Animal Feed
Lower first half demand slows ForFarmers
ForFarmers’ UK feed volumes and profitability have fallen over the first half of 2019, through a combination of mild weather reducing ruminant demand; higher manufacturing costs and increased raw material prices that could not be recovered from the market. The UK...
read moreLocal rapemeal for sustainable dairy rations
Trials in Scotland show that locally treated oilseed rapemeal can replace imported soya protein in dairy cow rations with no adverse effect upon milk yield, quality or cow health. Four years ago, feed manufacturer Norvite, based at Insch near Aberdeen, opened an...
read moreFeed fats to improve efficiency of lighter beef animals
Beef producers will need to increase feed efficiency in the face of moves by beef processors to set a lower cap on carcass weights, advises David Bonsall of UFAC UK. Processors and retailers are seeking to reduce carcase weights to optimise the value of the carcase in...
read moreRising commodity prices lift NWF revenues
Full year results from NWF Feeds, the animal feed division of the Cheshire-based NWF Group of feed, fuel and food distribution businesses, show stable performance in a volatile period. The division, which trades as NWF Agriculture, made an operating profit of £2.8...
read moreNew palm oil credit scheme from AIC Services
AIC Services has created a Palm Oil Credit Scheme (APOCS) to help feed industry users of the material prove that they are using sustainable sources of palm oil in their products. The scheme, developed in conjunction with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)...
read moreWeather, trade politics and ASF reduce ADM at Q2 and H1
Political disruption affecting global commodity trading plus the severe spring weather in the US are factors which reduced Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)’s profitability and revenues in the second quarter and first half of its financial year. The company made an...
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