Certainly, Albania means nothing within world feed production, but it is an existing industry and although stillpioneering it has a meaning for the country. Read more >

Fefac President, Pedro Corrêa de Barros, stressed the need for EU Farm Ministers to recognise the value of agricultural investment for the EU economy and global food security. At Fefac’s 52nd Annual general Meeting in Brussels he expressed this comment referring to the debate of the informal Farm... Read more >

A group of Dutch innovators have joined forces to investigate the possibility of creating a so called ‘feed Design Lab’ for feed manufacturers to be able to quickly respond to changes in the market and create new forms of animal feed. Read more >

As a part of its mycotoxins risk management program Biomin initiated a survey about the occurrence of major mycotoxins in feedstuffs, sampled in Europe, in the year 2008. Read more >

Seven countries in the European Union commercially produce genetically modified crops. Spain is by far the largest producer. Five countries continue to maintain national bans. At the same time, the EU is a major importer of GM-products. This complex situation continued throughout 2008. Read more >

The EU livestock industry has been forced into significant losses in the marketing year 2007/2008 with rising grain prices while meat and milk prices have not kept up. The poor 2007 harvest has been the key problem, but the inability to import feedstuffs from around the world due to GM-concerns... Read more >

The Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) has played a major role in developing agriculture in Europe. Butter mountains and milk and wine lakes, meat piles and wheat stores, they all have disappeared and a vibrant farming sector across the EU has been developed. Still there are many... Read more >

The Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) has played a major role in developing agriculture in Europe. Butter mountains and milk and wine lakes, meat piles and wheat stores, they all have disappeared and a vibrant farming sector across the EU has been developed. Still there are many... Read more >

The boom in the agricultural markets has fundamentally altered conditions in the farming sector. Arable farmers have profited from this situation, while livestock farmers have struggled not only with growing energy costs, but also with rising feed prices. The climate may be set to change,... Read more >

Only one tonne of ethanol can be produced from 3.3 tonnes of wheat. Many co-products arise from the raw materials used in the process of producing ethanol, the major one being distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS). Other products are carbondioxide and glycerine. In August, Adisseo, in... Read more >