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BOCM Pauls secures funding for £90m investment
BOCM Pauls, the UK's biggest animal feed producer, has secured a £90m asset-based lending package from Lloyds TSB. James Powell, BOCM Pauls' finance director, said:
AllAboutFeed - Weblog: Surviving in a new regulatory environment
Incidents such as the recent large peanut recall together with the new US administration will bring more stringent food and feed rules to the forefront. This means that certain ingredient suppliers and customers are demanding greater information gathering and reporting capabilities of the feed
Is This How Quantitive Easing Works?
It is the month of August on the shores of the Black Sea and it is raining. The little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. Suddenly,...
AllAboutFeed - Weblog: Does the feed industry need standards?
eBusiness standards that is. The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) in conjunction with AgGateway has created and is in the process of delivering a set of standards that feed companies can use to communicate with their business partners.
AllAboutFeed - Weblog: The premise
Those of us in the feed industry have a unique opportunity to help with the procurement, usage, and distribution of supplies within the food chain. If we do this well, the planet as a whole is improved. If we do this poorly, some will benefit, some will loose. Loosing at this game has and will
AllAboutFeed - Weblog: New look for Feed Tech magazine
The first two new editions of Feed Tech, with its new make-over, have been published. The magazine’s new design was conceived to better serve the needs of our readers.
AllAboutFeed - Weblog: Swine flu flunks feed industry
Prices of soybeans, corn and wheat are down on the Chicago Board of Trade. All because of the emergence of a variant of an influenza virus H1N1 which is wrongful linked to pigs in Mexico. The snowball continued to grow and countries banned pork imports from ‘infected’ areas. Less pork means fewer
AllAboutFeed - Weblog: Wanted: young feed professionals!
Last week, I attended the AFIA Liquid Feed Symposium in Austin, TX. Amongst the trade shows that I attend on an annual basis, Liquid Feed is my favorite.
AllAboutFeed - Weblog: Change is coming...also in the feed industry
What a difference a few months make. Last October, it went relatively unnoticed that the US fat cattle market corrected about $20/cwt over the course of 30 days. While the beef finishing industry had been dealing with mediocre returns for most of 2008, no one expected to go from a tight break-even
AllAboutFeed - Weblog: Dealing with mycotoxins
If we look at the current animal product export figures it is evident that the South African industry is serious in continuing to explore these markets. To export feed or food derived from our feeds, demands compliance with control systems at all stages of production and in all sectors of the food
