Feed and nutrition

With the global drive to stop routine antimicrobial use in livestock and reduce use of antimicrobials overall, we take a look at some alternative ways we can ensure this happens on our pig farms.

Young pig farmers are increasing in number in Nigeria but feed costs are inhibitive of their business growth. How can alternative feed ingredients help to combat the cost of pig nutrition?

A new facility that aims to produce single-cell protein for uses, including the livestock feed industry, has recently been completed in China.

Choosing the right iron programme makes a big difference to the health and performance of the herd.

The use of raw cassava in pig feed could reduce pressure on cereal grains demand and provide a higher protein feed ingredient, but which method of processing is most efficient and cost-effective?

In the past 30 years, the growth and body composition of US market hogs has changed dramatically, but the same cannot be said for dietary vitamin and mineral levels.

Animal nutrition firm Biomin has announced efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the agriculture sector.

Dr Stefan Buzoianu, research and development project manager for Tonisity, discusses how better guts means better pigs means better yields.

Evonik and Vland have signed a Joint Development Agreement as part of their existing broader partnership in the field of probiotics for animal nutrition and enzymes for industrial applications.

While water is a vital component of any livestock diet, the question remains; does the quality of drinking water influence health and performance of pigs?

Evonik opens second world-scale plant for MetAMINO® production for its Asia growth market

Today Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer, unveiled its new global vision and logo to align the company strategically for 2042 and beyond.

An alternative technique to physical castration could offer US hog producers a host of financial and management benefits - provided producers take simple steps to optimise nutrition and marketing timing.…

Ÿnsect announced the official launch of the first fully automated industrial facility to produce premium insect protein.

The paper was presented by Dr Melanie Le Bon, of Nottingham Trent University, at the 75th annual British Society of Animal Science conference.

Do you floor-feed? Do you use individual feeding stalls? And what exactly are the welfare implications of adopting different feeding systems?

Executives and producers from Latin America met in the US to hear the success story of liquid methionine and its results on farms.

US grain futures prices were mixed to weaker in overnight trading, on corrective pullbacks from recent solid gains that pushed corn and wheat markets to three-month highs earlier this week.

Compound feed market size to reach USD$539.9 billion by 2023 at 4.02 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR), predicts Market Research Future.

A swine nutritionist with the University of Saskatchewan says, when considering the inclusion of alternative feed ingredients into swine rations, pork producers need to factor in costs other than the price of the ingredients.…