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Cargill strikes deal for Northstar Grain assets
A deal has been reached between Cargill and Northstar Grain for the purchase of Northstar’s assets in Michigan. The assets include 4.5million bushels of storage space for corn, soybeans and wheat, and a crop inputs business. Howevere the details of the deal have not been disclosed Cargill plans an ...
Efficient feed absorption is the future
The conclusion of the recent InnoVision conference was that increasing the efficiency with which farm animals utilise the nutrients they absorb from their feed will be the next important step in increasing farm productivity. Current research is revealing that there is often potential to double the e...
Report: EU’s feed chain - stats & sustainability
Fefac (the European Feed Manufacturers' Federation) have presented ‘The Feed Chain in Action’ report, which consists of the 2012’s statistics and most relevant topics concerning the European compound feed and premixture industry and its contribution towards a sustainable future. Fefac’s immediate pa...
Canada: Strategy to prevent the spread of PED
As the cause of the PED outbreak detected in mid-May in the Midwest US remains a mystery, the Canadian industry is taking proactive steps to help prevent its spread to Canada. The Canadian Swine Health Board (CSHB) reports that its national strategy for dealing with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) c...
Nutraferma launches peptide protein for pig feed efficiency
Nutraferma, innovator of biotech solutions, has launched UltraPro+, a new balanced peptide protein that improves average daily gain and feed efficiency in piglets. UltraPro+ is rich in balanced peptides from animal proteins and fermented soy, it contains beneficial direct-fed microbials and metaboli...
New heights for EU pig welfare campaign
A new pig campaign demanding EU countries adopt pig welfare laws has received more than 100,000 signatures. Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) launched Pig Project to raise awareness of "appalling conditions" on many EU pig farms and "flagrant disregard of legislation". CIWF has recently released ...
United Nations calls for global action on drought
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a collective global response to drought and a shift from crisis management to drought preparedness and resilience. He said the price for preparedness is minimal compared to the cost of disaster relief. Secretary-General Ban said droughts ca...
Huvepharma acquires OptiPhos
Huvepharma and Enzyvia LLC announced that Huvepharma has acquired the global rights for the full OptiPhos brand, product and registrations from Enzyvia LLC. OptiPhos is an E. coli 6-phytase, first marketed in 2006 in the United States and now sold in 47 countries around the world. Its is an efficie...
Italy’s Occhiodoro Hatchery invests with Pas Reform
Italy’s Occhiodoro Hatchery is further consolidating its position as a supplier of premium eggs, layers and high quality day old chicks, with a renewed investment in Smart hatchery technologies from Pas Reform. Established by founder Guiseppe Occhiodoro in the ‘60’s, the family owned and run busi...
British egg week revives classic egg slogan
It’s one of the most famous advertising slogans of all time, and now the classic ‘Go to work on an egg’ campaign is being given a modern-day makeover for British Egg Week to held 30 September - 6 October. "Go to work on an egg" was the slogan for a series of TV adverts in the 1950s and 1960s that fe...
