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The demand for vegetable protein meals for use in animal feed has increased, and this trend is likely to continue over the coming decade.

While pig feed and cattle feed production dropped by 1.2%, poultry feed has seen its volume of production grow by +0.3%.

FDA announced yesterday the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) final rule, an important piece of the agency’s overall strategy to promote the judicious use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals.

China's imports of soybeans will continue to grow in the coming decade because of limited farmland and a rising population.

IFIF together with AFIA and FEFAC are pleased to announce the official release of the first if its kind Global Feed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) guidelines developed by the FAO-led Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance Partnership (LEAP).

This draft guidance is intended to help animal producers (persons who feed animals) develop and implement on-farm practices to ensure the safety of animal feed maintained and fed to animals on the farm.

50 percent of the total production goes to the poultry sector and 15.9 percent to the pig sector.

The NOSHAN project will turn food waste – in particular fruit, vegetables and dairy – into animal feed, at low cost and, while keeping energy consumption low.

The Commission adopted proposals on veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed, to improve the health and wellbeing of animals, to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the EU and to foster innovation.

Italy is the fifth feed manufacturer in Europe, with a total invoicing of €7.3 billion.

According to DEFRA, following improvements during the early 1990s, the FCR for the pig fattening herd increased (i.e. more feed required per unit increase in pig weight), albeit with some fluctuations, particularly in recent years.

The NVWA has closed off the cattle and pig farms on which the contaminated feeds have been found.

The hog-to-corn ratio rebounded to 5.29 after it fell to a five-year low of 4.6 in April. When the ratio is above 6, pig farmers can start thinking about profits.

Rosselkhoznadzor imposes temporary restrictions on import of breeding and commercial pigs as well as not-heat-treated blood products used for manufacturing feeds for food-producing animals from May 30, 2014.

The provisional safeguard measures should apply from the day following the publication of this Regulation and last for a period of 12 months.

Wageningen University and FAO host international conference on the role of insects in sustainable food production.