Industry Trends

March 2021

See what has been happening in Asia’s animal feed and health industries over the last weeks. What are experts and industry magazines talking about?

What has been happening?

CP Foods moves into insect production, Using echo-sound to estimate biomass in aquaculture, Rising prices of animal feed ingredients to push meat prices higher, and more. See what feed journals and feed industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

CP Foods to partner with Thai university on insect protein development

FeedNavigator

Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) has expressed ‘keen interest’ in insect protein, indicating many years of research in that field, and announcing it has signed an agreement with Thailand’s Chiang Mai University to develop Black Soldier Fly (BSF) derived protein for use in feed and food products.

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Using echo-sound to estimate biomass in aquaculture

TheFishSite

A new tool that uses echo-sounding to generate more precise estimations of the number and size of the fish in a pen is being developed by researchers.

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Rising prices of animal feed ingredients to push meat prices higher

Manila Bulletin

Filipinos can expect higher meat prices as the cost of animal feed ingredients, primarily corn and soybean, has been on an uptrend worldwide. In a virtual briefing on Monday, Feb. 22, Asis Perez, convenor of food security advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan, has raised concerns over the rising prices of corn and soybean, which are the primary ingredients in animal feed manufacturing. “The cost to produce meat protein will be increasing in the Philippines and worldwide,” Perez said.

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Chinese Scientists Find New Strains of African Swine Fever Virus
Bloomberg

Chinese scientists have discovered new strains of African swine fever that are milder but highly transmissible, complicating efforts to control the disease that’s roiled the world’s biggest pork market.
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USDA grant seeks to enhance milk production and cow health
EurekAlert!

A Cornell University animal scientist studying relationships between insulin and milk production in dairy cows has received a three-year, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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15 startups shaking up animal health, nutrition and precision farming
FeedNavigator

Multiple new technologies are entering the market to support producers in improving sustainability, traceability, and animal welfare from farm to fork.
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The oral vaccine that aims to tackle Streptococcus in tilapia
TheFishSite

An oral vaccine that protects tilapia from Streptococcusinfection is due to be trialled on farms before the end of the year.
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Why insect production may have minimal impact on aquaculture sustainability
TheFishSite

While the insect farming industry is likely to “come of age” this decade, its overall impact on aquaculture may be more limited.
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Strict biosecurity, feed hygiene should be everyone’s priority in fighting ASF
Manila Bulletin

Food and agriculture multinational firm Cargill said everyone’s priority should be strict biosecurity and feed hygiene in fighting the much dreaded African Swine Fever (ASF), which already resulted in billions of losses in the Philippines’ hog industry. Cargill’s recommendation came amid the Philippine government’s continuous efforts to contain the spread of the highly contagious swine virus, including the purchase of thousands of ASF test kits.
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China steps up offshore aquaculture drive
TheFishSite

China’s drive to develop more offshore fish farms has been stepped up, following a new partnership agreement between AqualisBraemar and the East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute (ECSFRI-CAFS).
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Chinese feed demand forecast to stay strong, but disease outbreaks could hit pig herd growth
FeedNavigator

Chinese demand is continuing to support feed grain prices but disease outbreaks amongst China’s pig herd are reportedly hampering recovery with Reuters reporting porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) as well as more frequent outbreaks of swine flu in the northern and northeast provinces.
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Tyson invests in Malaysian feed and poultry processing firm, looks to expand in halal market
FeedNavigator

Tyson Foods has bought a 49% stake in a Malaysia-based company’s vertically integrated poultry business.
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Filipino pig producers urged to switch to aquaculture
TheFishSite

Backyard pig farmers are being encouraged to switch to aquaculture production by the government of the Philippines, in the wake of African swine fever (ASF).
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Eight-storey Recirculation Aquaculture System (RAS) set for Singapore
TheFishSite

An eight-storey fish farm that is currently being developed by the Apollo Aquaculture Group in Singapore is due to start operations in the first quarter of this year.
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