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Thursday, September 01, 2011
Short Corn Supply to Force Reduced ConsumptionUS - With the 2011 corn crop not likely big enough to meet demand and as prices continue to rise, livestock producers soon might be facing a critical decision: whether they should reduce their use of corn...
Report Profiles Top Animal Health & Nutrition FirmsUS — A comprehensive report providing in-depth profiles of more than 130 animal health and nutrition companies is now available from Fountain Agricounsel LLC, a leading management-consultant company...
Weekly Roberts Market Report US - This report comes to you from the hurricane, earthquake, and fire centre of Virginia where there is no power and the internet is spotty at best, writes Michael Roberts.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Biomin to Exhibit at SPACEFRANCE - Biomin invites visitors to SPACE to visit its booth, B36 in Hall 9.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Early Price Peak For Corn & Soybeans?US - The 2011-12 corn and soybean marketing years will be characterised by the need to reduce consumption of both crops. The magnitude of those needed reductions are not yet known and the prices needed...
Fifth Feed Mill Inaugurated in Cambodia CAMBODIA - The first Chinese company has built a new feed mill near Phnom Penh, the fifth for the country.
Market Preview: Corn Yield Predictions DipUS - In this week's "Market Preview" from National Hog Farmer magazine, Steve Meyer writes about corn yield prediction for 2011.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Global Market Report – CanadaCANADA - Better days are ahead for Ontario pig producers, writes Bob Fraser, Sales and Services for Genesus Ontario.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Hot July-August Weather Helps Crops Catch UpCANADA - The Canadian Wheat Board reports hot dry weather during July and August has helped crops throughout the eastern prairies catch up after a late start to spring planting and delayed early development...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Pork Producers Advised to Secure Feed SuppliesUS & CANADA - An agricultural Economics professor with the University of Missouri is advising North American pork producers to consider securing feed supplies in advance of need and locking in some margin...
Pork Producers' Ability to Pay for CornUS - This year’s corn crop is not big enough to meet the entire consumption base that has been built. Prices will have to be high enough to convince some end users to reduce consumption from current...
Thursday, August 18, 2011
USGC Works to Smooth the Way for DDGS Exports US & CHINA - China’s regulatory requirements for imports of distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are complex, stringent, and a serious burden for US ethanol plants, but the US Grains Council’s...
Perfect Timing for Conference on Feed Efficiency US - The International Conference on Feed Efficiency in Swine will be held in Omaha, Nebraska on 8 and 9 November 2011.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Cargill to Acquire ProvimiGLOBAL - Cargill has made a binding offer to acquire Provimi, the global animal nutrition company, for an enterprise value of €1.5 billion from Permira funds, the private equity firm which owns Provimi....
Market Preview: USDA Crop EstimatesUS - The cost and profit challenges facing pork producers got significantly greater last week when USDA released its August estimates for the 2011 US corn and soybean crops, writes Steve Meyer in his latest...
No Room to Increase Corn ConsumptionUS - The USDA projects that 13.245 billion bushels of US corn will be consumed during the marketing year that ends on 31 August, 2011. That forecast is 60 million bushels below the July forecast, but is...
Monday, August 15, 2011
Record Pork and Hog PricesUS - Strong export demand, light slaughter weights, and lower-than-expected hog slaughter are giving us record pork and hog prices, writes Ron Plain.
Friday, August 12, 2011
China's Soybean Imports Set to Maintain IncreaseCHINA - China will maintain an upward trend in soybean imports with the rise being driven by the widening profit margins of soybean oil crushers and the recovery of the hog production industry.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
OPIC Announces Swine Nutrition e-Learning CourseCANADA - The Ontario Pork Industry Council (OPIC) recently announced details of their Swine Nutrition e-Learning and Diet Formulation Training Project, writes Greg Simpson, Swine Nutritionist of OMAFRA...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Mexico Manages Effects of Prolonged DroughtMEXICO - Rain during July and August, as well as government support, will be key to the livestock sector's output for the second half of 2011, according to the latest GAIN Report from the USDA Foreign...
Weekly Roberts Market Report US - Monday was a "sell-everything" kind of day as US equity markets declined and crude oil took a 6.4 per cent dive to $81.31/barrel after Standard & Poor's cut the US' top-tier credit rating from AAA...
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Fines for Producers Who Ignore Swill Feed BanCHINA - Beijing is checking for swill-fed pigs during its current slaughterhouse campaign.
Sow Diet Affects Piglet Health at WeaningCANADA - Research conducted by the Prairie Swine Centre shows the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids in the diet of the sow can affect how well her piglets will respond to immune challenges presented...
Biomin Hosts 1st National Mycotoxin Symposium SRI LANKA - The first National Mycotoxin Symposium recently took place in Sri Lanka on 2 June 2011.
Novus's Sustainability Report Awarded B-CheckUS - Novus International, Inc. announces publication of its 2010 Sustainability Report, which documents and measures the company's comprehensive social, environmental and economic sustainability programme...
Monday, August 08, 2011
Altering Dietary Omega-6 to Omega-3 RatiosCANADA - Research conducted by the Prairie Swine Centre indicates altering the ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids in the diet can impact the reproductive performance of gestating sows, Bruce Cochrane...
Workshop Focuses on Efficiency and CostsCANADA - The 2011 Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop programme will be focusing on increasing efficiency and reducing costs, a reflection of the difficult time still being faced by the pork industry.
Friday, August 05, 2011
New Definition for Chelated Trace Minerals US - A new feed ingredient definition for Mintrex chelated trace minerals from Novus has been accepted by regulator, AAFCO.
Thursday, August 04, 2011
AgFeed Starts to Look Beyond China and USUS & CHINA - AgFeed Industries, Inc. has told its shareholders it expects revenues of approximately $84.0 million and a net loss of approximately $17 million for the second quarter.
Orego-Stim Gains Organic Certification AUSTRALIA - Orego-Stim, the natural feed additive from Meriden Animal Health, has been certified for use in organic systems in Australia by the Bio-Dynamic Research Institute.
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