United Kingdom: pig industry slashes GHG emissions
Two years after the publication of the BPEX Roadmap, the reduction in climate change potential (carbon footprint) already achieved is beyond expectation, far exceeding the overall 2020 target.
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Vietnam to increase corn planting for feed
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said Vietnam will in 2014, use 130,000 hectares of rice land to grow corn and cassava for animal feed production.
China: raising corn output
And increasing production remains the best way of becoming self-sufficient in corn.
European Union: 82% of compound feed purchased were produced by EU compounders
According to FEFAC, in 2012, 153.5 mio. t of compound feed were produced by EU compounders, accounting for 82% of all purchased feedingstuffs.
Pen housed sows with electronic feeding stations
Stage of gestation is the critical point when the sows in a pen with electronic feeding system.
Use of special diets during the pre- and postpartum periods
The use of two different feeds for the sows in the farrowing quarters is not always easy at a logistical level.
Russia: temporary restrictions on feed and feed additive import from Spain are lifted
Rosselkhoznadzor lifts temporary restrictions on feed and feed additive import from Spain to the Russian Federation from November 26, 2013.
Mineral digestibility in meat and bone meal fed to growing pigs
Prediction equations using the concentration of total P in MBM may be useful to estimate P and Ca digestibility in MBM fed to growing pigs.
Mycotoxins in pig production. Definition, classification and toxic effects
Given the complexity of the problem caused by mycotoxins in pig production, we must come up with a preventive strategy in order to attain a contamination level that is as low as possible.
How to budget feed costs in the presence of high price variation?
This is done by moving from single most likely value to ranges of possible outcomes with an assigned probability
Organic acids and medium chain fatty acids on the gastrointestinal health in weanling pigs
The combination of SCFA and MCFA could act as gut flora modifiers to promote intestinal heath at weaning.
European Union: authorisation of fumaric acid as a feed additive for all animal species
Commission authorizes the feed additive fumaric acid, belonging to the additive category ‘technological additives’ and to the functional group ‘preservatives’.
Vietnam's feed raw materials imports up 38%
Vietnam’s imports of animal feed and raw material for animal feed production are estimated to touch USD 2.73 billion in the first 10 months of this year.
Prenatal flavour exposure through maternal diets influences flavour preference in piglets before and after weaning
Prenatal flavour exposure decrease neophobia for specific flavours.
Meta-analysis on the effects of the physical environment, animal traits, feeder and feed characteristics on the feeding behaviour and performance of growing-finishing pigs
These results may contribute to the improvement of the welfare and performance of growing-finishing pigs by a better knowledge of the influence of the rearing environment.