Ukraine to invest in fishmeal production

16 May 2012 - Ukraine plans to, in the coming years, actively increase production of fish meal – according to the chairman of the National Agency for Fisheries of Ukraine Viktor Dronik. Read more >>

Pancosma launches new website

09 May 2012 - Following recent changes to its corporate identity, Pancosma has launched a new website, www.pancosma.com. Read more >>

Bühler & Intelscan sign deal on moisture control systems

07 May 2012 - Swiss-based company, Bühler, has signed a contract with Intelscan, for the supply of on-line moisture control systems to be installed at a large feed producer later this year. Read more >>

Skretting to extend rapid NIR analysis to shrimp feed

07 May 2012 - Skretting researchers have extended the capabilities of rapid NIR analysis used in fish feed production to cover the raw materials and finished feeds for shrimp. 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 >>

FAO forecasts dire wheat shortage in the Customs Union and Ukraine

01 May 2012 - Wheat production in Ukraine in 2012 will reduce by 37% and in Kazakhstan by 36%, is the most recent forecast made by experts of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Read more >>

Company update: Marine Harvest Q1

24 Apr 2012 - The world's largest fish farmer, Marine Harvest, said first-quarter operating profit fell sharply even as harvested volumes were ahead of plan as salmon prices fell. Read more >>

Research: Selective breeding in aquaculture

24 Apr 2012 - Researchers from Akvafors and Nofima in Norway reviewed the importance of selective breeding in aquaculture to meet future demands for animal protein. Read more >>

PEOPLE: Borregaard LignoTech appoints business manager Asia-Pacific

20 Apr 2012 - Ramesh Subramonian joins Borregaard LignoTech's feed additive team as Business Manager Asia-Pacific. Read more >>

Nutreco publishes 'Sustainability Vision 2020'

10 Apr 2012 - Global animal nutrition and fish feed company Nutreco has issued its Sustainability Vision 2020. Making sustainability an integral part of everyday business will ensure Nutreco can contribute to the Feeding the Future challenge: feeding nine billion people sustainably in 2050. Read more >>

Marine Harvest to move away from Nutreco

29 Mar 2012 - Marine Harvest announced plans to establish a new fish feed facility for producing salmon feeds for its aquaculture business. Currently it is purchasing two-thirds of its feeds from Skretting, a Nutreco subsidiary. Read more >>

Glencore to acquire Canada's Viterra

23 Mar 2012 - Swiss-based commodities firm Glencore International agreed this week to buy Canada's largest grain handling company Viterra, in a deal valued at Cdn$6.1 billion (€4.6 billion). Read more >>

Ukraine government to create large corn-soybean belt

23 Mar 2012 - Ukraine Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food (Minagroprod) has initiated a program to create a large corn-soybean belt that will expand cultivation land by 5 million hectares for corn and by 2 -2.5 million hectares for soy. This will allow the government to almost double the production of these crops and still internal demand. Read more >>

Ukraine tightens GMO policy

22 Mar 2012 - Ukraine in recent years has been actively discouraging GMOs, with as a result that the proportion of such products has been steadily decreasing: in 2007 about 50% of products in the Ukraine market contained a GMO, while in 2008 this number had reduced to 8%. Now in the Ukraine only 5% of all products contain GMOs, said Vladimir Semenovich, director of Ukrainian experimental food research center at a recent press conference. Read more >>

Research: Processing effects of pig diets

14 Mar 2012 - A combined study of Norwegian Felleskjøpet Fôrutvikling and Kansas State University investigated the ileal digestibility of crude protein, amino acids, dry matter and phosphorous in pigs fed diets steam conditioned at low and high temperature, expander conditioned or extruder processed. Read more >>

Belarus seeks protein feed self-sufficiency by 2020

09 Mar 2012 - Belarus plans in the coming years to minimize the importation of protein components of compound feed by raising domestic production, said Ludmila Yukhnovets, head of the Department of Varieties of Economic Utility of the State Inspectorate for Testing and Protection of Plant Varieties. Read more >>

Rolls-Royce wins second order for fish feed ship

09 Mar 2012 - Rolls-Royce has won a second order for a vessel from its Environship range to supply fish farms with feed along the Norwegian coast. Read more >>

XV International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding

06 Mar 2012 - The program for the XV International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding, to be held in Molde, Norway is filled with high quality research. Read more >>

Company update: Andritz Group 2011

01 Mar 2012 - International technology Group Andritz showed very satisfactory business development in the 2011 business year, reaching record highs in order intake, sales, and earnings. 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 >>