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 carbo...

11 dec 2007

12 nov 2006

A new, special and efficient feedmill with maximum synergy through the logical combination of animal feed and wood pellets has been built in the Voralberg region of Austria. The basic idea came from Vorarlberger Mühlen- und Mischfutterwerke (VMM) at ...

01 apr 2006

"Zierno-Kombikorma-Veterinaria" (Cereals-Feed-Veterinary) took place in Moscow from 7 to 10 February. An increased number of exhibitors travelled to Russia to experience the positive developments in the Russian feed and livestock industries. Philipp...

01 apr 2006

Fedesa, the European Federation of Animal Health, met in 1998 in Copenhagen to discuss the “Microbial Threat.” They reached a series of policy recommendations on how the risk of antimicrobial resistance could be tackled. These were broad guidelines, ...

01 sep 2001

Compound feed production for the EU-15 (Greece and Luxembourg excluded) reached 125.5 million tonnes in 2000. This is marginally higher than in 1999 (+0.1%). Adding a further 0.9 million tonnes representing the estimated production of Luxembourg and ...

01 jun 2001

How do Europeans regard spending money on agriculture? Almost half the European Union’s budget is spent on its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Strangely enough, only 50% of the Europeans have ever heard of this farm policy. This is one of the find...

01 may 2001