European Union - EU grain harvest estimates today revealing a 1% production drop
Copa-Cogeca released new EU grain harvest estimates revealing a 1% production drop in this years EU cereals harvest.
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Effect of dietary regime and group structure on pig performance and the variation in weight and growth rate from weaning to 20 weeks of age
Although uniform grouping appears to aid the reduction in slaughter weight variation and improve FCR, its effect is dependent on dietary regime.
Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan to ensure over a third of world wheat exports over next decade
Total wheat exports from Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan over the next decade will be approximately 33% of the world wheat exports, nearly two times more than projected wheat exports from the current leader - the United States (17.7%).
European Union - GMOs: Parliament backs national right to cultivation bans
EU Member States should have the flexibility to ban or restrict the cultivation of genetically modified crops and should be able to cite environmental motives for doing so, according to MEPs voting on draft legislation on Tuesday.
Germany - Early warning system
Following the recent Dioxin scandal at the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Agriculture has now legally established an early warning system for food products and feedstuff.
Immune response and blood chemistry of pigs fed conjugated linoleic acid
Feeding conjugated linoleic acid up to 1.0% to growing-finishing pigs does not significantly alter either immune system (innate or cell-mediated) or blood chemistry variables.
Fermented garlic powder supplementation: effects on growth performance, blood characteristics and meat quality in finishing pigs fed low-nutrient-density diets
The fermented garlic powder supplementation added at the level of 2 g/kg can improve growth performance, while improving meat marbling and firmness score.
Effect of high dietary copper on the expression of hypothalamic appetite regulators in weanling pigs
Supplementing diets with 250 mg/kg copper stimulates feed intake and results in an enhancement in weanling pigs’ growth.
European Union - Statistics on the food chain: From farm to fork
An Eurostat overview shows that there were just over 48 million people employed within the EU27’s food chain in 2008, equivalent to more than a fifth of total employment.
The effect of probiotics on the morphological characteristics of the small intestinal mucosa
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of antibiotics and selected probiotics on the morphological properties of the small intestinal mucosa in growing-finishing pigs.
EU pig producers to gain more value from wheat-based diets
The EU Commission has granted Danisco Animal Nutrition authorisation for the use of its heat stable xylanase (Danisco Xylanase) in wheat-based feed for piglets and pigs for fattening.
European Union - Commission adopts regulation harmonising controls for non-authorised GM material in feed
The European Commission adopted today a regulation that harmonises the implementation of the zero tolerance policy on non-authorised genetically modified (GM) material in feed.
The performance response of pigs of different wean weights to ‘high’ or ‘low’ input dietary regimes between weaning and 20 weeks of age
Light weight pigs were found to eat more and grow faster per kg of body weight than medium or heavy weight pigs.
Administration of probiotics influences F4 (K88)-positive enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli attachment and intestinal cytokine expression in weaned pigs
This study evaluated the effect of the probiotics Pediococcus acidilactici and Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii on the intestinal colonization of O149 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli harbouring the F4 (K88) fimbriae (ETEC F4) and on the expression of ileal cytokines in weaned pigs.
FAO - Higher agriculture commodity prices here to stay
The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2011-2020 says that a good harvest in the coming months should push commodity prices down from the extreme levels seen earlier this year. However, the Outlook states that over the coming decade real prices for cereals could average as much as 20 percent higher and those for meats as much as 30 percent higher, compared to 2001-10. These projections are well below the peak price levels experienced in 2007-08 and again this year.
The effect of introducing purified β-glucans to a wheat-based diet on total tract digestibility and gaseous manure emissions from pigs as compared with consumption of a β -glucan-rich, barley-based diet
Offering a purified source of β-glucans resulted in beneficial reductions in odorous volatile fatty acids in the distal gastrointestinal tract and in excreted manure, and may reflect improvements in N digestibility.