Ajinomoto Aminoscience LLC ("Ajinomoto") has announced that increasing raw material and energy costs at its production facilities have lead to a price increase for all L-Arginine products. Prices will increase by U.S. $1/ kg.

Brazil's position as one of the most important meat exporters in the world and one of the leading animal feed producers is driving strong growth of its animal feed additives market, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan.

Each year Australian livestock producers spend millions of dollars routinely feeding and administering additives, but are they really necessary, cost-effective and do they really work? These questions are answered in a recent report released by the Australian agricultural Kondinin Group into the worth of the popular but expensive livestock food additives.

Two horses in New Zealand died after eating a feed of mixed chaff, copra and proprietary horse feed. In the mixture traces of monensin and lasalocid were found.

Biotin is a popular nutritional supplement for horses to promote and maintain the growth of healthy hooves and coats. However, little up to date information is available whether supplementat ion of biot in has an actual effect. Feed Mix summarises some recent insights on this topic.