December 2022

The US FDA for the first time cleared a meat product grown from animal cells for human consumption, the agency announced on Wednesday. UPSIDE Foods, a company that makes cell-cultured chicken by harvesting cells from live animals and using the cells to grow meat in stainless-steel tanks, will be able to bring its products to market once it has been inspected by the USDA.

Dutch animal feed maker ForFarmers on Thursday said it planned to use food waste and alternative raw materials to develop new feeds to meet consumer demand for more sustainable agricultural practices, reported Reuters.

The treatment of chicken manure requires careful consideration and management. The associated costs and the necessary logistical operations can have a strong impact, stealing time and labor from your everyday tasks. It is crucial to find quick and efficient methods to manage waste treatment, so poultry producers have more time to devote to what is most important – taking care of the flock.

Making changes can help streamline processes and cut costs, but making the wrong changes can cause costly, long-term effects to your operation. Between supply chain issues, increasing feed costs and ripple effects from the pandemic, keeping your poultry operation running efficiently can seem like a daunting task and changes might seem imminent.

We caught up with Cargill at EuroTier in Hanover last week and heard about what the company has been doing in relation to methane emissions reduction in dairy cattle.

Researchers from Canada are working to develop the first ever digital tool that would help farmers identify risk factors in lactating cows and prevent the onset of metabolic diseases.

A recently published paper indicates that a combination of clove and tulsi has potential to boost the growth performance as well as the gut health of broilers if supplied in an optimum dose.

Barron Segar, president and chief executive officer of the World Food Program, was succinct when he said, “The world is in trouble. But I am optimistic with the innovative solutions I have seen. We need to change the way we plant and the way we teach farmers.”

Cumulative total fishmeal production for the first nine months of 2022 was in line with that of the previous year, according to IFFO data.

The Poultry Site

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) is holding an expert meeting on African swine fever (ASF), avian influenza and other avian diseases in the Asia-Pacific region for the first time in 3 years, according to a press release from the government of Australia.

Business Insider

Chinese company Hubei Zhongxin Kaiwei Modern Farming has built a 26-story skyscraper that can slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year. The Guardian reported the new tower in China is the largest “single-building pig farm in the world.”

TheFishSite

Over 300 tiger shrimp broodstock, locally called lukon or sugpo, have been stocked in the new shrimp broodstock rearing facility of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo.

Daily Tribune

The meat supply in the country has significantly decreased by 95 percent as of October, down from the 121 percent recorded in the third quarter of 2022, an official from the Bureau of Animal Industry said on Tuesday, 29 November. During the Laging Handa Press Briefing, BAI’s supervising science research specialist Lani Plata Cerna said the agency noted the decline in the supply of pork in the country ahead of the holidays.

Daily Tribune

The National Economic and Development Authority has approved a P11.2-billion project aimed at addressing problems in the fishery sector, Malacañang announced on Thursday. The Office of the Press Secretary said NEDA approved the Philippine Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency Project during its meeting with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in Malacañang.

BusinessWorld

The aquaculture industry said easing the import ban on processed animal proteins (PAP), a key ingredient in fish feed, will help the Philippines achieve food security.

TheFishSite

Hatch Blue is currently running its latest Innovation Studio in Singapore to help develop aquaculture startups in the Asia-Pacific region.

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The keeping of poultry in Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats is not allowed for public health reasons and to “manage disamenities”, said Senior Minister of State for National Development Tan Kiat How on Wednesday.

FeedNavigator

The state-of-the-art manufacturing plant is Alltech’s eighth mineral production facility worldwide. It targets animal nutrition.

TheFishSite

As nearly 1 million tonnes of aquaculture wastes are discarded each year across Vietnam, businesses are exploring ways to reclaim the waste to shore up their environmental credentials and revenue streams.

ScandAsia

President of Iceland Gudni Th. Johannesson met with the Vietnamese Ambassador to Iceland Luong Thanh Nghi on Friday, 18 November 2022 to discuss more potential cooperation between the two countries. According to Vietnam Plus, the Icelandic president shared his views that the bilateral cooperation of Iceland and Vietnam can be extended more in several sectors, especially aquaculture and tourism.

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Vietnam spent over 4.5 billion U.S. dollars importing animal feeds and materials for animal feed production in the first 10 months of this year, up 9.2 percent against the same period last year, according to the country’s General Statistics Office on Tuesday.