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Nutreco buys US fish feed firm for 11 mln euros

Nutreco buys US fish feed firm for 11 mln euros

Europe 18 Jan 2008

18/01/2008 Dutch food group Nutreco said on Friday it is to buy U.S. fish feed company Nelson and Sons Inc. for 11 million euros ($16.12 million). Nutreco, which produces animal and fish feed and is a major poultry processor, said the acqui…
European court adjusts fines related to animal-feed additive cartel

European court adjusts fines related to animal-feed additive cartel

Europe 13 Dec 2007

MARKETWATCH 12/12/2007 A European court has adjusted fines levied by Europe's competition authority against two companies and upheld a fine on Dutch firm Akzo Nobel NV (00913.AE) for participating in an animal feed additive cartel. The Cour…
Expert: '€4/hd more to offset feed costs'

Expert: '€4/hd more to offset feed costs'

Europe 11 Dec 2007

By Declan O'Brien INDEPENDANT 11/12/2007 Sheep farmers will need an additional €3-4/hd for lambs this spring to offset higher feed costs, Teagasc sheep specialist Michael McHugh has claimed. Mr McHugh, who is head of the sheep advisory se…
EU caught in quandary over GMO animal feed imports

EU caught in quandary over GMO animal feed imports

Europe 07 Dec 2007

By Jeremy Smith REUTERS 07/12/2007 Europe faces a stark choice between empty supermarket shelves or feeding its animals so long as it keeps up a slow rate of approving new genetically modified (GMO) crops suitable for feed use, industry sou…
E.U. grain production decreases

E.U. grain production decreases

Europe 07 Dec 2007

By John Perkins BROWNFIELD 07/12/2007 The European Union's organization of grain traders, the Cereals Commerce Committee (Coceral) has adjusted its' estimates of 2007/08 E.U. grain production. The total crop is seen at 252.9 million tons, c…
Ukraine - the market of feed maize observes the stability of prices

Ukraine - the market of feed maize observes the stability of prices

Europe 05 Dec 2007

05/12/2007 The price situation on Ukrainian domestic market of feed maize is characterized by relative stability. At that, the purchasing prices are 1150-1200 UAH/t (on ex-elevator terms) and the demand prices are within the range of about …
Weather will influence feed prices in 2008

Weather will influence feed prices in 2008

Europe 04 Dec 2007

By Lucy Knowles FWI 04/12/2007 A decline in raw material supply was the main cause of the hike in wheat prices seen this autumn. World stocks had fallen in 2006 and it was crucial that 2007 saw a good harvest. But that was not the case and …
Feed companies act over morphine risk

Feed companies act over morphine risk

Europe 04 Dec 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…
Target feed at stock with the greatest earning potential

Target feed at stock with the greatest earning potential

Europe 26 Oct 2007

FARMER'S GUARDIAN 26/10/2007 Predicted feed wheat prices at around £170 tonne in January will continue to challenge most beef farmers, particularly those with poor quality grass silage or lower than usual forage stocks. It will be importan…
Cull Barren Cows Early to Cut Winter Feed Costs

Cull Barren Cows Early to Cut Winter Feed Costs

Europe 20 Oct 2007

20/10/2007 Early identification and culling of barren cows will enable English suckler herds to make the most of limited forage stocks and reduce their need for expensive supplementary feeds this winter, advises the English Beef and Lamb Ex…
Planning crucial for winter feed

Planning crucial for winter feed

Europe 11 Oct 2007

By Gary Tilghman DAILY TIMES 11/10/2007 This year has been one for the record books. The shortage of hay will cause this winter to be a real challenge for our local area cow-calf producers. However, this challenge can be met by careful plan…
Grass-fed beef poised for comeback.

Grass-fed beef poised for comeback.

Europe 08 Oct 2007

08/10/2007 Slow-growing grass-fed beef could soon be back on menus and dinner tables across the country, after the EU’s food safety committee agreed this week to lift costly processing requirements on beef from older animals. At present, …
Feed prices threaten pig industry survival

Feed prices threaten pig industry survival

Europe 04 Oct 2007

MEAT INFO 04/10/2007 The Scottish and Danish pig industries have warned that prices must rise if the sector is to survive. Soaring feed prices are causing pig producers to incur heavy losses in both countries. Danish Pig Production said ove…
Trouw Nutrition enters joint venture in Turkey

Trouw Nutrition enters joint venture in Turkey

Europe 03 Oct 2007

03/10/2007 Nutreco’s subsidiary Trouw Nutrition International (TNI) has announced the acquisition of a 51% share in the animal nutrition activities of Interkim in Turkey. The activities will be continued in a new joint venture named Trouw…
EU feed shortage underestimated

EU feed shortage underestimated

Europe 03 Oct 2007

03/10/2007 Reports from Europe continue to look grim for the EU feed grain industry. Chris Corry, U.S. Grains Council senior director of international operations, said he expects Europe will need 17 to 18 million metric tons of feed grains …
Nutreco's buy of BASF's animal blends operations cleared by EU

Nutreco's buy of BASF's animal blends operations cleared by EU

Europe 25 Sep 2007

By Simon Zekaria FORBES 25/09/2007 The European Commission said it has cleared Nutreco Holding NV's proposed acquisition of BASF AG's animal feed blends, premix and base mix businesses in Poland, Italy, UK, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, China and…
Efficiency counters higher feed cost

Efficiency counters higher feed cost

Europe 24 Sep 2007

FARMER'S INTERACTIVE WEEKLY 24/09/2007 Higher feed costs are best counteracted by increasing feed efficiency, Mark Voss of Keenan Rumans was set to tell Dairy Event visitors. "There is no doubt dairy farmers will face higher feed costs this…
Farmers urged to grow own feed

Farmers urged to grow own feed

Europe 19 Sep 2007

19/09/2007 Farmers are being urged to avoid the effects of soaring prices for winter feed by growing their own. Droughts in some of the world’s principal grain-growing regions, together with the demands of the emerging biofuel industr…
Analysts predict a feed import surge

Analysts predict a feed import surge

Europe 14 Sep 2007

14/09/2007 Feed compounders across the EU are preparing to import maize from Brazil, sorghum from the USA and tapioca from Brazil, Thailand or Nigeria in a desperate effort to reduce livestock feed costs. An explosion in feed costs is expec…
Feed cost fears raised by farmers

Feed cost fears raised by farmers

Europe 04 Sep 2007

BBC 04/09/2007 UK pig farmers are losing nearly £4m a week because feed costs are spiralling, the National Farmers' Union has said. With poultry farmers under similar pressure, the NFU warned that unless shops charge more for chicken …

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