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The 2008 Ontario sugar beet crop is an exceptional crop with yields much better than expected; resulting in more beets than can be reasonably processed. Sugar beet producers are being encouraged to consider a Set Aside Program option. A portion of the crop would be left unharvested or undelivered for processing.
Those who are planning to participate in the Set Aside Program may be looking for alternatives such as harvesting the whole beets for use as a livestock feed. Several...
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An alarming new study to be published in November in the Annual Review of Environment and Resources finds that one-third of the world’s marine fish catches are ground up and fed to farm-raised fish, pigs, and poultry, squandering a precious food resource for humans and disregarding the serious overfishing crisis in our oceans. Lead author Dr. Jacqueline Alder, senior author Dr. Daniel Pauly, and colleagues urge that other foods be used to feed farmed animals so that these “forage...
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Differences between grains in feeding value are often a reflection of starch content, rate and extent of starch digestion in the rumen, and how completely the starch is digested by the animal. A large part of the differences in starch digestion between grains can be explained by differences in processing. Grains prone to shattering during processing result in more fines, more rapid rates of digestion, and potentially more digestive problems accompanied by low and/or fluctuating feed intake....
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Grain storage bins are routinely monitored for temperature to control insect and mold problems. Now an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist and his colleagues at Kansas State University (KSU) have preliminary research findings showing that monitoring carbon dioxide--along with humidity and temperature--also may help detect problems more effectively. Grain moisture content and temperature are the primary factors affecting grain deterioration in storage. If these factors are...
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Barley has a long history of use as both human and animal food and is grown in many countries around the world. In Western countries, barley is primarily used for animal feed and for malting and brewing with very little designated for food use. Over the last two decades there have been a number of important developments that have influenced or have the potential to influence barley utilization in food and feed. Interest in the use of barley as a food grain has increased primarily...
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University of Hawaii researchers are studying whether they can turn a byproduct of ethanol into feed for fish or cattle. Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Co. says the results could determine whether the company produces ethanol in the islands. Lee Jakeway, the company's director of energy development, said HC&S is supporting the research because the technology "would be helpful in upgrading what is considered a waste product into something that would be value-added as...
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A new barley that benefits the environment as well as farm animals has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their colleagues. "Clearwater" hulless barley is rich in the kinds of phosphorus--an essential nutrient--that pigs, fish and other single-stomached, or "monogastric," animals can use. That's unlike grain from conventional barleys, which contains more of the phytate type of phosphorus, the kind that monogastric animals...
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The United Soybean Board and the soybean checkoff continue developing new uses and new demand for soybeans in all lands of the world, and even the ocean holds great potential for soy. Thanks in part to checkoff research and marketing efforts, soybean meal has increasingly become a key ingredient in fish feeds as the aquaculture industry strives to meet global demand for its products. "Fish meal is getting scarce and more costly, creating a market opportunity for more...
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With the rapid expansion of ethanol and biodiesel production in Iowa, there are questions about possible uses for what remains after these alternative fuels leave the plant. So far, the use of ethanol by-products in animal feed has received most of the attention. But researchers at Iowa State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Services (ARS) also are studying a biodiesel by-product in swine and poultry feed. Biodiesel often is made from...
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Origin Agritech Limited, a leading technology-focused supplier of crop seeds and agri-biotech research in China, announced it has licensed a new genetically modified corn to officially introduce the next generation of corn product into China. Origin's phytase corn is expected to be one of the first transgenic corn approved and sold commercially into the domestic marketplace. Transgenic phytase corn is expected to be commercially launched in 2009. Phytase is currently used as an...
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Courtesy of the 41st Annual University of Nottingham Feed Conference Our thanks to the author and Conference Organisers, a Committee consisting of both University and Industry colleagues. The full paper will appear in the Conference Proceedings ('Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition - 2007', edited by Phil Garnsworthy and Julian Wiseman) published by Nottingham University Press in the autumn of 2007 ...
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The U.S. Grains Council is projecting increased export potential for U.S. feed grains to Australia as a result of Australia’s federal government authorizing livestock producers to import grains due to ongoing drought conditions. “This announcement greatly improves the prospect for U.S. feed grain as and co-product exports to Australia,” said Mike Callahan, USGC director of international operations. “The Council identified Australia as a priority market for U.S. feed...
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The European Union Commission announced that it has approved two biotech corn products for food, feed, import and processing jointly developed by DuPont and Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company. Corn products containing the Herculex® RW Rootworm Protection trait (also known as 59122 maize) and the Herculex® I insect protection trait stacked with Roundup Ready® Corn 2 (also known as 1507xNK603 maize) are now permitted for import into the European Union...
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Scientists from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada have reviewed the effects of processing technologies on nutritional properties of soybean meal, canola meal, peas, lupins and flax in aquaculture diets. The replacement of fish meal with plant proteins in aquaculture diets presents several problems. Firstly, aquaculture diets, particularly diets for carnivorous fish species, are nutrient dense and may contain up to 450 g crude protein (CP)/kg. Such diets preclude the use of...
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Distiller's grain, the byproduct of ethanol production, can now be pelletized economically, research scientists say. So if you're asking what's so hot about that, consider its use first. One hundred percent of distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a byproduct of ethanol production, can be pelletized without adding a binding agent or anything else, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators. ARS agricultural engineeer Kurt Rosentrater has...
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Animal agriculture has undergone remarkable change and growth during the past few decades, and it will continue to change in the coming years to meet higher demand for low-cost, healthy and convenient products. In addition to the expanding markets, animals are being genetically selected for ever increasing growth performance and efficiency. This change in production efficiency has been most notable in the poultry industry. The future presents new consumer-driven challenges that are...
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Any attempt to predict the future should be based on sound assumptions and counting the variables into the projection to get a feeling where we are heading and what the drivers are that may determine the factors of what lies ahead of us. This paper follows the style of other researchers and will show 10 major...
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A consolidated, more efficient feed industry is emerging, with scaled up plants and improved infrastructure In the Yangtze Delta port of Zhanjiagang north of Shanghai, an ADM soybean extraction plant can crush 13,000 tonnes of imported beans per day. The state-owned company Nanyang Tianguan Enterprise Group in Henan province has opened a starch plant that processes 4,000 tonnes of wheat daily. At the northeastern Port of Dalian, a new malthouse soaks 1,500 tonnes of...
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Pork and poultry producers and anyone in agribusiness is invited to a special seminar next month in Fremont, Nebraska, on distillers grains.
The Nebraska Pork Producers Association has lined up some of its own people, plus University of Nebraska specialists, state ag department officials, private industry folks and representatives from the Nebraska Corn Board for the day-long DDGs seminar on Thursday, June 14th.
A registration of $20 is required by June 7th. ...
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In a short "Facts & Fears" article, the American Council on Science and Health suggests that Bt corn and other GM crops could be safer than organic ones. Authors L. Andrew Staehelin (University of Colorado) and David A. Christopher (University of Hawaii) state that organic foods are often presented to consumers as representing the ultimate standard in food safety and healthfulness, an image which is used to justify premium prices. They also suggest that the organics...
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