Industry Trends

APRIL 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?

Risks from feeding seaweed to dairy cows, Hazel leaves added to pellets may reduce methane emissions in dairy cows, Green protein for organic pig and poultry feeds, and more. See what feed journals and feed industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

Dutch study see risks from feeding certain types of seaweed to dairy cows
FeedNavigator

Wageningen University recently published a paper about transfer of bromoform present in the seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, when added to the diet of dairy cattle. The results, said the team, suggests that bromoform can then end up in the milk and urine of the cow.
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Hazel leaves added to pellets may reduce methane emissions in dairy cows
FeedNavigator

Increasing the proportion of hazel leaves in the diet of dairy cows reduces methane yield and excretion of nitrogen in volatile form, but not milk yield, finds a team of international researchers.
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Danish cooperatives join forces on green protein for organic pig and poultry feeds
FeedNavigator

Key players in the Danish agricultural space, DLG, Danish Agro and DLF, are collaborating on a newly established feed protein biorefinery.
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Feed protein from grass: Do green biorefineries have a future in Ireland?
FeedNavigator

A grass biorefinery project run over two years in Ireland has just published its final results, with several co-products produced showing great promise for dairy and pig diets.
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Composition and form of piglet feed before and after weaning may influence performance
FeedNavigator

Pre-weaning management, nutrition, and housing conditions play an essential role in terms of boosting the rate of survival of piglets and good growth later, says an swine expert.
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EU Commission to address animal nutrition gaps in newly launched organic action plan
FeedNavigator

An EU action plan on organic farming, launched by the EU Commission today, aims at reaching the target of 25% of agricultural land under organic farming by 2030, as well as a significant increase in organic aquaculture.
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Milestone for sustainable shrimp initiative
TheFishSite

The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership, a group of 12 shrimp producers in Ecuador who have committed to farming shrimp that is fully traceable and sustainable, while being produced using zero antibiotics,….
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Plugging gaps in knowledge around mycotoxin impacts in poultry
FeedNavigator

A review of the literature sees that Ochratoxin A (OTA), a widespread mycotoxin, can affect gut dysbiosis in birds, including increasing gut permeability, immunity, and bacterial translocation, eventually leading to gut and other organ injury.
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COVID-19 exposed many weaknesses in food supply chains. Here's how we can build a more resilient system for future generations.
Business Insider

Volunteers give out boxes of food at a California food bank. The impact of COVID-19 on global food supply has shown that more robust food systems are needed. At the start of the pandemic, grocery store shelves were empty but many farmers had to throw away unsold food. Better farming practices and sustainable, diverse supply chains could prevent this in the future.
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This California Startup Has A Meat Test It Says Can Help Prevent The Next Pandemic
Forbes

Overuse of antibiotics while raising America’s livestock is putting humans at risk. Food ID says its rapid-result test for slaughterhouses is the solution that the meat industry needs.
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Vietnamese barramundi producer gains sustainability stamp
TheFishSite

Vietnam-based barramundi producer Australis Aquaculture has become the world’s first farmer to achieve certification against the ASC’s Tropical Marine Finfish (TMFF) standard.
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DA bans pork, poultry imports from 4 countries
Manila Bulletin

Pork imports from Malaysia and poultry products from Sweden, France, and Denmark have been temporarily barred from entering the Philippines due to widespread outbreaks affecting animals in the foreign nations. The ban was based on the four separate memorandum orders issued by the Department of Agriculture.
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Vietnam striving to promote sustainable marine aquaculture development
Nhan Dan

Vietnam is to have 280,000 ha of marine aquaculture area and 10.5 million cubic metres of farming cages by 2025, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
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PH bans importation of poultry coming from Russian Federation
Manila Bulletin

The Philippines temporarily banned the importation of poultry products coming from the Russian Federation, which was recently hit by the dreaded bird flu or H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). This was contained in Department of Agriculture’s (DA) memorandum order (MO) no. 17, which was recently signed by Agriculture Secretary William Dar.
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China confirms swine fever in piglets in Yunnan province
Straits Times

An outbreak of African swine fever has been confirmed in piglets being illegally transported through Funing county in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan, the farm ministry said.
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Salmonella bacteria discovered, second batch of eggs from Malaysia recalled
Asia One

A batch of eggs from Malaysia has been recalled after the eggs were found to have been tainted by bacteria that may cause food poisoning. It comes days after the same bacteria was found in eggs from another Malaysian farm. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said on Friday (March 19) that it had detected the presence of Salmonella enteritidis in eggs imported from Linggi Agriculture in Malaysia. The affected batch can be identified by a stamp on the eggs that says “CEM014”.
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Two more dairy firms licensed to export to China
Nhan Dan

The Chinese General Administration of Customs (GAC) has recently announced to grant transaction codes to two Vietnamese companies to ship dairy products to China, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Department of Asia-Africa Markets.
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