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Animal Nutrition

Study explores effects of insect farming on feed costs

If food waste could be used as the basis for insect farming, what would that mean for the feed industry, for livestock and grain farmers, and for the environment in the European Union?

December 28, 2020

Latest News

Decade of change ahead for Europe’s feed sector

As a result of forecast changes in livestock and poultry production in the 27 countries of the EU over the coming decade, overall demand for animal feeds in the region is expected to decline by around 0.5%.

December 21, 2020

Latest News

EU uses more home-grown proteins in animal feeds

Over the past year, the European Union (EU) achieved a slight increase to 78% in its level of self-sufficiency for proteins in livestock feeds

November 30, 2020

Feed Production by Region

EFSA assesses risks of genome editing in plants

Modifying the DNA of plants using genome editing poses no more hazards than conventional breeding, according to the latest risk assessment by the European Food Safety Authority.

November 30, 2020

Company News

LEVUCELL SB gets the green light in Europe for use in turkeys

LEVUCELL SB gets the green light in Europe for use in turkeys.

March 5, 2020

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Fewer European mills produced more feed in 2018

Compound feed production in the 28 states of the European Union amounted to 164.8 million metric tons in 2018, according to the European Feed Manufacturers Federation.

January 10, 2020

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Europe’s animal feed sector more reliant on imports

Shortage of rainfall reduced the growth and availability of forages compared with the previous season, according to the European Commission (EC) in its recently published 2018-19 EU feed protein balance sheet.

November 18, 2019