Written by: AFIA Editor | October 19, 2022 Ingredients, Federal agencies On Tuesday, the American Feed Industry Association’s Louise Calderwood participated in […]
Animal nutrition
Although many people see rats as pesky rodents, others have them as adorable pets. Whichever party you fall into, one may be curious about what these critters eat. Rats are said to be opportunistic omnivores in the wild who will gladly consume any sustenance they can obtain. When it comes […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jacksonville Nutrition and Fitness is hosting a blanket and stuffed animal drive to benefit the Jacksonville office of CASA. CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates, recruits, trains and mentors volunteers who advocate in court for abused and neglected children in the foster care system. CASA provides a new blanket and stuffed […]
We have a better overview of relevant feed management data Over the last years, a true digitalisation is taking place in animal nutrition that creates more opportunities for precision feeding strategies. We have more farm and feed data available (e.g., from automatic feeders or sensors) and better (more user-friendly) online […]
The global animal nutrition industry is moving rapidly towards precision feeding. This is all about retrieving the most accurate nutritional values to better match the needs and better predict how animals react to the formulated diets. Having the most accurate data available is crucial in times with high raw material […]
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Butterfly, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food sector, today announced its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Milk Specialties Global (“Milk Specialties” or the “Company”), a leader in human and animal nutrition, from affiliates of American Securities LLC. Founded in 1949 and based […]
Its ruminant R&D team recently gathered new data to quantify the effects of its rumen-specific live yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1077 (LEVUCELL SC), on neutral detergent fiber (NDF) degradation in a large range of forage samples in vivo. The company said it now has an unmatched database of several hundreds of […]
U.S. Soybean Meal Quality Advantage Soybean meal is one of the most utilized feed ingredients in swine and poultry nutrition, where the main countries involved in global trade of soybeans and soybean meal include Argentina, Brazil and the U.S. The comprehensive value of soybeans and soybean meal are determined by […]