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Organic feed influences gene expression in chickens

Organically fed chickens develop a different process of gene expression in their small intestines than that of chickens which get conventional feed. The organic chickens have higher expressed genes involved in the creation of cholesterol, but do not have raised cholesterol levels in their blood. This surprising conclusion was drawn by Wageningen animal researchers (The Netherlands) last month in the British Journal of Nutrition.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 07.01.2010. 20:20

Purchasing and Ingredient Suppliers Conference 2010 Announced

The American Feed Industry Association’s annual Purchasing and Ingredient Suppliers Conference will be held on March 10-12, 2010, at the Hilton Palacio Del Rio in San Antonio, Texas.

The conference program will be of interest to individuals with varying levels of experience in a range of feed industry sectors.Expect updates on the current and future states of animal agriculture. Top experts from government, as well as the feed, dairy, pork, poultry and grain industries will speak on legislative and regulatory issues. Information about carbon footprints, animal-rights activism and the commodity markets also will be presented.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 09.12.2009. 12:49

Cargill introduces the Pennent™ system to improve feed mill efficiency

MINNEAPOLIS - Cargill and Feed Management Systems™, Inc. (FMS) have teamed to introduce the Pennent™ system, a web-based, integrated software system designed to improve feed mill efficiency and lower costs.

The Pennent™ system combines Cargill's successful Model Mill, Maintenance Manager and Mill Audit global solutions with FMS' strong ability to develop and support commercial software to the animal feed industry. The system works by providing the ability to benchmark a mill's internal cost standard and setting a cost model based on that individual mill's specifications, which helps facilitate better decision making.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 10.11.2009. 22:33

Andritz CEO gloomy about sales goal 2010

Austrian machinery maker Andritz will reach its goal for annual revenue of € 4.5 billion in 2011 at the earliest according to Chief Executive Wolfgang Leitner.

Andritz’ main activities are in hydro power (30%) and pulp & paper (41%). The Feed & biofuel group takes about 4% of total business. In the feed business Andritz is known for the Sprout Matador pelleting and expansion equipment and Paladin pellet mills.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 21.10.2009. 23:31

New aquaculture standards drafted

The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has published drafts of new Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) standards for certification of aquaculture feed mills.

The two drafted documents - the standards/guidelines and the accompanying audit form - are available on the GAA website. The first outlines the standards and justifications for the requirements and how to most efficiently comply with the standards while the second describes how evaluators perform the review of feed mills for compliance with the BAP standards.

• Continue reading • Comments (0) 11.09.2009. 01:53