Quality Equipment: New feeders for piglets and weaners
Two new models have been added to the extensive range of pig feeders supplied by Suffolk manufacturing company, G E Baker Ltd, which trades as Quality Equipment.
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European Union - Compound feed production estimates for 2010
According to the preliminary statistical data provided by FEFAC members, the compound feed production in the EU-271 in 2010 may have reached a level of 149 mio. t, i.e. 0.5% above the figure for 2009 (148.2 mio. t).
European Union - Commission proposes suspension of import duties on cereals for certain tariff quotas
Import duties on certain cereals imported into the EU will be suspended next week until the end of June 2011 in order to ease the pressure on the EU market, especially for animal feed. Backed by Member States this morning within the Management Committee, the move is intended to help maintain a good balance on the EU market. The suspension relates to existing tariff rate quotas for low & medium quality soft wheat and for feed barley, where the preferential tariffs of 12 €/tonne and 16 €/tonne respectively will be reduced to zero for the volumes permitted under the quota.
Canada - Government releases first grain and Oilseeds Outlook for 2011/2012
For 2010-11, total exports are forecast to be slightly lower than 2009-10 due to lower exports of wheat (ex-durum), canola, oats and flaxseed.
Feeding sows during labor: practical advice
It isn’t easy to compile a bibliography referring to this subject matter in specific cases; one has to search for it among the footnotes of other, more general works. The aim of this article is to sum up aspects of feeding that can be important at the time of farrowing.
European Union - MOs: Commission to transmit to Council proposals to authorise three GM maize and one GM cotton products for food and feed
At a meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH), Member States returned no definitive opinion, either for or against, on proposals tabled by the Commission concerning three applications on GM maize and an application on cotton product.
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.
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.
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.
Feedtech-Croptech Pavilion at VIV Asia 2011 fully booked
Feedtech-Croptech Asia 2011, the brand new, special theme at VIV Asia 2011 is attracting high levels of attention from the international, exhibiting business community. VIV Asia focuses on the latest developments in the feed to meat market. The exhibitors at the Feedtech-Croptech Asia Pavilion are specialists in milling, processing, storage and handling of raw materials for the feed, food and fuel sectors. The interest in exhibiting exceeds all expectations. Space in the Pavilion is fully booked. Feedtech-Croptech Asia will be organised at BITEC, Bangkok from March 9 to March 11, 2011.
Russia - The Rosselkhoznadzor imposes temporary restrictions on import of pigs and porcine from Germany
Currently, 1478 establishments in Germany export their products to the Russian Federation. The Rosselkhoznadzor requested German Veterinary Service to provide information specifying establishments that have been exported their live animals, feed, pork and poultry meat as well as finished meat products containing pork produced in the territory of Germany since November 1, 2010, excluding products each batch of those was tested for dioxin by German Veterinary Service with negative results.
Hungary - Farm minister orders mandatory testing of German pork
Hungarian Rural Development Minister Sandor Fazekas on Wednesday ordered the mandatory testing of all pork from Germany for dioxin contamination.
European Union - Guidelines for the distinction between feed materials, feed additives, biocidal products and veterinary medicinal products
Commission recommendation of 14 January 2011 establishing guidelines for the distinction between feed materials, feed additives, biocidal products and veterinary medicinal products (2011/25/EU) .