Animal Feed & Animal Nutrition News
CP to expand its regional maize crops

// 22 jan 2008

The CP Group plans to enlarge its maize plantations in four neighbouring countries by another 1.67 million rai to provide feed for the group's livestock business.

Ajva Taulananda, vice-chairman of the group, said the expansion was planned over the next two years to bring the total plantation area to 3.2 million rai in Vietnam, Burma, Cambodia and Laos.

Its crop areas would climb to 1.7 million rai in Vietnam, 700,000 in Burma, 500,000 in Cambodia and 300,000 in Laos.

The expansion is expected to produce an additional 1.67 million tonnes of maize for CP to supply animal feedmill production and livestock farming for CP Group and its SET-listed flagship Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc. Regional subsidiaries CP Vietnam Livestock Co and CP Laos Co need a large volume of maize each year.

Related website:
CP Group

To receive more animal feed news, subscribe here

Peptones: a puff or a promise?

Emmy Koeleman: Before I delved into the world of peptones, I only knew the word from being a scruffy Dutch surf-rock band (www.peptones.nl). However, more research into peptones taught me that they are used in microbiological culture media to support the nutritional requirements of micro-organisms. Read more...

Animal Feed Statistics from around the world

"WE HAVE A DREAM..."

To gather Animal Feed Production Data - from feed production statistics to number of feed production facilities - from around the world to create a

WORLD MAP OF ANIMAL FEED

We've made a start here.....


Poll
Small livestock farms will not be viable anymore in the future:
I agree, small farms cannot compete with mega farms.
I disagree, it just depends on farm management.
I don’t know, it depends on the type of farm and country.
Go to poll archive


RBI