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The DFG has approved the establishment of 17 new Collaborative Research Centres as of 1 January 2010. This decision was made recently by the relevant Grants Committee in Bonn. The new centres will initially be funded for four years with a total of €132 million. In addition, 20 percent overhead funding for indirect costs will also be provided for each project. The new CRCs include the development of an antibiotic-free diet for swine.

Ethanol production more than doubled feed costs for livestock producers in the United States between 2006 and 2008, according to a report released Monday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

A unique grains harvest is underway to explore the potential of growing quality barley and wheat specifically for pig feed. The research brings together the Department of Agriculture and Food, Murdoch University and InterGrain, as part of a diverse project funded by the Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).

Brazilian authorities have approved the use of a new genetically-modified soy seed which was developed jointly by BASF and Embrapa in the world's No. 2 soy exporter.

Australia, the world's fourth-largest wheat exporter, may produce 3 percent less of the grain than previously forecast after adverse weather trimmed yields.

The Ministry of Commerce and General Administration of Customs in China has imposed a ban on the import and export of ractopamine and ractopamine hydrochloride.

The specific objectives of the project are to provide a critical and extensive review on mycotoxins detoxifying agents.