PROFILEJulien Martin (42) is senior marketing director ruminants at DSM Animal Nutrition & Health. Animal Nutrition & Health is the largest division within DSM, with a turnover of more than €3.4 billion, representing almost 40% of DSM’s total turnover (2021). “Dairy farming is completely different from 5 years ago,” says […]
Aging is a part of every dog’s life cycle. Some may get older with very few aches and pains, while others can develop diseases like osteoarthritis, a slowly progressing and debilitating condition. Over 20% of the canine population over one suffers from osteoarthritis, which can significantly impact your pup’s quality […]
Here’s a reason not to eat your greens. Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., issued a voluntary recall over Christmas weekend for its products containing microgreens, sweet-pea leaves and cat grass, which could be contaminated with salmonella. Some of the soil that those products were grown in tested positive for salmonella by […]
Helen of Troy was the face that launched 1,000 ships and a Shiba Inu named Kabosu is the face that birthed 1 million memes (and a cryptocurrency). Unfortunately, the famous dog is likely reaching the end of her life—signaling the end of an internet era. Kabosu, named after a citrus […]
On Christmas day, No Kill Louisville suffered a major setback. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — While families were digging through stockings and tearing open presents, a Louisville animal rescue suffered an unimaginable loss. Employees of No Kill Louisville walked into their Pet Food Bank facility and discovered a water pipe had ruptured […]
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TORONTO, Dec 28 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Like dogs seeking forever homes, stray pet businesses will find new owners in 2023. Splurging on furry and feathered friends has proven to be inflation-proof, even as exuberant pandemic-fueled valuations have cooled off. Big companies are the best candidates to snap up stand-alone operators. […]
WILLOW LAKE, S.D. — Many of today’s new finish-feeding operations involve “contract finishers,” pig owners working with finishers who own the barns and do the feeding. Windy Oak Farms is one of those “pig owners.” Nick Fitzgerald, represents Windy Oak, in a deal involving Samantha and Taylon LaMont in their […]
EAST LONGMEADOW, MASS. and PHOENIX — With more than a century of product development know-how, W.F. Young is well positioned to benefit from a heightened focus on pet health and wellness aided by functional formulations. The company decided roughly five years ago that a co-manufacturing partnership was the best route […]
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RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Richmond Animal Care and Control says it had to take in a significant number of pets who were left in the cold faster than they could make space for them. This made for a stressful holiday weekend as they worked to make sure every pet had […]
Thank goodness the cat was OK! Cats are notorious for getting into places they shouldn’t be. Ask any cat owner and they can probably tell you a story about how their fur baby crawled into a drawer or an open cabinet or ended up on a super high shelf and […]