Hassad Foods and 250,000 ha of Australian farmland

07 May 2012 - Hassad Australia, a subsidiary of Hassad Foods, a company owned by the Qatar government, has recently 40,000 hectares in western Victoria, The Land reported. 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 >>

Australian consumers mislead by anti-GM campaigns

23 Apr 2012 - Misguided and misinformed media campaigns against GM crops only act to unnecessarily mislead consumers and work against the interests of Australian agriculture. Read more >>

Some Salmonella types are more susceptible to becoming hypervirulent

19 Apr 2012 - A group of researchers from the Universities of California, USA and of Sydney Australia have published a study on the ability of certain Salmonella subspecies to become hypervirulent after passing through an animal, in PLoS Pathogen. Read more >>

Mycotoxin contamination of feed supply chain – serious problem

03 Apr 2012 - In a special issue entitled ‘Nutrition and Pathology of Non-Ruminants’, of the Journal of Animal Feed Science & Technology Wayne Briden (University of Queensland, Australia) discusses the subject: Mycotoxin contamination of the feed supply chain: Implications for animal productivity and feed security. Read more >>

New plant at Moree for more feed focus

02 Apr 2012 - A new purpose-built feed mill at Moree (New South Wales, Australia) is set to tap the North West’s ample grain and cotton seed supplies to produce a new range of livestock nutrition supplements. Read more >>

Frog skin protein may help find new antibiotics

22 Mar 2012 - Proteins secreted by frog skin could one day help in the design of new antibiotics to fight superbugs, say researchers. Read more >>

Milk souring as record profit spurs expansion of herds

15 Mar 2012 - Record dairy profits and milder weather are leading to a surge in milk supplies from Auckland to California, turning last year’s best-performing commodity contract into one of the worst of 2012, Bloomberg reports. Read more >>

Research: Dehulled lupins in weaner pigs diets

13 Mar 2012 - Combined Australian/Canadian research studied the performance and intestinal responses to dehulling and inclusion level of Australian sweet lupins (Lupinus angustifolius L.) in diets for weaner pigs. Read more >>

Satake Australia and Petkus Technologie enter new cooperation agreement

29 Feb 2012 - Satake Australia and Petkus Technologie Germany have entered a cooperation agreement for the sale and support of Petkus seed and grain processing equipment in Australia. Read more >>

Research: grass pea variety benefits N and K uptake in wheat

15 Feb 2012 - An Australian-bred and less toxic grass pea variety enhances nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) uptake in wheat crops, ScienceNetwork Western Australia reports. Read more >>

Old additive technology still beneficial in feedlots

09 Feb 2012 - A scientific review in Australia has shed more light on the issue of feed conversion efficiency in feedlots, sure to hearten many in the sector as demand both globally and domestically for feed grain continues to intensify, reports The Land. Read more >>

4B Australia moves to new premises

26 Jan 2012 - After only one year in operation, bucket elevator and conveyor component supplier 4B Australia has already outgrown the premises that it started up in, and has relocated to a new modern 450m3 office/warehouse complex located at Acacia Ridge in Brisbane. Read more >>

Aurora Algae aims for US$100M raise

20 Jan 2012 - In California, Aurora Algae’s Matthew Caspari, managing director of Australian operations, said that the company is driving to raise $100 million from existing and new private investors by mid-year, and is aligning at an IPO later in the year. Read more >>

Australian plums increase shelf life of petfoods

17 Jan 2012 - The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) and Queensland Government scientists have discovered promising new anti-microbial properties in a combination of natural-plant ingredients, including two common native Australian plums. Read more >>

Research: Exogenous enzymes and their effects on intestinal microbiology

04 Jan 2012 - Mike Bedford of AB Vista and Aaron Cowieson of University of Sydney in Animal Feed Science and Technology discussed the effects of exogenous enzymes on the microbes in the gut. Read more >>

Research: Nutrition and pathology of weaner pigs

04 Jan 2012 - Scientists of the Australian Livestock Innovation in Perth and Murdoch University and the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) in the journal Animal Feed Science and Technology discussed nutritional strategies to support barrier function in the gastrointestinal tract of weaner pigs. Read more >>

Research: Sorghum grind and broiler gut development

29 Dec 2011 - Researchers of the University of New England, NSW, Australia and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences investigated the effects of the extent and method of grinding of sorghum prior to inclusion in complete pelleted broiler chicken diets on broiler gut development and performance. Read more >>

Australian scientists use algae to solve carbon problems

20 Dec 2011 - A ground-breaking experiment that uses algae to absorb carbon dioxide emissions from a power plant and could supply cattle feed as a co-product. Read more >>

Viterra's positive outlook

16 Dec 2011 - Positive harvest conditions in both South Australia and Western Canada should provide strong volumes for Viterra's grain handling and marketing operations in fiscal 2012. Read more >>