Blogs

Introduction


The opinion of the bloggers do not necessarily reflect the opinion of AllAboutFeed. Comments welcome.


Out of the Back Office
Are technology discussions left only for the geeks in the back office of your organization? Have you thought about how technology is affecting your hiring decisions, how you are going to secure access to your employees, or how you can leverage te...

Author: Rich Reynertson  | thursday 03 may 2007

GMOs essential for food security in Africa
Consumers in developed countries won’t buy GMOs out of lingering concerns over their safety. This is mainly a perceptions problem, which some food chains have manipulated to their advantage. However, different and more basic challenges exist in Afr...

Author: Dr Hinner Köster  | monday 02 april 2007

Scares and emotions
The pet food industry cannot be compared to the livestock feed industry for many reasons, but one important distinction that stands out may be the level of emotion involved. And this is just the thing that makes the pet food industry an interesti...

Author: Emmy Koeleman  | wednesday 21 march 2007

New tools or new toys
When faced with any upgrade, new tool, new operating system, new device, how do you determine its real benefit to your organization?

Author: Rich Reynertson  | tuesday 13 march 2007

Functional proteins in pelleting
Another area of encouraging research into functional proteins examines their role in improving pellet quality. It is a commonly held belief that pellet quality is improved by gelatinizing the starch during the pelleting process. However, the data...

Author: Jared Froetschner  | tuesday 06 march 2007

Bright future for bacteria
In this blog I want to touch on the area of probiotics a little bit more. The concept of probiotics and the use of these products as feed additives has been developing since the late 1970's, but has become more popular in animal feed since the ba...

Author: Emmy Koeleman  | wednesday 28 february 2007

Worried about popcorn

I am worried about popcorn. If I go to the US next year will I still be able to buy a family bucket of this crunchy food for a reasonable price?

Author: Dick Ziggers  | thursday 15 february 2007

Dealing with BSE in South Africa
The South African feed industry faces similar threats and challenges as developed countries, including the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow, scare. This makes many consumers and supermarkets sceptical about the safety of their f...

Author: Dr Hinner Köster  | tuesday 06 february 2007

Working with the new rules (1)

One of the recent polls on this website was: The costly and time consuming new EU 'Feed Additive Regulation (1831/2003)' makes it impossible for small companies to compete on the feed additives markets.

Author: Emmy Koeleman  | friday 26 january 2007

Starch and protein
In my previous entry, I mentioned the OSU Grain Processing Symposium. As of today, the proceedings are still not posted to their website.  I will let you know when they are available.

Author: Jared Froetschner  | wednesday 24 january 2007

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