Excentials introduces Nutrimel as exclusive distributor for Chile

16 May 2012 - Excentials BV, a European based specialty feed additives supplier belonging to Orffa International Holding BV, has announced its collaboration with Comercial Nutrimel Limitada (Santiago de Chile) to develop sales, marketing and technical support of its Excentials’ product range in Chile. Read more >>

Brazil’s animal feed costs expected to rise

15 May 2012 - Brazil’s animal feed production costs are expected to increase this year by 3-3.5%, according to Ariovaldo Zani, executive VP of Brazil's National Animal Feed Industry Association, Sindirações. Read more >>

Industrial enzymes market estimated to grow to US$6 billion

04 May 2012 - A new market research by MarketReseach.com estimates the global market for industrial enzymes to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.1% to reach $6 billion by 2016. Read more >>

Solazyme joint venture brings algae plant to Brazil

09 Apr 2012 - Algae producer Solazyme is taking another step toward large-scale production of fuels and chemicals from algae with a joint venture with global agribusiness firm Bunge to build and operate a commercial-scale oils production plant in Brazil. In 2010, Bunge took an equity stake in Solazyme. Read more >>

Brazil changes mineral inclusion levels in pig and poultry feeds

06 Apr 2012 - Brazil has changed regulations dictating minimum and maximum levels of mineral inclusion for poultry and swine nutrition, which is to the benefit of organic minerals. Read more >>

Chile’s farmers ask additional import duties on Argentine corn

04 Apr 2012 - SNA, Chile’s farm bureau, asks that the corn and chicken imported from Argentina be additionally taxed. Read more >>

Research: Mycotoxins in Argentinean maize

03 Apr 2012 - A survey was carried out to quantify mycotoxins occurrence in Argentina’s maize (Zea mays L), from 1999 to 2010. Read more >>

Nutreco increases its shareholding in Brazilian joint venture to 97%

13 Mar 2012 - Nutreco announced that it has signed an agreement to increase its shareholding in its Brazilian joint venture Nutreco Fri-Ribe from 51% to 97%. Read more >>

Argentine farmers JV aim at breaking soy market

06 Mar 2012 - Argentine biotech firm Bioceres is teaming up with US-based Arcadia Biosciences to bring a host of new transgenic soybean seeds in an effort to break the Monsanto market dominance. Read more >>

Libya buys Ukraine feed wheat, barley, and Argentine soymeal

22 Feb 2012 - Libya's state grain buying agency is purchasing feed wheat, barley, soymeal, and has tenders out for the similar amounts of the same and milling wheat, Reuters reports. Read more >>

Jamaican Newport Mills ahead of US safety ratings

14 Feb 2012 - Newport Mills Ltd, a Nutramix animal feed manufacturer, is ahead of the game when international safety ratings are concerned. Read more >>

BioMar starts business in Costa Rica

26 Jan 2012 - Norwegian fish feed producers Biomar announced that their new plant in Costa Rica is expected to be up and running in May. As well as the feed factory they intend to open a new research and trial facility for the development of tilapia diets. Read more >>

Better profit, more Argentine corn hectares

18 Jan 2012 - Area planted with corn surged in Argentina this autumn, reported Kurt Shultz, US Grains Council director in Latin America, who explained that Argentine farmers will make a better profit from corn than from soybeans for the first time ever. Read more >>

Bluewave appoints Arca Galleon Agriventures in the Philippines

23 Dec 2011 - Bluewave Marine Ingredients, manufacturer of specialized proteins, peptides and nucleotides derived from marine sources, continues its business growth plans in Asia Pacific with the recent appointment of Arca Galleon Agriventures as its distributor in the Philippines. Read more >>

People: New Technical Coordinator AB Vista Brazil

14 Dec 2011 - Willian Correa will draw on considerable experience in the field of animal nutrition to take on a range of technical and regulatory responsibilities. Read more >>

Research: Probiotics in broilers

06 Dec 2011 - Scientists of the Pelotas University in Brazil evaluated the probiotic properties of Pichia pastoris and a recombinant P. pastoris containing the Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin gene in broilers. Read more >>

Argentinean government limits land sale to foreigners

02 Dec 2011 - Argentina has joined a handful of other big farming nations such as Brazil that have taken steps to limit foreign ownership of farmland. Read more >>

Research: Mycotoxin levels of Fusarium head blight infected wheat

22 Nov 2011 - A Brazilian study quantified deoxynivalenol and nivalenol in commercial wheat grain related to Fusarium head blight epidemics in southern Brazil Deoxynivalenol and nivalenol levels in Brazilian wheat. Read more >>

Research: Supplements for grazing dairy cows

11 Nov 2011 - At the Maringá University in Brazil production performance and milk composition of grazing dairy cows fed pelleted or non-pelleted concentrates treated with or without lignosulfonate and containing ground sunflower seeds were studied. Read more >>

Research: Solvent extracted canola meal in weaned pigs

09 Nov 2011 - Combined Mexican/Canadian study investigated the effect of feeding solvent-extracted canola meal on growth performance and diet nutrient digestibility in weaned pigs. Read more >>