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.
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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.
FAO - Food price volatility a major threat to food security
Experts from more than 75 FAO Member States agreed today that while there were no grounds for complacency, there was no indication of an impending world food crisis. They proposed exploring new measures to check food price volatility and manage associated risks.
Malaysia to enforce Animal Feeds Act
Malaysia will enforce its Animal Feeds Act 2009 next year. The Act is aimed at ensuring quality and contamination-free animal feeds.
The effect of supplementing dry feed with a nutritional gel additive at the time of vaccination on nursery pig behaviour
A nutritional gel supplementation reduces the negative impact of vaccination on piglet behaviour.
Productively feeding us and them
Delivering the keynote address, ‘The Modern Pork Industry – Breakthroughs and Future Opportunities’, Dr Roger Campbell, CEO of Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), told a Zinpro symposium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, that the US pork industry, like Australia’s, needed to innovate around social and welfare issues.