Toxic weed seeds may be more common than feed producers have realized.
It is possible to have high-quality diets with less expensive alternative ingredients; you simply have to know where to find the ingredients.
Using alternative ingredients in order to lower feed cost is now common practice in swine diets. However, now the challenge is to strike a balance between cost and quality.
Some plants are able to change the character of toxins so they don’t register as mycotoxins. What are feed producers to do about these “hidden” mycotoxins?
Post-weaned piglets have less intestinal damage with proper feed consumption levels.
Adding organic acids to water reduces the risk of post-weaning diarrhea syndrome in piglets.
Molasses is an old ingredient, but where lactose is rare or expensive, it can offer a sound alternative with many advantages when used as a feed ingredient in piglet diets, and has an interesting story behind it.
Grain-based aquaculture diets, while good, have some clear disadvantages. However, some researchers think that separating compounds may be a way to get around those disadvantages.
With alternative raw material usage on the rise, now more than ever, the feed industry needs to be aware of risks coming down the supply chain.
At the 2012 International Poultry Scientific Forum, all eyes were focused on how to get the most from available resources.
With hay selling for vastly inflated prices this year, ranchers are looking more closely at getting cows to eat more and waste less.
Thai Foods Group is finding success not by competing with the country’s big players that are expanding internationally, but by taking a different route entirely – concentrating on winning market share solely in Thailand.
In a world of price volatility, it will take creativity and a fresh pair of eyes to be successful in pig production. So how exactly does one go about doing that?
Founded in the midst of the mad cow disease crisis that shook Europe in the early part of the 21st century, a decade later Alifel Feed shows there is still value in maintaining secure production.
The use of carbohydrases in animal feed has a clear financial benefit, especially when cereal prices are high.
Asia-Pacific countries hold the largest regional share of feed production.
Sow gestation diets must have adequate calcium and phosphorus for strong bones.
Booming demand for seafood products coupled with concerns over dwindling marine fish populations has made finding fish meal alternatives a high priority for the aquaculture feeds industry.
An expert panel predicts some moderation in feed costs for poultry producers in the coming year after record-high feed ingredients prices in 2011.
Replacing inorganic trace mineral sources with lower levels of organic trace mineral forms in poultry feed can yield great results. However, using the right test with OTMs is critical.
