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What has happened to the prices for feed ? In the press release, prices for soybean, maize, wheat and barley have jumped from an average price of around 120 €/ tonne during the summer 2006 to 200...
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AFIA continued its prominent leadership position on ingredient import safety during a "National Dialog" workshop in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 28-29, 2007. The Association-sponsored event followed AFIA's participation last month in President Bush's Interagency Working Group on Import Safety. This past summer, AFIA met with Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary Michael Leavitt to discuss the significance and impact of imports on the feed industry. Open to the entire feed...
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FEFANA (the EU Feed Additives and Premixtures Association) has developed a user-friendly tool, in order to support the feed business operators and the authorities in classifying feed products and mixtures according to the regulatory framework in the European Union. Based on very simple questions and a decision tree system, this tool allows the allocation to the proper regulatory classification status of any single component or feed mixture. Such a tool will prove helpful for operators...
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Lallemand aligns its US production facilities with the strictest EU quality requirements. Lallemand Animal Nutrition announces that Lallemand Specialties, Milwaukee Operations, successfully completed ISO 9001:2000 and FAMI-QS (Feed Additives and Premixtures Quality System) audits of the Lallemand bacterial facility in Milwaukee, WI. As the international feed market becomes increasingly regulated, these new certifications represent a significant accomplishment...
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An exciting and well-rounded line-up of presentations is in store for delegates to the FIAAP conference. Topics will focus strongly on innovative ingredients, natural solutions and quality issues in feed ingredients. 2007 has seen a year of sky-rocketing commodity prices and concerns about the availability of feed grains. Dr. Robert A. Swick, Technical Director, ASA International Marketing, Singapore will address this pressing issue with an analysis of raw material supply and demand...
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By-products of potatoes are often used as animal feed, but is it allowed to use by-products of genetically altered potatoes? EU experts meet in Brussels this week to debate the issue. Subject of discussion is the Amflora potato, introduced to the market by BASF. The company has submitted an application to the European Commission's panel of veterinary health experts to allow use of the by-product from this potato in animal feed. Initially Amflora has been developed for its high...
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Chris Corry, U.S. Grains Council senior director of international operations, is in Europe assessing the current feed grains shortage due to natural calamities and says the situation is worse than he expected. “They have a real big problem over here with grain supplies. We are hearing that Europe will need 17 to 18 million metric tons of feed grains next year. That is how bad things are,” says Corry. “As a result, countries over here are looking for a reliable source of...
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After a positive response by members to a survey on ingredient safety, AFIA will host a National Dialogue on Import Ingredient Safety on November 28-29 in Chicago, IL, near O'Hare Airport. Information on registration for the meeting will be forthcoming. The topic of discussion will be AFIA's draft "Guidance for Industry" created for FDA to issue as safety guidelines when purchasing ingredients. This workshop-type meeting is in line with the President's Interagency Working Group on...
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Biofuel research isn’t just a matter of finding the right type of biomass—corn grain, soybean oil, animal fat, wood or other material—and converting it into fuel. Scientists must also find environmentally and economically sound uses for the by-products of biofuel production. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists Brian Kerr and William Dozier have done just that. Current biodiesel supplies are often made from the triglycerides, or fat, found in soybean oil. But processing...
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The production of mixed feed using home-grown cereals always becomes a topic for livestock owners when the grain prices are very low, for example directly after harvest time or the costs for mixed feed have increased. This unfortunately sometimes coincides with low prices for pigs. But these aspects alone should not be the basis for considering investing in one’s own milling and mixing system. Saving costs and feeding high-quality feed on your farm are always essential prerequisites for...
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Abstract presented at the 41st University of Nottingham Feed Conference. Our deep appreciation to the authors and the kindly cooperation of Prof. Julian Wiseman, Professor of Animal Production / Head of Division, Division of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, School of Biosciences at the University of Nottingham. ...
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Dietary life of the Japanese people has changed enormously over the past 50 post-war years. The protein/fat/carbohydrate (PFC) calorie supply ratio in Japan, as of 1995, is 13.6:29.5:56.9 (FNRA, 1997). This is a rather desirable figure compared to those of Western countries. The average life expectancy in Japan is 76.4 years for men and 82.8 years for women (MHW, 1995), which makes Japan the nation with the longest life expectancy in the world. The Japanese have also improved in...
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Virtually all chemical reactions in biological systems are catalyzed by macromolecules called enzymes. Chemical reactions in vivo rarely proceed at perceptible rates in the absence of enzymes while reaction rates increase as much as a million times when enzymes are present. These proteins are among the most remarkable biomolecules known. The name ‘enzyme’, meaning ‘in yeast’, was not used until 1877; however much earlier it was suspected that biological catalysts were involved in the...
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The authorization of Lallemand’s premium selenium yeast is published in the latest EU Official Journal. The authorization of ALKOSEL® R397 , Lallemand’s organic selenium yeast product based on specific yeast strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC R397, has been published today in the Official Journal of the European Union. ALKOSEL® R397 is now authorized in Europe as a nutritional feed additive for all animal species under the number EC...
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Animal feed manufacture is a significant industry within the European Union as Table 1 demonstrates. Food safety has been an emotive subject within parts of the European Union, with the media keen to pounce upon any opportunities to publicise adverse occurrences. This has led to newspaper headlines such as ‘3 million eggs a day may contain toxic drug trace’ (Daily Mail, April 2004) or terms such as‘Frankenstein Foods’. To some extent the industry has not helped itself by the...
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The word protein is derived from the Greek proteios, meaning primary or foremost. This is fitting in that proteins, being the molecular instruments through which genetic information is expressed (one gene – one enzyme), are central to the life process. There is a huge diversity of proteins. The key to the structure of different proteins is the group of relatively simple building block molecules, the amino acids. It is indeed remarkable that the cell can join what is a relatively small...
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The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) recently released the year-long study on distillers dried grains with solubles ( DDGS ) analytical methodologies and DDGS ingredient guidelines along with guidelines for condensed distiller solubles. A working group of over 60 from 40 member firms participated in the development and review of the reports and recommendations. The recommendations grew out of a...
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Toward the end of last century a major lifestyle trend emerged in the developing nations emphasizing wellness and disease prevention in the human population rather than treatment therapies. This focus is expected to strengthen, rather than diminish, as the relatively affluent and well-educated ‘baby boomers’ of the 1950s and 1960s progressively reach middle age and begin to contemplate their retirement years. It has been calculated that in the US...
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Global agricultural is in turmoil. World trade barriers are coming down. The EU Common Agricultural Policy and the US supports may become a thing of the past, opening up markets and leveling the playing field. BSE cases in Canada and the US have thrown these industries into a quandary, while southeast Asia is reeling from the impact of avian flu. Natural feed technologies such as those offered by Alltech have never been more in favor. Increasing acceptance of natural feeding...
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Recent trends and developments in the area of animal nutrition have been characterized by an increasing interest in the potential impact of plants, herbs and spices on the immune function of animals (Table 1). The prohibited use of antibiotic growth enhancers since the beginning of the year 2006 necessitates to consider alternatives...
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