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.
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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.
Reducing the cost of pig feed (I)
We should focus on actions that are in our hands to try to improve the profitability of our farms.
Impact of acetic acid concentration of fermented liquid feed on growth performance of piglets
High levels of acetic acid in fermented liquid feed can impair palatability of piglets.
France - Use of PAP in feed: ANSES considers that the conditions have not been fully satisfied
In an opinion and a report published last week ANSES notes the progress made in organisation of the industries. It nevertheless considers that the conditions for safe use of processed animal proteins have not, to date, been fully satisfied.
Metabolic impact of zinc oxide on porcine intestinal cells and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli K88
The role of zinc oxide in improving piglet health is via a different mechanism to that previously proposed.
Estimating the substitution of distillers' grains for corn and soybean meal in the U.S. feed complex
The growth potential for U.S. feed consumption of DDGS is expected to follow a similar trend, with beef cattle consuming the majority of DDGS, followed by dairy cattle, swine, and poultry.
Dietary crude protein and phytase-xylanase supplementation of wheat grain based diets affect energy metabolism and enteric methane in growing finishing pigs
A combination of dietary crude protein and P reduction with added phytase is the key to optimize pig production efficiency, while minimizing their environmental impacts.
Dietary calcium level as calcium carbonate does not affect the apparent total tract digestibility of calcium, but reduces digestibility of phosphorus by growing pigs
The greatest values for apparent total tract digestibility of P are obtained when the dietary Ca to P ratio is around 1.1:1.
Member States endorse EU measures to better prevent dioxin contamination in food and feed
The protection of consumers and industry against a possible dioxin contamination will soon improve significantly thanks to a Commission proposal.
UK: new pre-requisite programmes from BSI set to minimise risks in the manufacture of animal food and feed
The British Standards Institution, BSI, launches a new Publically Available Specification (PAS) for animal food and feed to further reduce food safety risks along the food supply chain.