Login | Sign Up

Feed Industry News — Americas

Latest news from the global feed milling industry

All Regions
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
World
Uncategorised
U.S. Soybean Producers Eye Indian Market

U.S. Soybean Producers Eye Indian Market

Americas 13 Dec 2006

FARM FUTURES 13/12/2006 Four countries accounting for over 90% of the world's soybean output are cooperating to build soybean demand abroad, starting with India. The U.S., Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay sent industry representatives to…
Low Feed Costs May Boost Grain-fed Brazilian Beef Exports

Low Feed Costs May Boost Grain-fed Brazilian Beef Exports

Americas 12 Dec 2006

By Pete Hisey CATTLE NETWORK 12/12/2006 While corn and soybean prices soar on the global market, costs have remained low and supplies high in Brazil, where the country is establishing new feedlots to feed an international demand for fattier…
Corn prices grow on ethanol, feed demand

Corn prices grow on ethanol, feed demand

Americas 11 Dec 2006

AP 11/12/2006 Farmers are getting the best price for corn in more than a decade amid strong demand for ethanol and feed, the Agriculture Department reported Monday. Average corn prices for the year were forecast at $2.90 per bushel to $3.30…
U.S. Grains Council working to open Asian markets for ethanol byproduct

U.S. Grains Council working to open Asian markets for ethanol byproduct

Americas 10 Dec 2006

AP 10/12/2006 SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota: The rapid expansion of the ethanol industry is helping to boost Asian imports of distillers grain, a byproduct of the alternative fuel used as high-protein livestock feed. The U.S. Grains Council is …
Plumped to Perfection With Natural Feather Proteins

Plumped to Perfection With Natural Feather Proteins

Americas 07 Dec 2006

07/12/2006 NORTH CAROLINA BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER Much has been written and said about birds of a feather, but soon those plump, juicy holiday birds could be exactly that -- birds partially fattened on feathers.An emerging agricultural biotech…
Cattle ate traces of animal remains

Cattle ate traces of animal remains

Americas 05 Dec 2006

OTTAWA CITIZEN 05/12/2006 The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday that 10,000 cattle in Ontario and Quebec have consumed feed containing traces of animal byproducts, but the risk of exposing humans to mad cow disease is negligible. …
Soybean trade mission to India scheduled Dec. 8-17

Soybean trade mission to India scheduled Dec. 8-17

Americas 05 Dec 2006

By Issa Yussuf THE GUARDIAN 05/12/2006 Developing new markets for soybeans and soy products around the world is good for U.S. and South American farmers alike, and India holds enormous potential as a new market for soybean exports. For more…
Former Alpharma and Purina Mills senior executives join MariCal board

Former Alpharma and Purina Mills senior executives join MariCal board

Americas 05 Dec 2006

05/12/2006 Past chief executive officers of Alpharma's Animal Health Division and Purina Mills have joined the board of directors of the privately-held aquatic life science biotechnology company, MariCal. MariCal is expanding its intell…
Canada Government Says Feed Investigation Finds Negligible Risk

Canada Government Says Feed Investigation Finds Negligible Risk

Americas 01 Dec 2006

By Dwayne Klassen DOW JONES 01/12/2006 WINNIPEG - Potentially contaminated feed recently distributed to farms in Ontario and Quebec posed, at most, a negligible risk to animal health, according to a risk assessment completed by veterinary e…
High Feed Costs Could Result in Lower Feeder Cattle PricesHigh Feed Costs Could Result in Lower Feed

High Feed Costs Could Result in Lower Feeder Cattle PricesHigh Feed Costs Could Result in Lower Feed

Americas 01 Dec 2006

01/12/2006 A director with the Ontario Cattlemen's Association - representing the Ontario Cattle Feeders - says higher feed costs will likely result in less money going to cow-calf producers. Dale Pallister - who has a feedlot in Grey C…
Maple Leaf Foods hires financial adviser to assist sale of animal-feed business

Maple Leaf Foods hires financial adviser to assist sale of animal-feed business

Americas 01 Dec 2006

CANADIAN PRESS 01/12/2006 TORONTO - Maple Leaf Foods has hired RBC Capital Markets as a financial adviser to assist in the planned sale of its animal-feed and related businesses next year. The company had said in mid-October that it planned…
Season's best hay already bought up

Season's best hay already bought up

Americas 01 Dec 2006

By Tam Moore CAPITAL PRESS 01/12/2006 When the U.S. Department of Agriculture's semi-annual report on hay stocks comes out in a couple of weeks, the findings will be no surprise to Western farmers or the dairymen and livestock owners th…
Maple Leaf Foods eyes sale of feed mill chain

Maple Leaf Foods eyes sale of feed mill chain

Americas 30 Nov 2006

REUTERS 30/11/2006 WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Maple Leaf Foods Inc. said on Thursday it will start to sell its livestock feed unit in January, part of its move to restructure the meat processing side of its business. The feed unit has about C$650…
Government Initiatives to Improve Animals' Health to Drive the Animal Feed Additive Industry

Government Initiatives to Improve Animals' Health to Drive the Animal Feed Additive Industry

Americas 27 Nov 2006

27/11/2006 PALO ALTO, Calif. - Increasing interest of the government in the health conditions of animals due to the outbreak of bird flu and foot-and-mouth disease has boosted demand for high-quality ingredients in animal feed. This demand …
U.S. corn harvest inches toward completion

U.S. corn harvest inches toward completion

Americas 27 Nov 2006

By John Perkins BROWNFIELD AG NEWS 27/11/2006 The United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service reports that for the week ending November 26, 2006, 97% of the 2006/07 U.S. corn crop has been harveste…
Nutritional Value of Wheat Boosted

Nutritional Value of Wheat Boosted

Americas 25 Nov 2006

LA TIMES 25/11/2006 A team of scientists has found a way to boost the protein, zinc and iron content in wheat, an achievement that could help bring more nutritious food to many millions of people worldwide. Led by UC Davis researcher Jorge …
Argentina mulls next step as corn prices soar

Argentina mulls next step as corn prices soar

Americas 23 Nov 2006

By Helen Popper REUTERS 23/11/2006 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina, which suspended corn export permits last week, is considering further steps aimed at shielding local buyers from high global prices, government and industry sources sai…
Indiana-Vietnam Ag Connections Grow

Indiana-Vietnam Ag Connections Grow

Americas 22 Nov 2006

By Gary Truitt HOSSIER AG 22/11/2006 IN Lt. Governor Becky Skillman met recently with a Vietnamese businesswoman and two government officials. The meeting is the result of October's Food and Agricultural Trade Mission to Vietnam and Tai…
Cargill recalls contaminated Canadian cattle feed

Cargill recalls contaminated Canadian cattle feed

Americas 18 Nov 2006

REUTERS 18/11/2006 WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Cargill Ltd. has recalled feed from about 100 Canadian farms because it may contain trace amounts of an ingredient banned to prevent the spread of mad cow disease, the company said on Saturday. Canadi…
Argentina suspends corn exports

Argentina suspends corn exports

Americas 18 Nov 2006

18/11/2006 Argentina, the world's second-biggest corn exporter has suspended "for an undetermined period" new corn export orders beginning November 20 in the latest effort by the government to rein in inflation. The halt on new requests…

Popular

Categories

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania World Uncategorised