Swine news - Nutrition

Surge in maize output on course to lift cereals stock-to-use ratio to highest level since 2002.

On October 31, a fire occurred during the startup of the Citral plant in Ludwigshafen. BASF’s Vitamin A and E plants are currently also shut down for scheduled, routine maintenance. The company will only be able to restart these plants once supply of Citral is re-established.

New rules to increase consumer trust in organic foodstuffs and unleash the sector′s potential for growth were approved by the Agriculture Committee on Wednesday.

European Union cereal production in 2017/18 is expected to slightly recover, with an increase of 1.5% compared to 2016/17, adding up to almost 300 million tonnes of cereal.

Global cereal production in 2017 is forecast to surpass the 2016 peak by a small margin, according to FAO's latest Cereal Supply and Demand Brief.

Global food prices dipped in October, led lower by dairy products, averaging 27 percent below its all-time high reached in early 2011.

The European Commission has approved the creation of a joint venture by Evonik Industries AG of Germany and Koninklijke DSM N.V. of the Netherlands.

The Technological Centre for Food Innovation (Centro Tecnológico para la Innovación Alimentaria, CeTA) expects a public-private investment of CLP17,534 million.

The import duties are now fixed from 10 October 2017, and will apply until a new figure is required and calculated by the automatic mechanism in place.

Spain has been the second feed producer in the EU (behind Germany) with an increase by 1.6% with respect to 2015.

FAO raised its forecast for global cereal production to 2 611 million tonnes, an all-time record. Worldwide stocks of cereals are also expected to reach an all-time high by the close of seasons in 2018, according to the latest FAO Cereal Supply and Demand Brief.

This revised tariff, triggered by an automatic mechanism that calculates import duties, will avoid putting European producers at a disadvantage.

The Commission launched a market observatory for crops to ensure more transparency and increase availability of market data for European farmers and traders.

The OECD, together with the FAO, have just published their Agricultura outlook report 2017-2026. According to the report, in the period encompassed by the Outlooks, it is expected that the growth of the demand suffers a considerable deceleration.

Global food commodity prices rose in June, led by wheat and meat prices.

New figures released by Copa and Cogeca show EU cereal production set to rise by 0.4% this year, but still below 300 million tonnes.

The Commission adopted five authorisations for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for food/feed use.

Publication in the Official Journal of the EU of the third update of the EU Catalogue of feed materials (Regulation (EU) 2017/1017).

The expected stabilisation of pigmeat production in Europe could induce a moderate reduction in demand for pig feed (-1%).

EFSA has launched a public consultation on its draft guidance document on the characterisation of microorganisms used as feed additives or as production organisms.

Compound feed production in 2016 vs 2015: +0.4%.

Since further use of the additive ethoxyquin might cause a risk to human, animal health and the environment, the additive and feed containing it should be withdrawn from the market as soon as possible.