Agri Inputs
Second US jury finds against glyphosate
Bayer has defended the record of its glyphosate active ingredient after a second US jury linked the herbicide to a user’s cancer in phase one of a California court case. In the latest case, Hardeman v Monsanto, jurors reached a phase one verdict in favour of the...
read moreSFT Ruminants conference
The Society of Feed Technologists’ annual Ruminant Conference takes place on Thursday April 4th at the Windmill Village Hotel near Coventry. Chaired by Dr Andrew Pine of Premier Nutrition, presentations include: the impact of Brexit on livestock farmers by Dr Carmen...
read moreAnpario invests in online sales platform
Anpario, the UK-based manufacturer and distributor of natural animal feed additives, has reported a 34% increase in profitability on slightly lower revenues. Growth in Europe, the US and Australasia was partially offset by results in China, the Far East and Latin...
read moreVolunteers behind erucic acid contamination of oilseed rape
A NIAB project, funded by the AHDB (PR602), has concluded that higher than expected levels of erucic acid (EA) in oilseed rape seed originated from oilseed rape volunteers. Erucic acid contamination has led to some growers incurring penalties on consignments, or...
read moreDDGS testing service launched
Speciality chemical company Evonik has introduced a new test for distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) used in livestock feed production. DDGS is the nutrient rich co-product of dry-milled ethanol production, used as a feed ingredient to provide supplementary...
read moreDevenish’s 20% sales growth
Feed manufacturer Devenish Nutrition has reported increased in profit and sales from its latest full year of trading. The Belfast-based business made an operating profit of £3.6 million on revenues of £225m in the year to May 31st 2018, compared to £2.8m and £187m in...
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