Management of La Coop fédérée, its Olymel and Sollio Agriculture divisions and F. Ménard have agreed to acquire all the assets of Ange-Gardien company F. Ménard, in Montérégie, Quebec.

Elanco Animal Health Inc. has entered into a new global R&D collaboration with AgBiome Inc. to develop nutritional health products for swine. The collaboration further demonstrates Elanco’s commitment to antibiotic stewardship and bringing alternatives to producers’ most difficult challenges.

Leading alternative protein producer Calysta has received a $30 million investment from BP Ventures to support a worldwide rollout of Calysta’s FeedKind protein, which can help improve global food security, one of the greatest challenges facing the world today.

Cargill and InnovaFeed have entered into a strategic partnership to bring sustainable and innovative feed options to the animal nutrition industry. Through the partnership, Cargill and InnovaFeed will collaborate to jointly market fish feed which includes insect protein, enabling both partners to support the growth of sustainable aquaculture.

The transaction should be completed in the coming weeks, depending on the regulatory approvals of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE).

BioMar and Minze Long Yang Xia, the largest trout farmer in China, have signed a cooperation agreement to supply high-performance fish feed with almost half the environmental footprint compared with local Chinese feed.

KFC Canada will partner with Chicken Farmers of Canada by featuring the Raised by a Canadian Farmer seal on its products, which demonstrates the commitment of restaurants and grocery retailers who source chicken raised to the highest standards of quality and care by Canadian farmers, of which 100% of KFC Canada’s system supports.

ForFarmers Netherlands announces to transfer the feed production from its Helmond location to other ForFarmers mills in Almelo, Deventer, the Netherlands, and Rees, Germany, in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Recent groundbreaking ceremonies for Oklahoma State University’s new Animal Nutrition and Physiology Center heralded a new era for the university’s longstanding commitment to the animal agriculture industry and animal well-being in general.