Three major developments can be distinguished when discussing developments in animal feed manufacturing during the past decade: innovation and cost control, consumers playing a leading role and safety beyond all doubt. In this article, especially written for the 10 year anniversary of Feed Tech, Harm Klein of Tebodin CCE elaborates on these events and how they have affected compound feed manufacturing.

The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has initiated a project to revise the current testing procedures for Solids-Mixing Equipment for Animal Feeds.

A horse and three ponies have died and several other equids have been temporarily paralyzed following the ingestion of contaminated feed in French Guiana (a department of France located on the northern edge of South America), according to the Departmental Director of Veterinary Services in Cayenne.

Dinnissen Process Technology in Sevenum (the Netherlands) is developing a new method to protect liquid as well as powdered vitamins, enzymes, pre- and probiotics against oxidation.