Industry Trends

June 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?

Water scarcity will require agriculture to tap ‘unconventional’ sources, New broiler surveillance tech could be welfare gamechanger, Management of birds and environment reduce industry’s carbon footprints, and more. See what feed journals and feed industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

Water scarcity will require agriculture to tap 'unconventional' sources
EurekAlert!

Colorado State University is a founding partner in a $110 million U.S. Department of Energy research network, called the National Alliance for Water Innovation, focused on treatment and reuse technologies for nontraditional source waters like municipal wastewater, seawater, brackish (salty) water, water produced as a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, meat and dairy processing wastewater, and agricultural drainage water.
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New broiler surveillance tech could bE welfare gamechanger
The Poultry Site

Aarhus University is taking part in the international “SMART Broiler” project to develop a camera and image-based welfare surveillance system.
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Management of birds and environment reduce industry’s carbon footprint
The Poultry Site

Pressure to reduce poultry production’s carbon footprint presents multiple hurdles, but the industry is up to the challenge, said Joseph Giambrone, PhD, professor, Auburn University.
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Do feed treatments reduce incidence of Salmonella in live production?
The Poultry Site

Increasing evidence shows that Salmonella – and a host of other pathogens that negatively impact food safety and bird performance, including E.
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Adjuvant-free avian influenza vaccines in the works
EurekAlert!

In joint research, POSTECH (Pohang University of Science & Technology) professor Inhwan Hwang develops a new avian influenza vaccine using plant-based recombinant protein.
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Beyond salmon: three species seen as suitable for RAS
TheFishSite

Catfish, grouper and shrimp all have huge potential to be grown in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).
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Seaweed proves poor protein source for pigs and poultry in study undertaken in Norway
FeedNavigator

Norwegian research has found limited value in terms of protein or other functional components for pigs and poultry from products derived from two types of seaweed.
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New method to measure milk components has potential to improve dairy sustainability
EurekAlert!

Since the 1990s, mid-infrared testing of milk urea nitrogen (MUN) has been the most efficient and least invasive way to measure nitrogen use by dairy cows in large numbers. In a recent article in the Journal of Dairy Science, researchers from Cornell University report the development of a robust new set of MUN calibration reference samples to improve accuracy of MUN measurement.
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Feed acidification would appear not to increase phytase efficacy
FeedNavigator

A Norwegian study showed phytase supplementation in pig feed improved phosphorus and calcium digestibility. However, no increased phytase efficacy was seen with the addition of formic acid in the ration, despite earlier research supporting such findings.
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Improving hatchery performance in “Catfish Country”
TheFishSite

Plans to step up catfish production in the Philippines have been given a boost, after water quality issues were identified at one of the country’s key hatcheries.
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Singapore Food Agency to assess impact of aquaculture in East Johor Strait
TheFishSite

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has called for a tender to research the effects of current fish farming activities on the marine environment in the East Johor Strait.
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140,000 MT imported pork to enter PH
Manila Bulletin

The Philippines is hoping to see the entry of as much as 140,000 metric tons (MT) of imported pork under the minimum access volume (MAV) as part of efforts to bring down meat prices in the country. This developed following the recent approval by the inter-agency MAV Management Committee (MMC) of the guidelines on the “calibrated utilization” of additional MAV for imported pork meat to immediately boost domestic supply and to temper the inflationary effect of high prices of fresh pork.
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Low demand still hounds PH poultry industry
Manila Bulletin

The Philippines’ poultry industry is still struggling to recover from the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to pull down farm-gate prices and demand. United Broiler Raisers Association (UBRA) President Bong Inciong said the farm-gate price for poultry products, as well as the demand, has remained low since last year. “Even the legal importers are losing money because of the very low demand.
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Thailand extends ban on hog, pork imports from Philippines
BusinessWorld

Thailand has extended an import ban on live pigs and carcasses from the Philippines as an African Swine Fever (ASF) containment measure. The import ban was originally set to end in late April but was extended to August due to the continued presence of ASF in the Philippines, Thailand said in a notification to the World Trade Organization Wednesday. “This emergency measure is to protect the domestic livestock industry,” Thailand said.
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More harmful algal blooms expected from intense aquaculture and human activities: UN report
Straits Times

A key cause of algal blooms – has risen 16-fold from 1985 to 2018. The world is on the alert for microscopic sea-dwelling algae that can multiply and smother the seas, causing swaths of the ocean to change colour and thousands of dead fish to bob on the surface.
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