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Fonterra defends use of palm kernel in it's cattle feed

Fonterra defends use of palm kernel in it's cattle feed

Oceania NZ NZ 06 Feb 2011

New Zealand -- Fonterra has defended its use of palm kernel by-products in it's cattle feeds, in response to angry protests by Greenpeace concerning with the environmental impacts of the farming of this feed ingredient. Five Greenpeace acti…
Tassal's tests feed compare feeds with fishmeal

Tassal's tests feed compare feeds with fishmeal

Oceania AU AU 24 Jan 2011

Tassal a leading Australian Atlantic salmon farmer recently completed trials with Skretting to compare feeds with lower levels of fishmeal with conventional feeds. Results showed no difference between the conventional 22% fishmeal feeds and…
Skretting ponders new feed mill in response to growing fin fish industry

Skretting ponders new feed mill in response to growing fin fish industry

Oceania NZ NZ 20 Jan 2011

Skretting, the world's largest fish feed company, is considering building a new feed mill in New Zealand to meet the rising feed demands from the expanding aquaculture and fish consumption in the region. Currently Skretting is importing tho…
China may invest in Australian to meet increased local food demands

China may invest in Australian to meet increased local food demands

Oceania 23 Apr 2010

China may set up large pork and chicken operations in Australia as it strives to keep up a burgeoning demand for meat among Chinese consumers. Paul Meggison and Roy Robertson, speakers at the Australasian Milling Conference in Melbourne las…
Australian markets heads for soft patch

Australian markets heads for soft patch

Oceania 18 Mar 2010

Australia - All grain and pulse markets are softer this week. Milling wheat for export has eased the most with prices falling $7 a tonne in Victoria and South Australia and as much as $11 a tonne for delivery to Port Kembla, in NSW. The bes…
N.Z. Stock feed company fined $125,000

N.Z. Stock feed company fined $125,000

Oceania 05 Mar 2010

New Zealand - A stock feed company has been fined $125,000 in the Auckland District Court after pleading guilty to eight charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act. The Commerce Commission says Mainfeeds Limited, which was also formally know…
Genetically modified animal feed study results due mid-2010

Genetically modified animal feed study results due mid-2010

Oceania 01 Jan 2010

Australia - The results of a controversial animal feeding study on genetically modified crops are expected to be made public by the middle of next year. The $92,000 study was commissioned by the previous State Government in 2005 and funded …
New stockfeed deal at Geelong port

New stockfeed deal at Geelong port

Oceania 22 Dec 2009

Australia - Canadian giant Viterra, who aquired Australia's ABB Grain in September, have just signed a new stock feed deal with the port of Geelong. Asciano-owned operator GeelongPort announced today the agreement that will be a big boost f…
Oz feed maker reviews feedmill operations

Oz feed maker reviews feedmill operations

Oceania 11 Sep 2009

Weston Cereal Industries, a division of George Weston Foods, commenced a review of the Tamworth (New South Wales, Australia) operation as part of sweeping changes to ensure the continued sustainable and efficient running of the business. As…
Feed key to better heifers

Feed key to better heifers

Oceania 06 Jul 2009

Australia - South Gippsland dairy farmers Peter and Catherine Hanrahan have seen big improvements in the performance of their heifers over the past four years. Their heifers are better grown, get in calf more easily, need less help calving,…
Feed gives buyers value at SA cattle markets

Feed gives buyers value at SA cattle markets

Oceania 15 Sep 2008

Australia - With an abundance of available feed on hand, local SA buyers saw good value in a 2700-head store cattle yarding offered on Friday at Mt Gambier, SA. Paying rates estimated the $2/kg mark and higher for steers, local operators bi…
Australian Government Approves Feed Grain Imports; USGS Sees Strong Potential for U.S. Feed Grains

Australian Government Approves Feed Grain Imports; USGS Sees Strong Potential for U.S. Feed Grains

Oceania 09 Nov 2007

The U.S. Grains Council is projecting increased export potential for U.S. feed grains to Australia as a result of Australia’s federal government authorizing livestock producers to import grains due to ongoing drought conditions. "This ann…
Imports needed to feed livestock

Imports needed to feed livestock

Oceania 30 Oct 2007

By Asa Wahlquist NEWS.COM.AU 30/10/2007 Desperate Australian grain-fed livestock producers are looking to import grain, despite soaring prices and quarantine restrictions limiting its supply. The winter cereal harvest has begun, and today t…
National summit to investigate feed problems

National summit to investigate feed problems

Oceania 10 Oct 2007

10/10/2007 The livestock and poultry industries will hold a national summit in Canberra later this month to look at how to address critical feed shortages caused by the drought. Many sectors are also being crippled by high prices for grain,…
Feed imports set to rise

Feed imports set to rise

Oceania 08 Oct 2007

08/10/2007 Customs authorities are planning to issue permits for imports of distillers maize from the US, and tapioca from south-east Asia, to be used as feed for livestock. The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service says it can't dis…
Can't afford to feed sheep

Can't afford to feed sheep

Oceania 04 Oct 2007

RURAL PRESS NATIONAL WOOL NEWS 04/10/2007 With all-time record grain prices, sheep producers simply cannot feed stock through this summer. With a widespread sell-off of sheep already well underway in many districts, off-loading of stock has…
Australia's Drought-Stricken Farmers May Get A$3 Billion in Aid

Australia's Drought-Stricken Farmers May Get A$3 Billion in Aid

Oceania 25 Sep 2007

By Gemma Daley BLOOMBERG 25/09/2007 Australian farmers suffering the worst drought in a century may receive a total A$3 billion ($2.6 billion) in aid, Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile said before Cabinet meets in Sydney today to discuss mor…
Azolla weed trialled as new feed source

Azolla weed trialled as new feed source

Oceania 19 Sep 2007

19/09/2007 With grain prices at record highs this season, a new type of feed for livestock may have been discovered in Victoria's Goulburn Valley. The azolla weed, which grows in waterways, is being trialled as a viable food source for live…
Drought causes massive drop in predicted grain harvest

Drought causes massive drop in predicted grain harvest

Oceania 18 Sep 2007

18/09/2007 Continuing drought has forced the national commodity forecaster to slash its grain harvest predictions by nearly a third, from 37 million to 25 million tonnes. The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics says New …
Fears as feed prices continue to climb

Fears as feed prices continue to climb

Oceania 12 Sep 2007

ABC12/09/2007 Yet another record price for wheat on the Chicago Board of Trade has raised fears about the ability of farmers to feed livestock. Prices today have hit AU$395 dollars per tonne for December contracts. And wheat prices in the e…

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