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Affinity Petcare enters Brazilian feed market

Affinity Petcare enters Brazilian feed market

Americas BR BR 08 May 2013

Affinity Petcare, part of the Agrolimen group, a Spanish manufacturer of dog and cat food is creating a joint venture with Brazil's Mogiana Alimentos SA. Affinity Petcare has announced its entry into the Brazilian market through the creatio…
ISA recieves USDA grant for soybased fish feed study

ISA recieves USDA grant for soybased fish feed study

Americas US US 08 May 2013

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to provide a grant to the Indiana Soybean Allaince, with funds to be used to complete a feed mill and fish food study. The study will assess the feasibility of a feed mill turning soybeans into f…
R$ 10 million allocated for shrimp farming in Piauí

R$ 10 million allocated for shrimp farming in Piauí

Americas BR BR 26 Apr 2013

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Marcelo Crivelli, met earlier this week with Governor of Piauí, Wilson Nunes Martins, to declare the allocation of R$ 10 million (USD$5 million) to be invested in shrimp farming projects in the st…
Brazil's MPA announce aquaculture programs

Brazil's MPA announce aquaculture programs

Americas BR BR 25 Apr 2013

Brazil's Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Marcelo Crivella last week announced at a ceremony, infrastructure projects aimed at strengthening Brazil's aquaculture industry. The Aquaculture Programs of Acre were chosen as a model t…
De Heus acquires Romagnoli, expands South American operations

De Heus acquires Romagnoli, expands South American operations

Americas BR BR 15 Apr 2013

De Heus has further expanded their operations in South America with the signing of an agreement for the purchase of Brazilian company Romagnol Ltda. Established in 2002, Romagnoli's main business is manufacturing and supplying feed and conc…
Seara plan to double poultry production, expanding feed mill

Seara plan to double poultry production, expanding feed mill

Americas BR BR 11 Apr 2013

Brazilan company Seara Foods, one of the world's largest producers and exporters of poultry meat, set out its plans to increase production from 140 thousand to 300 thousand chickens/day. The plans were explained to agriculture Secretary Edu…
New cattle feed plant to aid famers during dry season

New cattle feed plant to aid famers during dry season

Americas MX MX 11 Apr 2013

A new cattle feed plant has been inaugurated in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The Unión Ganadera Regional del Oriente del Estado (UGROY) feed mill located in Tizimin, Yucatan was constructed at a cost of 15 million peso (USD$1.25 million)…
Seaside industrial park receives federal grant

Seaside industrial park receives federal grant

Americas CA CA 10 Apr 2013

A seaside industrial park in Shelburne, Nova Scotia has received a $500,000 federal grant, to help it prepare the site for commercial occupancy. Integrated aquaculture company, Cooke Aquaculture Inc. has stated its plans to move a fish proc…
Demolition begins on FAC's No2 grain elevator

Demolition begins on FAC's No2 grain elevator

Americas US US 10 Apr 2013

FAC Cooperative on Monday started the demolition of its No. 2 elevator at its main processing site in Arcadia, Iowa. FAC's No. 2 grain elevator which stands 140 ft (43m) high, is being removed along with 3 adjoining storage tanks. The eleva…
Importance placed on upgrade of feed mills in Camagüey, Cuba

Importance placed on upgrade of feed mills in Camagüey, Cuba

Americas CU CU 30 Mar 2013

Several feed mill in Camagüey, Central Cuba, have been earmarked for upgrades and refurbishments. The feed mill upgrades are of great importance to the region, with a lack of pastures and foraging crops after prolonged droughts, and are ne…
Mid-West trade mission to Columbia seeks feed companies

Mid-West trade mission to Columbia seeks feed companies

Americas US US 29 Mar 2013

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is inviting agricultural companies to register for a focused trade mission to Colombia. The trade mission will take place from July 11-15, with applications clos…
Construction of Hull Coop's new feed mill on schedule

Construction of Hull Coop's new feed mill on schedule

Americas US US 27 Mar 2013

The swine feed mill under construction in Hull, Iowa is on schedule, with much of the outer structure of the main building and bins finished. The feed mill, belonging to Hull coop and being constructed at a cost of USD$4 million, is on targ…
Bow feed mill relocates bagged feed production line

Bow feed mill relocates bagged feed production line

Americas US US 19 Mar 2013

More than half the employees of Blue Seal's feed mill in Bow, were laid of from work today, as the operators plan to move it's bagged feed production line to Vermont. The feed plant located in Bow on Route 3A, is set to discontinue in the m…
Cobb-Vantress forced to cancel Glasgow feed mill plans

Cobb-Vantress forced to cancel Glasgow feed mill plans

Americas US US 04 Mar 2013

Cobb-Vantress, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods, will most likely be forced to cancel plans to build a feed mill in Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky, due to structural height issues and its close proximity to Glasgow Municipal Airport. The compa…
New feed mill plans announced by Sanderson Farms

New feed mill plans announced by Sanderson Farms

Americas US US 04 Mar 2013

Sanderson Farms, the fourth largest chicken producer in the United States, recently annouced it's intentions to construct a new poultry complex, including a new feed mill. The new facilities will be located in the city of Palestine and Ande…
AFIA plan 2013 FAMI-QS workshop

AFIA plan 2013 FAMI-QS workshop

Americas US US 01 Mar 2013

The AFIA (American Feed Industry Association) will hold a 'FAMI-QS Awareness in Feed Safety Program: Solutions for the Specialty Feed and Mixture Industry' workshop on April 17-18th in Des Moines, Iowa. The workshop will provide useful info…
AFIA opens applications for feed mill of the year

AFIA opens applications for feed mill of the year

Americas US US 26 Feb 2013

The American Feed Industry Association and Feedstuffs jointly announced applications are now being accepted for the 2013 Feed Mill of the Year award. The program, which names a winner and a runner-up, recognises overall excellence in feed m…
Cargill completes asset purchase agreement of Pennfield Corporation

Cargill completes asset purchase agreement of Pennfield Corporation

Americas US US 17 Jan 2013

Cargill today announced it has secured the winning bid to complete the acquisition of two animal feed mills from Lancaster, Pa.-based Pennfield Corporation for $9.8 million in a bankruptcy proceeding. The acquisition will be finalized Jan. …
Co-op Atlantic opens new feed mill in Moncton

Co-op Atlantic opens new feed mill in Moncton

Americas CA CA 18 Nov 2012

Co-op Atlantic formally opened up it's new feed production plant today in Moncton, Canada. Construction of the new feed mill took 18 months, costing approximately $8 million USD in total. The new facility is expected to result in a substant…
AU $7.1 million Poultry and Animal Nutrition Center offically opens

AU $7.1 million Poultry and Animal Nutrition Center offically opens

Americas US US 05 Nov 2012

Auburn University last week formally opened it's newly built $7.1 million Poultry and Animal Nutrition Center. The Alabama Poultry and Agriculture Association Feed Mill and Nutrition building, is a modern academic and research feed producti…

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