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Feed Production by Region

Devenish Nutrition makes first Asian acquisition

Animal feed premix company Devenish Nutrition Ltd. will acquire a 50 percent share of Yem-Vit, a premix producer in Turkey.

July 7, 2017

Feed Production by Region

US gives Dow, DuPont merger conditional approval

Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. have won conditional antitrust approval from regulators in the U.S. for their proposed $73 billion merger, according to reports.

June 16, 2017

Feed Additives

ADM, Anco collaborate on specialty feed ingredient

Archer Daniels Midlands Co. has entered into a strategic collaboration with Austria-based Anco Animal Nutrition Competence GmbH to provide Anco’s line of specialty feed ingredients to ADM Animal Nutrition customers.

June 15, 2017

Feed Production by Region

InVivo Labs rebrands as Upscience

InVivo Labs will become Upscience, effective July 3. The new brand embodies the international development momentum initiated by the network of analysis laboratories since 2014. It also positions the company as an expert in its field through an extensive, innovative and individualized range of analysis.

June 12, 2017

Feed Production by Region

Land O’Lakes invests in EFC Systems

Land O’Lakes Inc. has made a minority equity investment in EFC Systems Inc., an ERP (enterprise resource planning) and precision solution provider for the agricultural retail and distribution marketplace headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.

June 9, 2017

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Alltech acquires WestFeeds

Strengthening its commitment to bringing the latest field-proven technologies to Western U.S. livestock producers and companion animal owners, Alltech has purchased WestFeeds, a leading animal nutrition company in Montana.

May 12, 2017

Feed Production by Region

Skretting to increase aquaculture research capacity

Skretting will significantly increase its research capacity with an expansion of the Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) Lerang Research Station in Norway and a new facility at Pargua in Chile.

March 30, 2017

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Neovia to acquire Mexican animal feed producer Apligén

Neovia will acquire Apligén, a Mexican company specializing in the production of premix, specialty feed and additives. This will complete its premix business with technological and high-quality products and services under the company’s Wisium Brand, to meet Mexico’s nutrition market increasing demand for more technologies, technical expertise and quality.

March 27, 2017

Animal Feed Manufacturing

De Heus acquires Acorex in Spain

De Heus Nutrición Animal has acquired Agrupación de Cooperativas de Regadío de Extremadura (Acorex) in Spain, effective March 13. The acquisition will help De Heus increase its presence in the area of Extremadura and will help it build a leading position in the Spanish animal feed market.

March 14, 2017

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Agrifirm redefines its German feed strategy

Agrifirm Feed NWE, a division of the Dutch Royal Agrifirm Group, and Deutsche Tiernahrung Cremer GmbH & Co. KG (DTC) have formed a strategic partnership, and DTC has taken over Agrifirm’s compound feed plant in Neuss.

March 6, 2017

Animal Feed Manufacturing

European authority approves Bunge oilseed acquisitions

Bunge of the Netherlands’ acquisition of two Cargill oilseed processing factories in the European Union has been approved by the European Commission.

February 8, 2017

Swine

Nukamel, ASN to develop, sell piglet feeds in Latin America

Nukamel and Alternative Swine Nutrition (ASN) have signed an agreement for the development and sale of feeding concepts for high-productive piglet feeding systems in Latin America.

February 1, 2017