Industry Trends

May 2023

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?

Project to examine stability of ASF in feed ingredients, Selecting for dairy cows on sustainability traits, Disease management in aquaculture, and more. See what feed journals and feed industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

Project to examine stability of ASF in feed ingredients
MEAT+POULTRY

The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) received a grant for the research.

Selecting for dairy cows on sustainability traits could cut carbon emissions per animal
FeedNavigator

Professor Matt Bell, director of agriculture at Hartpury University, one of the UK’s leading specialist education providers in agriculture, has created a ‘breeding index’ to select dairy cows based on traits key to enhancing the sustainability of milk production.

Disease management in aquaculture: ‘It is about tipping the balance in favor of the animal’
FeedNavigator

The prevalence of infectious diseases in the aquaculture industry requires a multi-pronged approach to control; the experts agree there is no one silver bullet in terms of managing health and welfare in fish and shrimp farming.

Fighting enteric emissions with precision probiotic: How Native Microbials’ USDA-backed solution can improve dairy milk’s carbon footprint
FeedNavigator

The San Diego-based firm says its feed supplement can redirect methane-generating carbon in cow’s rumen into compounds that can be used as energy by the animal to produce more milk with a lower environmental footprint.

Global pork industry faces weaker consumption trends and feed cost volatility
FeedNavigator

Rabobank anticipates a modest improvement in production costs in swine production in 2023, but this will depend very much on local conditions, while risk management will remain critical to success.

Meat, eggs and milk play ‘vital’ role in meeting global nutrition targets: FAO
FeedNavigator

Globally, the consumption of animal source foods including meat, eggs and milk can help to reduce stunting, wasting and overweight amongst children, according to a new UN report.

Finnish company implements automation at poultry plant
MEAT+POULTRY

HKScan expects to reduce up to 35 jobs at one facility.

Return to renderer: ForFarmers using PAPs in poultry feed
FeedNavigator

Dutch feed compounder, ForFarmers, reveals it has been including processed animal proteins (PAPs) in poultry feed since March 2022.

How does leaky gut impact poultry?
The Poultry Site

Specialized equipment simulates barrier function.

Dairy beef makes the grade
MEAT+POULTRY

Processors meet the demand for high-quality beef by utilizing dairy cows.

AFIA: New certificate makes it easier for US dry pet food companies to do business in Vietnam

FeedNavigator

The US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has released new international regulations for the exports of dry pet food from the US to Vietnam.

China to reduce soymeal use in animal feed

The Poultry Site

The aim is to boost food security.

The startup with plans to establish “the world’s largest” sea cucumber farm

TheFishSite

Brandon Hargraves, founder and CEO of The Aquaculture Group, outlines an ambitious plan to establish 250-hectare sandfish farm in the Philippines.

Enriched copra meal production for animal feed targeted for Q4

BusinessWorld

The Department of Agriculture said it has set a fourth-quarter target for commencing commercial production of protein-enriched copra meal (PECM) to reduce the need to import animal feed. “It aims to replace feed, particularly soya. We import a lot of soya. Soya is around 20-40% of the feed ratio,” National Livestock Program (NLP) Director Ruth S. Sonaco told reporters last week.

Livestock program awaiting Marcos approval

BusinessWorld

The National Livestock Program (NLP) is awaiting approval for its thee-year development plan from President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., who is also the Secretary of Agriculture. The plan covers the 2023 to 2025 period and is part of a broader effort to raise productivity in priority commodities like rice, corn, high-value crops, and fisheries.

Farm industry touts biosecurity initiatives for hog growers

BusinessWorld

Modernizing the hog industry’s biosecurity practices will help growers more effectively contain future outbreaks of animal disease, Cargill Philippines said in a roundtable discussion on Wednesday. “Modernization includes modern facilities, but of course it should also include modern methods around biosecurity and sharing best practices on how to do that inside the farm,” Sonny Q. Catacutan, Cargill Philippines managing director, said.

Hog industry water demand limited, pressure from El Niño seen unlikely

BusinessWorld

The swine industry’s water demand is lower compared to crops, and is thus less likely to be pressured during the El Niño dry spell, industry officials said. “Unlike crops, (livestock) does not require huge amounts of water as compared to crops,” Jayson H. Cainglet, executive director of the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura, said in a phone interview. Mr. Cainglet said that both commercial and backyard farmers have easier access to water compared to crops.

DBP in aquaculture tie-up with Charoen Pokphand Foods

BusinessWorld

The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) said on Thursday that it signed an aquaculture financing agreement with Charoen Pokphand Foods Philippines Corp. (CP Foods). The DBP’s Aquaculture Value Chain Financing Program will support small and micro enterprises and cooperatives with loans of between P5 million and P15 million to finance 90% of the total project cost, the DBP said in a statement.

Prolonged oversupply, costly input to hamper poultry firms this year

The Jakarta Post

Some analysts forecast that the earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of local poultry firms will improve this year but is still under pre-pandemic levels.

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