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“The step will help Jammu and Kashmir in a big way to achieve the target of becoming self-sufficient in milk production. The easing out of departmental schemes dairy sector witnessed a gradual shift as over ten thousand new dairy units have been opened in the last two years” said Mr. Choudhary Principal Secretary, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Navin Kumar Choudhary, today inaugurated ‘Pashudhan Vyapar Mela’ at RP Check post, Lakhanpur.Secretary, Cooperatives Department, Yasha Mudgal was the guest of honor on the occasion. ‘Pashudhan Vyapar Mela’ is being held every month…

Federation of Livestock Farmers Associations of Malaysia adviser Datuk Jeffrey Ng said the issue of limited chicken supply was not as bad as it had been made out to be and was mostly due to lack of monitoring at the production level. He said that while some places may have a shortage of supply, this is only in two or three places. But if you look at any wholesale market or hypermarket, it’s evident that chicken supply is enough for consumers. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the…

Many Global Food Businesses and retailers intend to phase out caged eggs from their global supply chains by 2025. The current cage-free egg produced in china is very low. This poses a challenge for global brands to shift to cage-free egg production. The first formal standard to define what cage-free eggs are, and which eggs and egg products can be marketed as cage-free, has now been released in China. The new national standard on the production, distribution, and sale of cage-free eggs was released in late October by the China…

Venworld has conducted two technical seminars in Namakkal and Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on 22nd& 23rd November. Dr. Prakash Reddy, DGM, Technical Services, Ventri Biologicals, presented on the ‘Risk analysis and critical control points over IBH and Mycoplasma’. He has spoken elaborately on the evolution and emergence of new serotypes of Fowl adenovirus in India and how critical to match the serotypes by vaccination in controlling the disease. He told Ventri’s updated IBH/HPS inactivated vaccine can give complete protection against the circulating Fowl Adenovirus serotypes in India and recommended vaccination in…

Nutreco, a global animal nutrition and aquaculture company based in the Netherlands has announced its investment in India’s leading dairy-tech startup Stellapps to enable farmers to increase productivity and efficiency. Since 2019, Nutreco has made over 10 investments across Asia, Latin America, Australia, Europe, and the USA, reflecting its ongoing commitment to support innovative new technologies that advance sustainability across the feed-to-farm value chain. India is the world’s largest dairy market; approximately 570 million liters of milk is produced daily, and recent research indicates that the country’s dairy market is…

The use of antibiotics has decreased and is now lower in food-producing animals than in humans, says the latest report published by the European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Taking a One Health approach, the report from the three EU agencies presents data on antibiotic consumption and development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Europe for 2016-2018. The significant fall in antibiotic use in food-producing animals suggests that the measures taken at the country level to reduce use are proving…

Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services, breaks ground on a new manufacturing site in Verona, Missouri, to produce clean-label ingredients that are used in a variety of applications for the food technologies sector. The new facility, scheduled to open in March 2023, will be a state-of-the-art production plant for Kemin Food Technologies – Americas to manufacture its Proteus® portfolio of patented, clean-label protein ingredients for meat, poultry, and protein-based applications. Kemin acquired…

Ricky Thaper- Treasurer, Poultry Federation of India When the animal feed prices rose sharply because of huge spike in soybean meal prices, all the trade bodies associated with poultry, fisheries and dairying industries met up with the key officials and Ministers of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Fisheries, Finance, Commerce & Industry, Agriculture, Consumer Affairs and Environment, Forest & Climate change, for ensuring imports of soybean meal so that domestic prices are curbed. The officials with the key ministries and ministers responded swiftly to the request to save livestock farmers and…

Biomin has released a Micotoxin prediction for Eurpeon Maize & other crops market on 17th August. Results of statistical analysis reveal that many parts of Europe can expect potentially harmful levels of mycotoxin contamination in the upcoming 2021 harvest. Harvests in southern European countries have an average of 46% risk to contain more than 500 ppb fumonisins. The risk for harvests to contain more than 150 ppb deoxynivalenol is 63% and 62%, for central and eastern European countries, respectively. Mycotoxin Prediction for Corn and Wheat in Europe Watch our Prediction…