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African Swine Fever

Gates Foundation funds hub for new livestock vaccines

Charitable foundation gives $5.5 million to The Pirbright Institute to research new technologies for livestock vaccine development.

December 2, 2019

Latest News

Methane-fueled protein production coming to the US

Labor pool, natural resources and access to infrastructure attracted production plant, which an international partnership hopes to begin constructing next year.

September 3, 2019

Feed Additives

Company tests new single-cell protein made from wood

North Carolina-based company says early tests suggest a wood-derived single-cell protein product holds promise as a swine and aquafeed.

August 26, 2019

Feed Additives

Manufacture of algal fish-oil alternative begins in Nebraska

Veramaris aims to meet consumer demand for sustainable aquaculture with global distribution of algal oil.

July 11, 2019

Feed Additives

Canadian Bio-Systems creates new category of feed technology

Canadian Bio-Systems (CBS) says it has created a new category of feed technology called yeast bioactives.

December 7, 2018

Feed Production by Region

12 UK aquaculture research projects to receive $6.5 million in funding

The U.K.’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has committed GBP5.1 million (US$6.5 million) to fund aquaculture research and innovation.

November 27, 2018

Latest News

Cargill, Agriness partner to increase animal productivity, farm profitability

Cargill and Agriness, the technology leader in Latin America swine production, have entered into a strategic partnership that will foster industrywide transformation and bring emerging digital technologies to customers around the world to improve animal production and farm profitability. Terms of Cargill’s minority equity investment were not disclosed.

September 13, 2018

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Unibio, Protelux complete methane-to-protein plant

Unibio and its partner and licensee Protelux are about to take a great leap forward producing alternative proteins from bacteria using methane as feedstock. In July, Protelux completed the construction of the plant located in Russia and the parties are testing the plant and expect to commission it by late 2018.

September 13, 2018

Aquaculture

Feed ingredient increases post-larval shrimp survival, weight gain

Independent testing by the Center for Aquaculture Technologies in Canada (CATC) has demonstrated the potential benefit of White Dog Labs’ ProTyton to shrimp farming: Initial studies doubled post-larval survival rate and increased weight gain by 50 percent.

August 29, 2018

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Study: Bacteria could replace some crops fed to livestock

A new study says bacteria may be the key to producing large amounts of microbial proteins to replace some crops fed to livestock.

June 21, 2018

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Strong potential for standardized ag information

A partnership between AgGateway and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that involves the standardization of information may still be in its early stages, but it has the potential to greatly help the agriculture industry.

June 1, 2018

Feed Production by Region

5 keys to apply when moving to robotics

As robotics emerge into the way companies do business, there are five keys to reimagine the future of work, according to Michael Quindazzi, managing director of U.S. digital services at PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.

May 21, 2018