Effects of dietary creep feeding on performance, blood characteristics and behaviour in sows and piglets
High energy creep feed may enhance piglet performance during the sucking period.
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AgFeed Industries, Inc. Announces Filing of a Registration Statement for an Initial Public Offering of Shares in its Subsidiary AgFeed Animal Nutrition Holdings, Inc.
AgFeed Industries, Inc, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, AgFeed Animal Nutrition Holdings, Inc., has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its Class A ordinary shares.
USA - EPA approves higher blend rate for ethanol in gasoline
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved higher blending rates for ethanol in gasoline for 2007 and newer vehicles, allowing mixtures with up to 15% of the corn-based fuel at the pump. The current maximum ethanol blend rate is 10%; a mid-level blend rate increase of 12% had been discussed in recent months.
European Union - Animal by-products: adoption of new rules to simplify controls and reduce administrative burden and costs
A new set of implementing rules on animal by-products, endorsed today by the Member States in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH), is expected to simplify controls and reduce administrative burden, while maintaining the existing high levels of human and animal health protection.
USA - USDA dropped corn yields drastically
U.S. feed grain production for 2010/11 is projected lower this month based on reduced forecasts for corn and sorghum.
United kingdom - latest national statistics on GB Animal Feed
Statistics on GB Animal Feed include data for the period June 2010, July 2010 and August 2010.
Canada - September estimates of production of principal field crops
Grain and oilseed production in the Prairie provinces was expected to decline for total wheat and for canola in 2010 compared with 2009. In contrast, farmers in Manitoba, Quebec and Ontario reported they expected to harvest a record soybean crop
Provimi acquires leading Mexican animal nutrition group
The Provimi Group, one of the global leaders in Animal Nutrition, has reached an agreement to acquire NASSA, a leading swine and shrimp feed producer in Mexico.
The standardized ileal digestible isoleucine to lysine requirement ratio may not be greater than 50% in post-weaned piglets
Isoleucine to lysine requirement ratio may not be greater than 50% in piglets fed cereal based diets.
Whole-body growth, carcass growth and primal mass as indices of lysine adequacy in high lean growth pigs
Lysine requirements based on whole body growth may have a negative impact on carcass and primal mass yield.
European Union – Anticipating a decrease in cereal crops
The latest estimates of cereal production in the European Union, carried out by Copa-Cogeca show a 5% decrease for the 2010/2011 season.
Viability of Lactobacillus plantarum in different protective agents and its effects on growth performance and immunity of weaned pigs
The use of Lactobacillus plantarum as a probiotic, may improve growth performance and immunity in piglets.
Lactose in diet influences the degradation of mixed linked β(1-3;1-4)-D-glucan in the small intestine of pigs
Slowly digestible lactose may reduce β-glucan digestibility in piglet diets.
Factors that influence feed consumption and its conversion in fattening pigs
Genetic selection over the last few decades has resulted in pigs with better feed conversion and leaner carcasses, but it has also led to pigs with a decreased ingestion capacity.
European Union - Less oilseed
According to COCERAL oilseeds crop forecast, published on september, European Union-27 oilseed production has decreased this year from 29.27m tonnes to 27.739m tonnes, with the most significant drop seen in rapeseed production.
European Union - Situation of the cereals markets: Stabilisation measures
The Polish delegation has informed the Council on the consequences of the price increase of cereals on animal production, in particular pig production. Poland would like the Commission to take actions such as selling cereals from intervention stocks and increasing intervention prices in the framework of the Single Common Market Organisation regulation.