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Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health – South Asia is introducing a new digital initiative for communications and launching a podcast, which provides an opportunity for businesses to leverage content marketing strategy in the B2B space.“PodKast” will be broadcasted to Kemin’s customers and provide various insights related to customers’ pain points and Kemin’s relevant solutions. The series provides brief talks on different topics with a regular schedule of publishing.The first episode of “PodKast” addresses water quality manager on poultry farms. The same has been uploaded on the official LinkedIn and Facebook pages.…

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…

An open access peer-reviewed chapter from www.intechopen.com discusses application of natural parasites of bacteria, bacteriophages (phages), as a promising biological control for Salmonella in poultry and swine. Many studies have shown phages can be applied at different points from farm-to-fork, from pre to post slaughter, to control the spread of Salmonella in the food chain. Pre-slaughter applications include administering phages via oral savage, in drinking water and in feed. Post slaughter applications include adding phages to carcasses and during packaging of meat products. The research discussed by the authors, demonstrates…

Perstorp Animal Nutrition organized a technical Webinar on “Global Animal Industry outlook and its recovery”. The presenter was Mr. Nan –Drik Mulder, who is Senior Global Specialist in Animal protein from Rabobank and the webinar was moderated by Mrs. Lina Anderson, Perstorp Animal Nutrition. After Hosekeeping  Welcome introduction of the webinar, Mrs. Lina share the screen with Dr. Jim Ren, Vice- President APAC, from Perstorp Animal Nutrition for Group’s Introduction. Mrs. Lina Anderson, Perstorp Animal Nutrition Dr. Jim Ren,Vice- President APAC, Perstorp Animal Nutrition Dr. Jim has more than 18…

Royal De Heus has reached agreement with the Coppens family about the acquisition of Coppens Diervoeding. Strategically located in Helmond, the Netherlands, Coppens has a modern animal feed plant with a 400,000-tonne capacity. The company has achieved a strong regional position within the pig and broiler sector. The acquisition perfectly alignes with De Heus’s goal of making its production more flexible and expanding its capacity in the Netherlands, as a means of facilitating further growth. The intended transaction still requires approval from the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM).…

From Left: Dr. Daniel Gomes, Brand Manager of Indian River Asia Pacific; Dr. Peter Fisher, President of Aviagen Asia Aviagen® Asia Pacific hosted an informative webinar on the economic outlook of the Asian poultry landscape in the coming 12 months. During the event, a panel of experts explored the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as companies learn to work within the new reality, along with economic and social drivers that will create volatility and change. The experts gave their views on predicted changes that will occur in terms of economic…

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of molds/fungi and  has become is due to constant change in climate  and inefficient storage conditions and Mycotoxin contamination is one of prominent factor for grain wastage in world & negatively impact animal health consequently. There are more than 400+ mycotoxins prevalent worldwide, but, few of mycotoxins contribute major loss for animal health. Aflatoxins, ochratoxins, trichothecenes, zearalenone andfumonisinsare the mycotoxins of greatest agro-economic importance. Some moldsare capable of producing more than one mycotoxin and some mycotoxins are produced by more than one fungal species. Often more…

VIV Asia, the complete Feed to Food global trade show in Asia, is postponed to January 12-14, 2022, as announced by the show organizers VNU Asia Pacific and VNU Europe. Meat Pro Asia, Asia’s leading processing and packaging trade fair for egg, poultry, meat, seafood & food products, organized by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd. and VNU Asia Pacific is also postponed to be co-located with VIV Asia. Two international leading events for the animal protein production business in Asia, under one roof: an unprecedented and remarkable opportunity. VIV Asia and…

Kemin Industries has become majority shareholder of MEVAC, an animal vaccine manufacturer based in Cairo, Egypt, and a shareholder in MEVAC’s sister company, UVAC, to further expand Kemin’s portfolio in the global animal vaccine market. “We entered into a partnership with MEVAC over a decade ago and are thrilled to become the majority shareholder,” said Chris Nelson, president and CEO, Kemin Industries. “Kemin and MEVAC share the goal of transforming lives and creating a sustainable future – one in which non-antibiotic alternatives are becoming more and more important to customers. By extending our partnership…

While other meals can be used to an extent, soya meal is the best protein source for the poultry industry. Annually, the poultry industry requires around 50 lakh tonnes of soya meal, which needs 95-100 lakh tonnes of the oilseed. Poultry farmers and breeders have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking his intervention for a ban on the future trade of soybean. In their letter, the chairman of All India Poultry Breeders and Farmers Association has also asked for duty-free import of 12 lakh tonnes of soybean to meet…