feed

The Russell family grows 15 ha of corn for silage each year. Photo: Will Russell

12-10-2022 | In-depth

Farm visit Australia: Improving home-grown feed

Toxic and unstable? Choose your selenium source carefully Photo: Canva

24-08-2022 | Article

Toxic and unstable? Choose your selenium source carefully

Economically, group feeding allows for maximum utilisation of least-cost formulation and also facilitates mechanised feeding, thereby reducing the labour required. Photo: Mark Pasveer

01-08-2022 | Article

Advantages of group feeding of dairy cows

Nano-emulsions are one prospective approach for efficiently delivering essential oils in poultry farming. Photo: Lex Salverda

25-04-2022 | Article

Are essential oil nano-emulsions better than essential oils?

Pigs selected for feed efficiency are better able to cope with stressors. Photo: Fred Libochant

11-04-2022 | Article

Selection for feed efficiency

Food security was the main topic for the panel discussion. Bas Geerts of Cefetra, Patrick Charlton of Alltech, Robert van der Zee of Cefetra, Eric Visser of Hamlet Protein and Jaana Kleinschmit at ADM were somewhat critical of the EU farm to fork strategy. Photo: Fabian Brockötter

07-04-2022 | News

Global Feed Safety Summit kicks off

Ideally, silage should be cut at 16-20% dry matter, and harvested at 30-35% for a pit and 35-40% for baled silage. Photo: Chris McCullough

21-03-2022 | Article

Managing silage supplies efficiently

Some estimates suggest Ukraine’s wheat output could drop by at least half and leave the world market short of 20 million tonnes of wheat. Photo: jannoon028/Allexxandar

08-03-2022 | News

Ukraine crisis: EU proposals to mitigate feed grain supply disruption

Seaweed is an important source of hydrocolloids. These water-soluble carbohydrates increase the viscosity of solutions to form gels. Photo: Koos Groenewold

10-09-2021 | Article

Benefits of pellet binders using natural sources like seaweed

The price of soybean meal in India has seen a significant rise. Photo: Life for Stock

03-09-2021 | News

Approval of GM soybean imports aids India’s poultry sector