Consistent nutritional value and economic benefits
Dwindling fish stocks are resulting in a shortage of fishmeal, significantly pushing up costs, but in doing so presenting opportunities to take advantage of a cost-effective, sustainable protein source for pig and poultry diets,...
At the 2024 Western Poultry Disease Conference, Carlos Daniel Gornatti-Churria and his team from the California Animal Health & Food Safety Laboratory (CAHFS) at the University of California-Davis presented their findings on salt toxicity cases in chickens. The researchers...
While selected as feed for their availability, cost and protein content, common raw feed ingredients can also negatively impact their own nutritional value and bioavailability.
Gabriela Cardoso, Ph.D., NOVUS poultry solutions manager for the Americas, will share how common feedstuffs...
Feed costs for producing broiler chickens accounts for 60% to 70% of total production costs, and stump waste from the production of button mushrooms comprises nearly 30% of total mushroom weight. Marrying the two has the potential to reduce...
Chicken diets are formulated to provide chickens with nutrients to live, grow, and produce eggs. Chickens need more than just vegetation and table scraps! In fact, certain table scraps don’t offer a lot of nutrients and can even interfere...
Benson Hill, Inc. (NYSE: BHIL, "the Company"), a leading ag-tech firm, has announced successful results from a feeding trial conducted with Perdue Farms. The trial focused on the integration of Benson Hill's Ultra-High Protein, Low Oligosaccharide (UHP-LO) soybean meal...
Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat for public health, and the use of antimicrobials in livestock feed has been a major contributing factor in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance to many drugs, according to the U.S....
Cargill's animal nutrition business is conducting a voluntary recall of Nutrena Country Feeds Meat bird 22% Crumble (RV) due to non-inclusion of Vitamin D. Lack of Vitamin D in meat bird diets can lead to mineral deficiencies and bone...
Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat for public health, and the use of antimicrobials in livestock feed has been a major contributing factor in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance to many drugs, according to the U.S....
London-based startup Entocycle is aiming to show how the process of turning protein-rich bugs into food for chickens and pigs could help fight climate change.
Source: Reuters
