
Suguna Poultry, one of the largest poultry firm in the country, on Sunday opened India's largest feed mill in Ekrajapura Village, Sulibele Hobli, Hoskote, Bangalore, with an investment of Rs 55 crore.
With a capacity of 80 Tonnes Per Hour (TPH) and expandable up to 140 TPH, the mill will benefit around 2000 farmers and provide direct employment for over 800 people, including indirect employment to about 2000 people.
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Indonesian feed millers expect their output to rise by about 7-8 percent this year due to increased demand from the poultry and aquaculture sectors, industry officials said.
Mills are expected to use around 60 percent of their capacity this year compared with about 50 percent now and 40 percent in previous years, said Thomas Bauer, head of Asia food and agribusiness research at Rabobank.
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Phillipines - Poultry, cattle and hog raisers in the Visayas and Mindanao are assured of a stable feed supply with the presence of a P400-million feed mill in Iligan City.
Fil-Am Foods vice president Hendel Cabral said Cebu province, which accounts for 15 percent of the Vis-Min market, will benefit most from the feed mill owned by Pilmico Foods Corp. (PFC).
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South Korea's decision to invest $1.67 billion US in its agricultural land to reduce its dependence on imported feed is a threat to producers around the globe, says a professor at the University of Guelph, Ont.
"If every country follows this route, then all countries are made worse off," said Maury Bredahl, director of the university's food, agricultural and resource economics department.
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