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Investment at Carmarthen Feed Mill to Reduce Energy Consumption and Increase Productivity

Investment at Carmarthen Feed Mill to Reduce Energy Consumption and Increase Productivity

Europe 18 Oct 2010

A £250,000 investment project is currently underway at Wynnstay's animal feed mill in Carmarthen to reduce energy consumption at the site and increase overall output capacity. The Wynnstay feed mill at Carmarthen is the region's leading su…
New £18m animal feed mill in Co Tyrone.

New £18m animal feed mill in Co Tyrone.

Europe 06 Oct 2010

Farming co-operative Fane Valley has opened an £18m animal feed mill in Co Tyrone. The mill at Bankmore Industrial Estate outside Omagh was opened by Fane Valley chairman William McConnell, who said it was the result of a six-year developm…
Kiotech Boss Ready To Hit The Acquisition Trail A Year On From Optivite Deal

Kiotech Boss Ready To Hit The Acquisition Trail A Year On From Optivite Deal

Europe 04 Oct 2010

Kiotech boss Richard Edwards doesn't lack ambition. Just a year on from the £3.4 million acquisition of animal feed additives business Optivite, and Edwards is scouting for his next big deal. The integration has gone to plan, the cost savi…
EU moots relaxation of pig, poultry BSE feed rules

EU moots relaxation of pig, poultry BSE feed rules

Europe 16 Jul 2010

The European Union could lift a ban on the use of animal protein in pig and poultry feed -- imposed in 2001 as part of efforts to fight mad cow disease -- under plans published by the bloc's executive on Friday. The idea is one of several m…
European guide for safe feed manufacturing released

European guide for safe feed manufacturing released

Europe 14 Jul 2010

The European Guide to good practice for the industrial manufacturing of safe feed materials was endorsed by the European Commission and the EU Member States on the 1st July 2010. Following the adoption of the 2005 EU Feed Hygiene Regulation…
First GLOBALG.A.P Feed Certificate goes to Havsbrún Feed Mill

First GLOBALG.A.P Feed Certificate goes to Havsbrún Feed Mill

Europe 09 Jul 2010

Cologne, Germany -- Food Certification International certifies feed producer Havsbrún in accordance with the new GLOBALG.A.P Standard for Compound Feed Manufacturers. The launch of version 2.0 of its Compound Feed Manufacturing Standard is…
Netherlands: call for ban therapeutic antibiotics in animal feed

Netherlands: call for ban therapeutic antibiotics in animal feed

Europe 28 Jun 2010

The Dutch organisation for the animal feed industry (Nevedi) would like to stop the use of therapeutic antibiotics in feed as soon as possible, in cooperation with livestock producers and veterinarians. This way, Nevedi hopes to contribute …
UK animal feed industry to ‘benefit’ from new guidelines

UK animal feed industry to ‘benefit’ from new guidelines

Europe 18 Jun 2010

UK - The animal feed industry is likely to welcome the new simplified system used to recording stocks. The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has changed previous guidelines which required farmers to record where the animal feed was bought and …
Skretting launch new smolt transfer feed in Norway

Skretting launch new smolt transfer feed in Norway

Europe 01 Apr 2010

Norway - Leading aquaculture feed manufacturer, Skretting have recently launched a new transfer concept which will help improve profitability for Norwegian salmon farmers. The new transfer concept, which includes the new diets Nutra Supreme…
Excessive dioxins found in European feeds

Excessive dioxins found in European feeds

Europe 31 Mar 2010

Illegal levels of cancer-causing dioxins showed up in 8 percent of food and feed samples taken in Europe between 1999 and 2008, a report from Europe's food safety agency said on Wednesday. Animal and fish liver products had the highest diox…
Feed Prices pushed higher by rejected GM feeds

Feed Prices pushed higher by rejected GM feeds

Europe 26 Mar 2010

Scotland - The increasing problems associated with boatloads of rejected animal feed on account of contamination by GM organisms saw NFU Scotland yesterday write to the new EU health and consumer commissioner, John Dalli. The union has used…
Dioxin crisis report urges reforms for animal feed safety

Dioxin crisis report urges reforms for animal feed safety

Europe 19 Jan 2010

Ireland - The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) should be given the job of monitoring the safety of animal feed, according to an inter-agency review, chaired by Dr Patrick Wall, of the dioxin crisis of 2008. The report, which took int…
Final commissioning of bioplant/feed plant stalled by weather

Final commissioning of bioplant/feed plant stalled by weather

Europe 12 Jan 2010

The spell of severe weather is not only affecting farmers and their livestock: yesterday the man behind what will be the biggest biofuel plant in western Europe expressed his frustration at the weather. Alywn Hughes, the chief executive of …
Legal actions over animal feed dioxins deferred

Legal actions over animal feed dioxins deferred

Europe 12 Jan 2010

Ireland - A number of legal actions against a Co Wexford company over allegedly supplying animal feed containing harmful dioxins have been deferred by the Commercial Court until July to allow the putting in place of a scheme of arrangement …
EU: Better value corn-based poultry diets

EU: Better value corn-based poultry diets

Europe 05 Jan 2010

The EU Commission has granted Danisco Animal Nutrition authorisation for the use of its more heat stable and more concentrated xylanase, amylase and protease enzyme combination (Avizyme® 1505) for corn-based broiler, turkey and duck feed. …
De Heus was granted permission to continue production

De Heus was granted permission to continue production

Europe 05 Dec 2009

Dutch Feed miller De Heus was granted permission to continue production at its Ravenstein location after regional government had halted production in a previous statement.The regional government of the North Brabant Province in the Netherla…
Commission authorises GM maize for Feed imports

Commission authorises GM maize for Feed imports

Europe 30 Nov 2009

The European Commission on Monday approved Swiss company Syngenta's (SYNN.VX) genetically modified (GMO) maize type MIR604, a move that could enable the resumption of imports of soymeal and soybeans for animal feed. Imports of soybean and s…
Van Aarsen complete transfer and storage terminal for Bracofeed

Van Aarsen complete transfer and storage terminal for Bracofeed

Europe 30 Nov 2009

At the inland port of Oss, Van Aarsen has built a ship unloading and storage terminal for the Dutch feed cooperative Boerenbond Deurne. On 21st November 2009 the Deputy Mayor of Oss, Mr. Iding, officially opened this new facility by releasi…
Investment to innovate low-carbon technologies in feed production

Investment to innovate low-carbon technologies in feed production

Europe 23 Nov 2009

Following a pilot scheme targeting the aggregates industry, among others, a clean tech programme is now being rolled out to bring innovative low-carbon technologies and energy-saving measures to other sectors of UK industry. When we fill up…
PAVA animal feed garners praise from regional farm businesses

PAVA animal feed garners praise from regional farm businesses

Europe 23 Nov 2009

Altay grain processor supplies animal feed to farms of the Ural region, receives positive feedback on efficiency growth Several months ago, Altay grain processor PAVA started to ship bulk flour and cattle feed to farms of the Ural region. A…

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