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Southeast Milk, Inc. Feed Mill Division Outsources Transportation Operations to Ryder

Southeast Milk, Inc. Feed Mill Division Outsources Transportation Operations to Ryder

Americas 11 Jan 2010

Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), a leader in transportation and supply chain management solutions, today announced it has been awarded a Dedicated Contract Carriage (DCC) contract with Southeast Milk, Inc., a cooperative and marketer of nearly…
Westfeeds acquires Cargill's billings feed plant

Westfeeds acquires Cargill's billings feed plant

Americas 06 Jan 2010

WestFeeds has reached an agreement with Cargill to purchase their Billings feed mill and property, with the sale expected to be finalized by the middle of February. "We are pleased by the opportunities that Cargill's Billings feed oper…
Kemin expands animal feed ingredients capabilities with acquisition of encapsulation technology

Kemin expands animal feed ingredients capabilities with acquisition of encapsulation technology

Americas 05 Jan 2010

Kemin Industries Inc. announced today that it has acquired a majority share of an Italian manufacturer of encapsulation technology and products sold via distribution by Soda Feed Ingredients. This acquisition expands Kemin’s already robus…
8 million dollar livestock feeding initiative announced for Alberta

8 million dollar livestock feeding initiative announced for Alberta

Americas 11 Dec 2009

Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA) has allocated 8 million dollars in a feed initiative to help develop improved feed for animals and find better ways to use that feed. They hope to make Alberta producers more profitable and the lives…
New Buhler Instructor of Milling at K-State Grain Science & Industry Department

New Buhler Instructor of Milling at K-State Grain Science & Industry Department

Americas 09 Dec 2009

Kansas State University’s Department of Grain Science and Industry has named Chris Miller as its new Buhler Instructor of Milling Science & Management after completing a national search. Miller, who initially joined the K-State facult…
Fredericton firm helps fund aquaculture training tool

Fredericton firm helps fund aquaculture training tool

Americas 09 Dec 2009

A Fredericton-based feed mill is providing an initial $1,000 for a new online training tool being developed for the aquaculture training program at the St. Andrews campus of the New Brunswick Community College. Corey Feed Mills in Frederict…
U.S. lifts restrictions against Cargill Canada plant

U.S. lifts restrictions against Cargill Canada plant

Americas 08 Dec 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted import restrictions on Cargill Inc's giant canola crushing plant in Western Canada after it had repeatedly found salmonella in its shipments during the past year. The news lifted ICE Ca…
Petition filed for the banning of arsenic in feeds

Petition filed for the banning of arsenic in feeds

Americas 08 Dec 2009

WASHINGTON - Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling for the immediate withdrawal of approvals for all animal dru…
Southern States feed mill in Cleveland, N.C. is feed mill of the year

Southern States feed mill in Cleveland, N.C. is feed mill of the year

Americas 07 Dec 2009

A Southern States feed mill in Cleveland, N.C., is the 2009 Feed Mill of the Year, according to the American Feed Industry Association and Feedstuffs, the sponsors of the annual contest. The runner-up is a Cargill Turkey Production mill in …
Endres Processing LLC cited safety violations

Endres Processing LLC cited safety violations

Americas 07 Dec 2009

OSHA has cited Endres Processing LLC, headquartered in Rosemount, Minn., and its subsidiary, Endres Processing Ohio LLC, with safety and health violations that include exposing workers to combustible dust hazards. The firm manufactures an a…
Animal feed producer to open next year

Animal feed producer to open next year

Americas 03 Dec 2009

NORTH BALTIMORE - Bakery Feeds, which recycles grain-based scrap into cattle and chicken feed, is constructing a 27,500-square-foot building about a mile and a half east of North Baltimore and just east of Interstate 75. The recycling build…
FDA Proposes New Requirements for Animal Food Labels

FDA Proposes New Requirements for Animal Food Labels

Americas 29 Nov 2009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a rule that would require manufacturers to list the common or usual names of FDA-certified color additives on animal food labels. The agency is accepting public comment on the proposa…
Blockade in place at Big Sky Farms feed mill

Blockade in place at Big Sky Farms feed mill

Americas 24 Nov 2009

Dozens of Saskatchewan farmers on Tuesday have blocked the entrance to the Rama Feed Mill owned by Big Sky Farms Inc. More than 50 producers who say they’re owed money by Big Sky Farms Inc. successfully blockaded the feed mill at the comp…
Feed mill aims to bring local flavor to Isle farms

Feed mill aims to bring local flavor to Isle farms

Americas 09 Nov 2009

A local research institution has taken a big step toward a goal of producing feed made with local materials for Hawaii farms raising fish, shrimp, chickens, milk cows and cattle. The Oceanic Institute at Makapuu recently began operating a s…
John A. VanDenBosch feed mill grows despite recession

John A. VanDenBosch feed mill grows despite recession

Americas 05 Nov 2009

While other companies struggle during the recession, the John A. VanDenBosch Co. in Holland continues to grow with new equipment, climbing sales and plans to hire at least one new employee this year. "It's been phenomenal," Dave V…
Cactus animal feed seen as major growth area

Cactus animal feed seen as major growth area

Americas 04 Nov 2009

Organic animal feed extracted from cactus is emerging as a major growth industry, with China pushing forward into the market as a producer of a patented hog feed extracted from the plant. Cactus is indigenous mostly to the Americas, but var…
Ridley sees net income slide in first quarter

Ridley sees net income slide in first quarter

Americas 03 Nov 2009

Reduced market demand for animal feed due to poor economic conditions caused Ridley Inc’s (TSX:RCL) profits to drop below year-ago levels in the first quarter of its 2010 financial year. The feed producer, which keeps its books in U.S. do…
Art's Way Manufacturing Announces Cash Dividend

Art's Way Manufacturing Announces Cash Dividend

Americas 02 Nov 2009

Art's Way Manufacturing Co., Inc., (Nasdaq: ARTW) a leading manufacturer and distributor of agricultural machinery, equipment and services announces the Board of Directors of the corporation approved a cash dividend on the Company's common …
Nutreco eyes deals as Europe feed unit recovers

Nutreco eyes deals as Europe feed unit recovers

Americas 29 Oct 2009

Nutreco set the stage for acquisitions, and expansion into new countries, as it forecast a rebound in its fortunes fostered by return to profit in it European animal feed division. The group, which is digesting the purchase of two Iberian f…
Feed firm buys river storage terminal

Feed firm buys river storage terminal

Americas 27 Oct 2009

Westway Group Inc., a manufacturer of liquid animal feed supplements and bulk storage, has acquired the storage tanks, contractual relationships and property of Southside River-Rail Terminal Inc., a 45-tank liquid storage facility on Souths…

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