China - Crops dry up as drought drags on
A prolonged and severe drought that has ravaged some of China's major grain-producing areas is raising concern about the next harvest, says the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Danisco: BioActives honoured for its excellence in probiotic science
Nutrition Business Journal bestows Danisco with a Scientific Achievement Award for its range of scientifically proven probiotics
Functional characterisation of a recombinant xylanase from Pichia pastoris and effect of the enzyme on nutrient digestibility in weaned pigs
The potential benefits of Xyn2 in the nutrition of weaned pigs should make it an alternative for industrial xylanase production.
The effects of diet form and feeder design on the growth performance and carcass characteristics of growing-finishing pigs
Pellet quality is a key factor on the reduction of feed wastage.
Russia begins selling intervention grain
Sales of grain from the intervention fund will begin on February 4, 2011. By the end of June 2011 the Government plans to sell at the commodity exchange up to 2.5 million metric tons to livestock producers, feed and flour mills. The start-up price of grain sales will vary by types and by provinces, but the minimum is set at 6,000 rubles ($200) per metric ton.
FAO - World food prices reach new historic peak
World food prices surged to a new historic peak in January, for the seventh consecutive month, according to the updated FAO Food Price Index, a commodity basket that regularly tracks monthly changes in global food prices.
Effects on bacon quality of feeding increasing glycerol and dried distillers grains with solubles to finishing pigs
Pork quality is not affected by glycerol and DDGS inclusion in finishing diets.
The Effect of Dietary Sodium Humate Supplementation on Nutrient Digestibility in Growing Pigs
A total of 16 crossbred (Large White × Landrace) castrated male pigs averaging 30.0 ± 2.5 kg were used in two trials (2 × 8 pigs) to determine apparent nutrient digestibility. The control group received feed mixture consisting of wheat and barley. In the experimental group, 3% proportion of wheat was replaced by sodium humate.
Effect of replacing fishmeal with crystalline amino acids on growth performance of nursery pigs from 7 to 11 kg
A good amino acid balance by supplementing crystalline amino acids may substitute fishmeal from weanling diets without affecting performance.
Hungary lifts restrictions on German pork
The Ministry of Rural Development said Tuesday that the decision to ease the rules came after consultations with the EU and Germany.
Lallemand opens new TITAN® yeast production facility to face soaring demand for protected active yeasts
Lallemand Animal Nutrition announced today the opening of a second yeast coating facility in Passau, Germany.
Alltech: Feeding a World of 9.3 Billion - Meeting Global Demand with a Local Response
As the global population increases from 7 billion in 2011 to a predicted 9.3 billion by 2050, the agri-food industry must find a sustainable way to meet the resulting demand for food.
Amino acid digestibility and energy concentration in a novel source of high-protein distillers dried grains and their effects on growth performance of pigs
HP-DDG may replace soybean meal in the diets fed to finishing pigs without affecting performance.
Netherlands - Dioxin scandal in Germany reduces Danish exports of piglets
The problems in Germany are spreading to Holland, from where traditionally many pig producers transport their pigs to slaughterhouses in Germany.
Energy and nutrient digestibility in a hulless low-phytate phosphorus barley fed to finishing pigs
The use of hulless low-phytate barley may improve nutrient digestibly reducing environmental pollution.
Ketosis syndrome in sows
It’s true that we have rarely considered the sow as a dairy animal. A sow can produce up to 10 liters of milk at its production peak. If we consider that the effort the sow makes per hour in order to produce milk is almost equal to that of a cow, why do we continue to apply a collective treatment when it comes to feeding the sow?