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Masterfeeds to purchase Land O'Lakes Canada's Ontario Feed Business

Masterfeeds to purchase Land O'Lakes Canada's Ontario Feed Business

Americas 21 May 2008

Masterfeeds Inc., Land O'Lakes Canada, Ltd. (LOLC), and GROWMARK, Inc. today announced an agreement in which Masterfeeds will purchase the LOLC Ontario feed business. Masterfeeds Inc. is wholly owned by Ag Processing Inc and LOLC is owned b…
Cargill, Feed Management Systems announce alliance

Cargill, Feed Management Systems announce alliance

Americas 08 May 2008

Cargill and Feed Management Systems (FMS) have formed an alliance to market and recommend the technologies of both businesses. With this agreement, FMS and the Consulting Services group, part of Cargill Animal Nutrition will actively collab…
Feed company Ridley Inc. on the selling block

Feed company Ridley Inc. on the selling block

Americas 07 May 2008

ANIMAL feed manufacturer Ridley Inc. has been put up for sale by its majority shareholder. Australian-based Ridley Corporation Limited informed Ridley Inc.’s board of directors that it wants to sell its 69-per-cent controlling interest in…
Feed costs cut hog herd 12%

Feed costs cut hog herd 12%

Americas 25 Apr 2008

Canada's hog inventory fell almost 12 per cent from a year earlier as rising feed costs and low slaughter prices squeezed profit and forced farmers out of business, Statistics Canada said. The nation's hog herd as of April 1 totalled 13 mil…
New feeding system allows ranch to determine herd feed efficiency

New feeding system allows ranch to determine herd feed efficiency

Americas 14 Mar 2008

14/03/2008 Since feed costs make up the biggest portion of a livestock operation, most, if not all, producers keep an eye on consumption and waste. However, most all operations do not know their herd feed efficiency. That's why Highmore, S.…
Ag Department Open Federal Lands To Grazing To Counter High Feed Costs

Ag Department Open Federal Lands To Grazing To Counter High Feed Costs

Americas 28 Jan 2008

Public lands that belong to the federal Conservation Reserve Program are being opened to livestock grazing to help farmers cope with the rising cost of feed. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said in a statement that, "This action will …
Feed maker I.L. Richer being sold to New Hampshire company

Feed maker I.L. Richer being sold to New Hampshire company

Americas 24 Jan 2008

Written by R. J. Kelly DAILY GAZETTE 24/01/2008 The familiar I.L. Richer Co. trucks hauling feed to dairy farmers throughout the region could soon display a new name, if a deal by New Hampshire-based Blue Seal Feeds to buy all three of Rich…
Cattle prices sink on expensive feed costs

Cattle prices sink on expensive feed costs

Americas 16 Jan 2008

Written by John Detrixhe MEDILL 16/01/2008 Cattle futures continued to sink Wednesday, and brokers expect the decline to continue, at least for the near term. February live cattle futures skidded .80 cents per pound, closing Wednesday at 90…
Arkat Nutrition bounces back

Arkat Nutrition bounces back

Americas 13 Jan 2008

Written by Nancy Cole NWANews 13/01/2008 Just four months after a devastating February tornado caused $ 19 million in damage to Arkat Nutrition Inc. ’s plant, the southeast Arkansas animal feed manufacturer was back in operation. “It wa…
Catfish farmers can apply for feed loss assistance

Catfish farmers can apply for feed loss assistance

Americas 01 Jan 2008

27/12/2007 Mid-South and Southeast catfish farmers can apply for $11 million in assistance for catfish feed losses due to declared federal disasters that occurred between January 2005 and February 2007. The funding, which will be distribute…
Novus International opens plant in Brazil

Novus International opens plant in Brazil

Americas 01 Jan 2008

PIG PROGRESS 27/12/2007 Animal health and nutrition company Novus International has inaugurated its first animal feed input plant in Brazil. The plant, located in Indaiatuba, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, is the company's eighth plant…
AFIA Addresses Import Safety

AFIA Addresses Import Safety

Americas 13 Dec 2007

By Rex A. Runyon AFIA 13/12/2007 AFIA continued its prominent leadership position on ingredient import safety during a "National Dialog" workshop in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 28-29, 2007. The Association-sponsored event followed AFIA's …
Study: Cattle fed distiller's grain prone to E. coli

Study: Cattle fed distiller's grain prone to E. coli

Americas 06 Dec 2007

AP 06/12/2007 Researchers at Kansas State University have found that cattle fed a byproduct of ethanol production are twice as likely to carry a potentially deadly strain of E. coli bacteria. The research will certainly be of interest in Ne…
Agribusiness industry has 'greater potential'

Agribusiness industry has 'greater potential'

Americas 06 Dec 2007

By Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor THE WICHITA EAGLE 06/12/2007 When you check the employment numbers for agribusiness in Sedgwick County or south-central Kansas, it looks like a small industry. But those numbers are misleading, said Janet Harrah…
Nebraska cattle producers enjoy lower feed costs

Nebraska cattle producers enjoy lower feed costs

Americas 11 Nov 2007

12/11/2007 Leading horse feed manufacturers have been invited to sign up to a new series of guidelines aimed at reducing the risk of feed-related dope-test failures. Led by the British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA), the move will enab…
Biofuel industry pushing up feed prices

Biofuel industry pushing up feed prices

Americas 10 Nov 2007

10/11/2007 The push in the United States toward biofuels is forcing up the price of horse feed. Farmers who once grew grain and hay are turning in increasing numbers to biofuel crops because returns are in many cases better. This is forcing…
Provimi to sell most fish feed ops to Biomar

Provimi to sell most fish feed ops to Biomar

Americas 08 Nov 2007

08/11/2007 Animal nutrition maker Provimi said it has agreed to sell the majority of its fish feed activities to Biomar. The value of the deal was not disclosed. The agreement concerns Provimi's fish feed activities in Chile, Denmark and Sp…
Argentina Raises Taxes on Exports of Soybeans, Corn

Argentina Raises Taxes on Exports of Soybeans, Corn

Americas 07 Nov 2007

By Matthew Craze and Eliana Raszewski BLOOMBERG 07/11/2007 Argentina said it increased taxes on exports of soybeans, corn and wheat to boost government revenue from surging crop prices and limit domestic food inflation. Taxes on soybeans, t…
NC State opens new feed mill facility

NC State opens new feed mill facility

Americas 01 Nov 2007

By Clayton Gill FEEDSTUFFS 01/11/2007 Dr. Johnny Wynne, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University, opened the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the university's new Feed Mill Educational Unit Wednesda…
Pork checkoff working on feed costs, other issues

Pork checkoff working on feed costs, other issues

Americas 23 Oct 2007

By Peter Shinn BROWNFIELD30/10/2007 Feed costs remain a worry to the nation's pork producers, even with this year's expected record-large 13.3 billion bushel corn crop. So says National Pork Board President Lynn Harrison, who finishes 10,00…

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