suggested that avian semen contains a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) which are characterised by an increased susceptibility to lipid peroxidation.

Poultry

ANAVIP – The Panamanian national poultry producers’ association

The Panamanian national poultry producers’ association, ANAVIP, was established in 1973 to support the Panama’s poultry industry. Membership currently comprises 11 companies working across poultry meat and eggs.

Alternative Feed Ingredients

Taiwan investigating possible use of copper sulfate in animal feed

Taiwan's Council of Agriculture is investigating the alleged use of copper sulfate in animal feed in response to a report that four feed companies may have bought the additive and that contaminated meat may already be on the market. According to reports, the companies bought the copper sulfate from Taoyuan County-based AmiA Co.

Alternative Feed Ingredients

Dosatron: Bomba Dosificadora D3RE3000

Dosatron International

Alternative Feed Ingredients

The importance of feed mill boiler safety

Speaking at the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association’s 2012 Feed Mill Management Seminar in Nashville, Tenn., Marc Shockley, feed mill manager for Perdue Farms, noted that “When a boiler accident occurs, it is usually not minor.” Shockley added that most feed mills do not have a dedicated boiler operator. As a result, it is usually a maintenance person that does basic maintenance on boilers.

Previous Page

Page 120 of 155

Next Page