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Study shows how to reduce methane emission from ruminants

An international team of researchers has explained how a new compound works to reduce the environmental impact of ruminant animals by cutting the production of the greenhouse gas, methane.

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Brand Insights

Rethinking calf nutrition: 5 reasons to embrace vegetable proteins in CMRs

Hamlet Protein

Discover how enzyme-treated soy protein like Hamlet Protein’s HP 100 offers a sustainable, cost-effective alternative to traditional milk proteins in CMRs.

Rethinking calf nutrition: 5 reasons to embrace vegetable proteins in CMRs

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Feed industry technology lowering livestock emissions

Improvements in the efficiency of animal agriculture over recent decades have dramatically reduced greenhouse gas emissions created by livestock, according to Dr. Frank Mitloehner, professor and air quality specialist in the department of animal science at University of California-Davis.

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Smithfield, partners win sustainable agriculture grant

Smithfield Foods has announced the expansion of its program MBGro, a collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to advance on-farm conservation practices and food supply chain sustainability.

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Sustainable animal feed practices can boost bottom line

Sustainable practices are not only beneficial to the environment in the long term, but also to the participating companies’ bottom line in the short term. That is why the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) believes sustainability is important for animal feed manufacturers.

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Business & Markets

World’s most sustainable office belongs to Geelen Counterflow

The new head office of dryer and cooler manufacturer Geelen Counterflow in Haelen, The Netherlands, has been named the most sustainable office in the world, receiving a 99.94 percent score in the BREEAM certification system.

Land O’ Lakes enters AgTech Innovation agreement

SVG Partners and Land O'Lakes, Inc., have announced an agreement to find innovative Food and Ag-Tech solutions through the THRIVE Accelerator, a highly selective investment program that supports open innovation and technology-enabled agricultural startups

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Novus puts focus on sustainability

Novus’ 2014 Sustainability Report, released this fall, analyzes the company’s comprehensive social, environmental and economic sustainability program.

Animal feed trends for the week ending December 10

The past week brought us news about greenhouse gas emissions, feed additives, the European Commissions’ Circular Economy Package, China’s animal feed sector, Estonia’s largest feed mill, and Nutreco’s latest acquisition.

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FEFAC welcomes EC Circular Economy Package

On December 2, 2015, the European Commission published the long-awaited Circular Economy Package.

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First sources of sustainable soy for feed identified

There has been a positive response from soy value chain partners on a new benchmarking tool for soy sourcing, according to the European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC), with 8 programs passing review against its Soy Sourcing Guidelines.

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Feed-a-Gene project is launched

Feed-a-Gene is a project coordinated by INRA (France) that aims to adapt monogastric livestock production systems (pigs, poultry and rabbits) to improve their overall efficiency and reduce their environmental impact.

Making pig, poultry feed more efficient, sustainable

More efficient and environmentally friendly ways of feeding pigs, poultry and rabbits are the focus of a new European research project that will not only make livestock production more sustainable, but will help to reduce Europe’s import of feedstuffs.

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