Graincorp: $ 59m losses due to drought Australia’s largest bulk grain handler, Graincorp, posts $ 59m loss due to drought.
Drought hits animal feed supply down under The drought not only hits European farmers. In Australia, farmers are desperately searching for animal feed for...
Australian mega grain farm up for sale One of Australia’s biggest arable farms extending to 200,000 hectares has just been put on the market for sale...
February issue of All About Feed now available online The February issue (issue 2) of All About Feed has been published online. In this issue we delve into...
Wheat: From seed-to-seed in 8 weeks A new speedy way of breeding crops, such as wheat, has been developed by researchers from John Innes Centre,...
New Australian cricket farm gets green light Grubs-Up, a cricket farm in Western Australia is currently selling insects for human consumption, but animal...
Aussie grain handler to test blockchain Australia-based CBH Group, the handler of West Australian Grain, is actively testing a blockchain-based platform.
Heavy floods damages Australian crops Extensive flooding has destroyed millions of dollars worth of crops in Central Queensland.
Brewer’s grain benefits Aussie dairy cows Under a trial programme, dairy farmers across South Australia and south-east Queensland are using leftover...
Canola: The crop of choice in Australia Across Australia, the canola futures price is sitting well above $500/tonne. That compares to about $250/tonne...
Obesity: a problem in ponies A third of ponies are considered obese. This increased the risks of a painful and debilitating hoof condition...
Join the World Poultry webinar on maintaining gut health All About Feed's sister publication, World Poultry is proud to announce the programme of its second gut health...
Seaweed feeding to reduce methane output Feeding seaweed to dairy cows can reduce the methane output by these animals. This is concluded from new...
Boosting Aflasafe use in Africa A high proportion of corn and groundnuts in Sub-Saharan Africa are contaminated with aflatoxin. The biocontrol...
Australian clay: A non-antibiotic solution for poultry A clay, sourced from Australia, has been shown to have a set of positive effects on poultry performance and health.
2015 survey: Mycotoxin threats remain high Mycotoxin-related threats to livestock production are severe or high in 60% of regions worldwide according to...
BLOG: What is in our fish feed and fish? A comment a Chinese jade perch farmer had made got me thinking. He was concerned about the fact that the jade...
BLOG: Half the breeding is in the feeding – food for thought I was talking with a barramundi grower friend of mine the other day. They also run a pretty switched on hatchery...
Is Phytase enzyme the only weapon in the battle against... Approximately two-thirds of phosphorous in feedstuffs of plant origin is in the form of phytate (myo-inositol...
Is the aquaculture industry efficient enough? The question has to be asked - is the aquaculture industry managing its research resources in the most efficient...
Global cat food use of trash fish A recent study by Deakin University scientists has uncovered some revealing facts. Giovanni Turchini and...
Longer grazing steps increase acidosis risk With the latest research showing that acidosis can be an issue throughout the grazing season, not just in...
Future farm sustainability: Value or volume? More than 1,200 farmers and food and agribusiness industry stakeholders from around the world attended the...
Leucaena, promising forage for the tropics The tree legume leucaena is highly palatable and can make a good livestock feed ingredient. However, a toxic...
Preconditioning for extrusion of aquafeed - Part 2 Preconditioning, as applied in the manufacture of feed, involves adding moisture and heat to the feed...
"Whatever animals eat is important for their growth" Professor John Pluske, associated with the Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia, is one of the world’s...
Turning flies into valuable feed protein in South Africa Processing raw materials is not only limited to the usual suspects such as grains and oilseeds. Insects are...
Race horses perform better with beta-glucans Exercise and immune function have a link. So can dietary beta-glucans – an immune booster - therefore be...
How to engage better with chain partners Mixed farmer Lachlan Seears wants to be as transparent as possible by the way he manages his farm. "It all about...
Antibiotic banned, but still around Animal feed is prepared by different ingredients, often coming from different sources. In the Netherlands, an...
Can we really lower zinc levels that easily? Recently Efsa proposed that we should lower the zinc levels in animal diets. I agree, oversupplying leads to...
Looking back on 'Future Woolscapes' My mind sometimes wanders off to the time when I did my internship at the University of Sydney (back in 1999)....
Will ASEAN be the next EU? Last week I spent a week in Bangkok, Thailand visiting one of the largest feed equipment and animal feed shows,...
Strategies for reducing feed costs Reduced feed costs lead to improved production efficiency and profitability of poultry enterprises. Feeding and...
Taiwan: COA investigates cottenseed usage in feed The Council of Agriculture (COA) recently announced that it had investigated local factories on the use of large...
Use of cottonseed beyond ruminant feed Cottonseed could be a good source of vegetable protein, but only ruminant animals can tolerate gossypol, the...
Challenges in Chinese Dairy Increasing demand for dairy products and a swelling middle class, who are concerned about food safety, is the...
PHOTO Report: Woodsgrain in Goondiwindi, Australia Satake Australia recently completed a new feed milling facility for Woods Stockfeeds in Goondiwindi. Emmy...
FEED MILL: WoodsGrain, Goondiwindi, Australia Satake Australia recently completed a new feed milling facility for Woods Stockfeeds in Goondiwindi, Australia....
FARM VISIT: Tiger Prawn farm, Woongoolba, Australia The farm “Gold Coast Tiger Prawns”, part of “Gold Coast Marine Aquaculture” is located near the mouth of the...