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Animal Feed

Will food prices drop like oil prices?

Grocery prices may not match falling gas prices Gas prices did not keep pace with soaring oil prices Higher feed prices could lead to more pigs slaughtered, higher prices next year Invisible price increases happen when...

PharmTech International Animal Feed Plants Reopen Under New Ownership

PharmTech International here has reopened its two animal feed plants, located here and in Westside, under new ownership. In addition to continuing its signature OCM Global nutritional supplement for livestock and poultry...

WMC REPORT - Livestock Industry Warned over Climate Change

SOUTH AFRICA - Dr Gerber warned that pasture land and range land is being degraded by the increased use from the livestock industry. A total of 7.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) are produced by the livestock and...

South Africa: Farmers to Receive Aid After Wildfire Damage

Posted to the web 9 September 2008 Siphiwe Nyathi Modimolle Farmers who suffered damage in the recent wildfires in the Waterberg district municipality in Limpopo will receive free fodder to help them get back on their...

New flooding means it is too late for many farmers to harvest crops

I asked Oliver Harwood from the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) what was said about the weather-battered grain harvest. Most arable farmers in the UK have drying facilities, but very few reckon on having to...

Easing the impact of wet winter

A wet winter impacted pasture growth in many regions. It is critical to put management in place which will see the impact of wet on pastures minimised while still maintaining high pasture growth rates. Do not forget that...

AgFeed to Open 900th Premix Distribution Chain

CHINA - AgFeed Industries, Inc., China's largest commercial hog producer and the largest premix feed company, today announced the opening of the 900th independently owned premix feed product distribution chain store in...

Wind of change on farms as cows help to save the Earth

Valerie Elliott, Countryside Editor Hundreds of cattle in Britain are being fed a new diet to reduce their burping and cut emissions of greenhouse gas. Dairy UK, an organisation that represents the sector, is striving to...

Upturn in Demand Starts to Filters Through

UK - Now that we have emerged bedraggled from the so called summer and the schools are back, the long-awaited upturn in demand is starting to filter through, although at this stage it is more of a trickle than a rush,...

Punjab develops method to preserve green fodder for lean months

From ANI Amritsar, Sep.5: Punjab agriculture department has developed a novel method to preserve green fodder by making silage and hay to feed the cattle when there is shortage of green fodder around September and October...