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Feed Living Design Lab

Feed Living Design Lab

Europe 11 Nov 2009

Last year Dinnissen Process Technology, Vitelia Feeders, Imtech Food & Feed and college HAS Den Bosch initiative to examine the development of a Feed Living Design Lab (FDL) was feasible. Purpose of the Living Lab is a self-supporting f…
Roquette to test fermented MetEx chicken feed

Roquette to test fermented MetEx chicken feed

Europe 04 Nov 2009

French starch and animal feed maker Roquette will soon be testing chicken feed that contains a fermentation-based ingredient that could do away with a chemical production process that uses a derivative of crude oil. Under an exclusive licen…
Applying science to chicken feed

Applying science to chicken feed

Europe 02 Nov 2009

Northern Ireland scientists have developed a new type of "high energy" chicken feed which uses the principal by-product of biodiesel production. Biodiesel is diesel fuel made using vegetable oil or animal fat. Its main by-product …
'Feed crisis looming without faster GM approvals'

'Feed crisis looming without faster GM approvals'

Europe 29 Oct 2009

An animal feed crisis is looming with the continued inability of EU ministers to either approve or reject genetically modified traits for import into Europe, agrochemical company Monsanto has warned. "The EU situation is 'chaos as norm…
Brussels shake-up denies feed squeeze a solution

Brussels shake-up denies feed squeeze a solution

Europe 28 Oct 2009

A change of the guard at Brussels is limiting headway in releasing the potentially "explosive" threat to Europe's feed supplies prompted by tough curbs on genetically modified foods. The installation of a new European Commission l…
Environmental licence feed mill De Heus not approved

Environmental licence feed mill De Heus not approved

Europe 18 Sep 2009

The Council of State on September 16 annulled a new environmental permit that the province Northern-Brabant had granted for the operation of the Ravenstein feed mill of De Heus in the Netherlands. The licence was granted in 2007, but in exa…
Cargill expands animal feed production in Romania

Cargill expands animal feed production in Romania

Europe 14 Sep 2009

Cargill is expanding its animal nutrition footprint in Romania through a major investment in its feed plant in Sura Mica near the town of Sibiu, including the construction of a complete-feed production line within the current premix facilit…
Farmers face animal feed shortage

Farmers face animal feed shortage

Europe 07 Sep 2009

Farmers face an imminent shortage of animal feed because a handful of countries are blocking the approval of genetically modified crops, the European Union’s farm chief warned on Monday. Mariann Fischer Boel, the agriculture commissioner,…
FMC in EU probe of livestock feed

FMC in EU probe of livestock feed

Europe 25 Aug 2009

FMC Corp., the Philadelphia chemical company, disclosed that it is facing a European Union antitrust investigation into its manufacture of animal-feed phosphates, a key nutritional source for livestock. FMC said in its quarterly SEC filing …
Feed prices could skyrocket: FEFAC

Feed prices could skyrocket: FEFAC

Europe 14 Jul 2009

Feed prices may suddenly soar due to the European Union’s (EU) zero-tolerance policy for traces of unapproved genetically modified (GM) plants in imported feeds, announced President of European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) Ped…
Specialist animal feed firm completes £2m new blending centre

Specialist animal feed firm completes £2m new blending centre

Europe 26 Jun 2009

SPECIALIST animal health and nutrition company, SCA NuTec, has completed a £2m development in a new blending facility for the animal feed industry at its Dalton site, near Thirsk. The investment includes a dedicated tote production plant f…
Feed regulation for a better food safety in the EU

Feed regulation for a better food safety in the EU

Europe 23 Jun 2009

Farmers and pet owners will soon get better information on the feed they buy, a step that will further strengthen food safety in the EU, after the Council of Agriculture Ministers adopted a regulation replacing the current legislation on ma…
Farmer sues alleging dioxin-tainted feed

Farmer sues alleging dioxin-tainted feed

Europe 26 May 2009

A CO Wexford company is being sued for some €1.9 million damages at the Commercial Court over allegedly selling animal feed containing dioxins to a Co Tyrone-based farmer whose cattle herd later had to be destroyed. Mr Justice Peter Kelly…
Carr’s profits set to double

Carr’s profits set to double

Europe 05 Sep 2008

Profits are set to more than double at agriculture, food and engineering group Carr’s, the company said in a trading update today (5 September). CEO Chris Holmes said it had been an exceptional year for Carr's with strong trading across a…
Rising feed costs hit livestock producers

Rising feed costs hit livestock producers

Europe 01 Sep 2008

Cereal farmers have benefited from record grain prices this year, but livestock farmers tell a different story. While meat and dairy prices have risen under the influence of changing diets in countries such as China and India, they have fai…
Norwegian Aqua Giant acquires Chilean Feed Plant

Norwegian Aqua Giant acquires Chilean Feed Plant

Europe 02 May 2008

Norwegian aquaculture group Cermaq ASA, through its wholly-owned subsidiary EWOS Chile Alimentos Ltd, has agreed to acquire a fish feed plant in Ancud, Chile. EWOS will purchase Cultivos Marinos Chiloe Ltda in a deal worth US$13.75m. The aq…
Feed compounder chief believes high prices mean new approach

Feed compounder chief believes high prices mean new approach

Europe 18 Apr 2008

18/04/2008 Ask any poultry producer in the UK what factors are currently denting business performance and high feed prices is likely to top the list. But as Alan Murphy explains, the main reason why feed prices have become such an issue is …
ZMP: more compound feed in Europe

ZMP: more compound feed in Europe

Europe 19 Mar 2008

15/03/2008 Although the prices of raw materials are at record heights at the moment, Europe is still increasing the production of compound feed, according to German statistics bureau ZMP. ZMP based this assessment on an estimate by the Euro…
Course on feed compounding technology

Course on feed compounding technology

Europe 15 Feb 2008

15/02/2008 The Research Institute of Feed Technology of IFF will carry out an international course on "Fundamentals and new developments in feed-compounding technology" from 16 to 20 June 2008 at Braunschweig-Thune, Germany. On the basis of…
Danish fish feed producer BioMar Holding A/S completes acquisition of Provimi Aqua

Danish fish feed producer BioMar Holding A/S completes acquisition of Provimi Aqua

Europe 01 Feb 2008

01/02/2008 Danish fish feed producer BioMar Holding A/S announced on Thursday (31 January) that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Provimi Aqua. The debt-free purchase price amounted to DKK674m. Provimi Aqua is a fish …

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