USA: USDA predicts record corn harvest
Corn production for 2012/13 is projected at a record 14.8 billion bushels, up 2.4 billion from 2011/12.
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Effects of high dietary fibre from by-products diets on plasma metabolites in gestating sows
Replacing starch by dietary fibre changes plasma metabolites profile in gestating sows.
Green kiwifruit modulates the colonic microbiota in growing pigs
Gastrointestinal disorders in pigs could be discouraged by green kiwifruit consumption
Use estimates of in-feed antimicrobials in swine production in the United States
As an annual industry estimate for all phases, chlortetracycline had the highest estimated use. The second and third highest estimates were tylosin and oxytetracycline.
Metabolic effects of dietary sugar beet pulp or wheat bran in growing female pigs
Wheat bran increases the capacity of the intestine for oxidative metabolism and sugar beet pulp induces a repartitioning of body lipid stores.
Effect of extruded linseed in the sow diet on piglet intestinal barrier function
Incorporation of extruded linseed in the sow diet during gestation and lactation modified the intestinal barrier function of piglet at weaning
European Guide to good practice and the specific sector documents are available in the EU languages
The European Feed Ingredient Safety Certification Association is pleased to announce the translation of the European Guide to good practice for the industrial manufacture of safe feed materials in the EU languages.
Salmonella contamination of feed (II): control
This chapter is intended as a roadmap for the development of a Salmonella control program for factories, a program whose aim should be to minimize Salmonella contamination, of any and all serotypes.
European Union: new regulations requiring the control of dioxins in feed
The new regulation provides a specific control of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs by different operators in the feed chain.
UK: Leading family feed businesses merge
Feed specialists Massey Bros (Feeds) Ltd and Harpers Home Mix Ltd have merged to create a business manufacturing and distributing over 250,000 tonnes of animal feed per year.
European Union: dicopper chloride trihydroxide as feed additive for all animal species
EFSA concluded that, under the proposed conditions of use, dicopper chloride trihydroxide may be considered as an effective source of copper for all animal species.
European Union: compund feed production estimates for 2011
The compound feed production in the EU-271 in 2011 may have reached a level of 150 mio. t, i.e. 1% below the figure for 2010.
Reducing the cost of pig feed (II): feed management
Some tips to reduce feed costs on pig farms.
European Union: EFSA supports phenol derivatives in pig feed
The panel concludes that the use of any of the 16 compounds included in CG 25 at the maximum proposed use level in animal feed would not raise safety concerns for consumers of animal products.
Salmonella contamination of feed (I): importance
Feed is one of the risk factors in the epidemiology of salmonellosis and therefore, control of pathogens in the feed should continue to be considered an essential component of any control program for swine salmonellosis.
Focus on feed efficiency in pork production webinar series
With diets costing $50 to $60 per tonne more than budget all farms are looking for feed cost relief.