The US to forecast to see continuing low feed crop prices, a shift in feed crops planted and a drop in export market share in the coming decade, says the USDA.
Find out at Feed Protein Vision in Amsterdam in March where supermarket and food service giants, livestock and fish feed manufacturers as well as agribusiness market analysts and leading academics will weigh up the transformation capabilities of new protein...
The first trials in a UK project looking at growing organic blue and white lupins as a homegrown protein source for livestock production had mixed results.
Weather events from a series of cyclones to severe storms to inland floods to a crop freeze, drought and wildfire wreaked havoc for many sectors in the US last year including crop and livestock production; the disasters resulted in around $306.2bn in...
Marks & Spencer (M&S) was the first major UK retailer to publish antibiotic data from its supply chain. It did so in December. Waitrose and ASDA quickly followed suit.
US agricultural producer sentiment turned lower in November, driven by a decline in optimism about future economic conditions in agriculture, says David Widmar, senior research associate at the Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture.
California’s decision to require a warning label on products produced with glyphosate has drawn a lawsuit from several crop growers and the Monsanto Company.
Australian grower group Southern Dirt has ambitions for amaranth to be grown in Western Australia on the same scale as it is in China, where 800,000 metric tons of the fast-growing crop were harvested this year.
Organic feed crop growth and development, along with organic feed trials are among the areas being funded in a set of 24 grant projects awarded by NIFA.
Animal welfare and environmental group, Compassion in World Farming, is concerned about the threat of species extinction globally, claiming “unsustainable” livestock production is a cause.
New technology, precision nutrition, big data and nutrigenomics may be among tools that feed manufactures and animal producers will need to consider as production evolves to meet increasing demands, say experts.
Cover cropping, protecting soil health and improving waste nutrient management are among suggestions offered in a report that highlights the environmental effect of feed crop production in the US.
Nutrient utilization, feed supplement use and feeding strategies are among the topics of research projects funded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is asking US agri-commodity boards to provide input on areas of federal grant aided agricultural research topics.
Andy Green, sustainability expert at Cert ID Europe, part of the Group ID group, wants to keep a lid on the costs of non-GM verification. We caught up with him to hear about his role in GM free feed certification for retailers, and got his view also on...
In an ongoing series examining different careers in the feed industry we caught up with Kory Moran, technical manager for swine at Delacon, who spoke about how her initial interest in agriculture became a career in animal science.
The continued growth of the US organic market has supported the expansion of organic feed production, including allowing Riverside Feeds to double in size.
The team behind the Protein Challenge, an initiative aimed at taking the pressure off land and sea for feed, has begun work on the development of a new benchmarking tool.
Feed grain farmers are looking forward to the next few years, easing regulation and a rebound in the markets, but wider industry is less convinced of a hike in feed crop prices, says analyst.
Aqua feed delivery innovator, eFishery, is one of 10 start-up companies chosen to take part in a mentorship program run by Alltech and Irish start-up hub, Dogpatch Labs.
This year sees the start of a four-year project co-funded by the EU to advance the implementation of ‘Internet of Things’ technologies to reduce waste and improve efficiency in the food and farming sectors.
Feed processing technology, e-commerce trends, understanding gut health and a look at the Middle East feed industry are some of the topics in our special edition newsletter line up this year.
