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Animal Nutrition

Nutritional strategies for piglet diets without zinc oxide

The pig industry is facing the challenge of production without zinc oxide. Therefore, strategies need to be found to prevent diarrhea and optimize growth, in order to protect producers' bottom line. Ingredients, diet formulation and additives can be used to support gut health and immunity, to naturally help prevent diarrhea at weaning.

July 2, 2019

Antibiotic-free Production

Consumers invested in animal welfare, but knowledge is limited

Animal welfare is on the public agenda, and with a plethora of certifications and major brand commitments in place, industry is responding. But very few consumers fully understand the ins and outs of livestock farming and so most animal welfare concerns remain broad.

July 2, 2019

Swine

The effect of feed particle size on pig health

Adaptation of particle size can be the ideal way to improve pig performance and health if the animals’ requirements and the factors influencing feed processing are understood. This article examines the influence of feed particle size on pig performance and health.

July 2, 2019

Mycotoxins

2 states report DON in wheat, weather continues to affect crops

The cool, wet spring weather could have a significant impact on grain quality and yield this harvest season, according to Neogen’s first Monday Mycotoxin and Crop Report of the year.

July 1, 2019

Feed Production by Region

Japan continues to battle classical swine fever

Classical swine fever (CSF) continues to affect the domestic pig and wild boar populations in two regions of Japan since the first outbreak in 26 years was confirmed in September 2018.

July 1, 2019

Animal Nutrition

Commercial poultry feeds may contain insufficient fiber

Scientists looking for ways to release nutrients from rice bran conclude a review of commercial milling practices may be in order.

July 1, 2019

Swine

Piglet welfare is compromised by feed regulations

Legislators have decided to ban feeding growth-promoting antibiotics to all pigs, and they are trying to reduce even therapeutic use in order to protect human health.

July 1, 2019

Consumer Trends

Researchers seek sustainable feed, food options in the Atlantic

European Union-funded AquaVitae Consortium has invited the University of New England in the U.S. to join its international group of researchers working on the development of more sustainable aquaculture systems.

June 28, 2019

African Swine Fever

Vietnam’s African swine fever cull nears 3 million

The African swine fever (ASF) situation in Vietnam has deteriorated to the point where a senior politician is encouraging the country’s pig farmers to switch to the production of poultry or cattle, while new outbreaks of the disease have also been reported in domestic pigs in China, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa and Ukraine.

June 27, 2019

Feed Production by Region

$2.5M awarded to whistleblower in Cargill trades case

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has awarded $2.5 million to a whistleblower who exposed violations in how Cargill handled trades.

June 26, 2019

Feed Production by Region

Land O’Lakes, Royal Agrifirm Group announce partnership in China

Agrilakes will use market knowledge, insights, technologies and research capability from Land O'Lakes and Agrifirm to provide service to China-based feed customers and dairy farmers.

June 25, 2019

African Swine Fever

Laos reports first cases of African swine fever

Research has revealed a promising new approach for the development of a vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) for pigs. While no outbreaks of ASF affecting commercial pig herds in any country have been officially reported in the past week, there have been further cases among village herds in Romania and Vietnam, and the disease has spread to Laos.

June 21, 2019