Russia announces plans to lift grain export ban
European wheat prices fell on Monday after Russia, traditionally one of the world’s top exporters of the commodity, announced plans to end a grain embargo on July 1.
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Ukraine canceled grain exports quotas
According to the announcement of the Minister of Agrarian Policy Nikolay Prysyazhnyuk, Ukraine canceled quotas for export of all grains.
South Korea to ban use of antibiotics in animals feed
South Korea plans to ban the mixing of antibiotics with animal feed from July in an effort to raise consumer trust in the safety of livestock products, Yonhap news agency reported quoting the government as saying Tuesday.
Increasing omega-3 levels through dietary co-extruded flaxseed supplementation negatively affects pork palatability
Feeding co-extruded flaxseed to increase omega-3 fatty acid content in trimmed loin muscle did not result in levels sufficient to meet label requirements and had limited effects on palatability.
The use of selenium enriched Enterococcus faecium as an alternative selenium source for growing-finishing pigs
The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of the feeding of selenium enriched Enterococcus faecium on selenium concentrations in muscle tissue and on meat quality indicators in finishing pigs.
Effect of dietary CLA administration on fatty acid composition and lipogenic and lipolytic enzyme activities in suckling and weaned piglets
The concentration of fatty acids in subcutaneous fat and liver tissues of piglets 35 d after weaning is largely dependent on the CLA content of piglet diet rather than CLA enrichment of sow diet.
The metabolic availability of threonine in common feedstuffs fed to adult sows is higher than published ileal digestibility estimates
Using ileal digestibility values determined in growing pigs to formulate sow diets may lead to overfeeding of sows with protein and can negatively affect overall production efficiency through increased cost and excess nitrogen excretion.
Effect of restricted feeding and realimentation periods on pork quality and fatty acid profile of M. longissimus thoracis
Modifying feed intake during growth may change pork nutritional value and tenderness.
G20 - Ministerial meeting on Agriculture
The European Council of Agriculture was briefed by France about the organization of a meeting of the G20 ministers of agriculture on 22 and 23 June in Paris on the price volatility for agricultural commodities.
Analysis of water, feed intake and performance of lactating sows
An enhanced feed and water intake during lactation may increase weaning weight of piglets and decreases relative body weight loss of sows.
Interaction of zearalenone and soybean isoflavone on the development of reproductive organs, reproductive hormones and estrogen receptor expression in prepubertal gilt
The aim of the present study was to investigate the interactive effect of zearalenone (ZEA) and soybean isoflavone (ISO) on the development of reproductive organs, reproductive hormones and estrogen receptor expression in prepubertal gilts.
The good taste of pigs (part II): let it be umami
The taste system senses the nutritional value of foods through the taste buds defined as clusters of taste sensory cells present in the tongue
Benchmark: when only the best will do
Experienced pig nutritionist Geoff Handley of Highspec Rural Services credits the recent push by Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (Pork CRC) to implement a national performance benchmarking program for motivating higher production levels in most of the 10 Queensland farms he consults to.
Australia - New test to improve feed for pig industry
Scientists at the Department of Agriculture and Food in Western Australia are close to developing a new rapid computerised screening tool for pork producers to measure protein quality in imported soybean meal.
Effects of liquid metabolite combinations produced by Lactobacillus plantarum on growth performance, faeces characteristics, intestinal morphology and diarrhea incidence in postweaning piglets
Metabolite combinations produced by L. plantarum strains are potential alternatives to antibiotics that could be used as growth promoter in postweaning piglets.
Effects of different probiotic complexes of lactic acid bacteria on growth performance and gut environment of weaned piglets
Different probiotic complexes of lactic acid bacteria improved growth performance and feed conversion in the first two weeks post-weaning, but the gut environment was improved in all period.