Industry Trends

June 2022

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?

Meat and dairy farmers going vegan, Crude protein reduction strategy in piglet diets, Plants may hold the key for aquaponics microbiome, and more. See what feed journals and feed industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

The meat and dairy farmers who are going vegan
BBC News

Due to animal welfare and environment concerns, some farms are converting to vegan production.

Adding glutamic acid may aid crude protein reduction strategy in piglet diets
FeedNavigator

Dietary glutamic acid supplementation is essential for the performance and health of weanling piglets, finds a new study.

Plants may hold the key for aquaponics microbiome
TheFishSite

New research suggests that plants heavily influence the microbial composition of aquaponics systems.

ASC steps up seafood fraud security
TheFishSite

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has launched a chain of custody (CoC) module today, which aims to address issues such as seafood fraud and mislabelling, food safety and use of antibiotics, a….

Researchers discover new approach to fight Salmonella in poultry
The Poultry Site

An innovative approach to fight bacteria and their antimicrobial resistance in poultry.

Poultry feed market to surpass $264.6 bln by 2030 - market research
The Poultry Site

According to Precedence Research, the global poultry feed market size is expected to surpass around US$ 264.6 billion by 2030 and expanding growth at a CAGR of 4.5% from 2022 to 2030.

Australian team sees no response from broiler chickens to dietary leucine enrichment
FeedNavigator

Elevated dietary branched chain amino acids (BCAA) inclusions in wheat-based diets with reduced crude protein levels did not enhance broiler growth, finds a study.

Study reveals how shrimp respond to heat stress
TheFishSite

A new study has discovered exactly how shrimp respond to heat stress – a breakthrough that could help to reduce farmed shrimp mortalities during periods of high water temperatures.

Clean enzymatically treated protein is also the protein of choice for starter feed in Asian poultry production

The Poultry Site

The positive effect of ESP inclusion in starter diets on the performance of chickens has been widely demonstrated in various trials in Asia. Thus, ESP was shown to be more effective than a hydrolysate from porcine intestinal mucosa in a trial with Cobb 500 broiler chickens carried out in collaboration with a feed mill in Silang (the Philippines) in 2015, ESP showing the highest production efficiency factor.

Plant-based foods part of growth plan for poultry group LDC
The Poultry Site

France’s largest poultry group LDC aims to more than treble its volumes of plant-based products by 2026 and is open to acquisitions in the sector as part of a plan to boost earnings by 40% in the next four years, reported Reuters, citing the company as its source on Tuesday.

Malaysia may review palm kernel cake exports to secure chicken feed supply
Straits Times

It aims to ensure the availability of palm kernel waste as feed for the domestic poultry industry.

Efforts underway to promote maize cultivation, reduce import reliance
NST Online Latest News – All

Efforts are underway to aggressively promote the cultivation of maize as animal feed to reduce Malaysia’s reliance on imports.

Aquaculture company enters Malaysia Book of Records for producing three species of fish fry
NST Online Latest News – All

The Malaysia Book of Records presented three national records to Bayu Aquaculture Sdn Bhd for being the first in the country to successfully produce three species of fish fry for aquaculture.

PM: Chicken exports on hold until shortage problem in Malaysia solved, regrets rising prices

The Malay Mail

Putrajaya today announced several short-term solutions to deal with the rising prices and shortage of chicken in the country. “The government regrets and is disappointed with the actions of some companies that stopped the supply of chicken, causing an increase in prices and lack of supply in the market.

Huge haul in new markets for Vietnam’s tra fish exports
Nhan Dan

Demand for Vietnam’s tra fish (pangasius) is up in major markets, driving the export of the catfish overseas, reports the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Thai research collaboration makes additional progress towards low-saline shrimp aquaculture
TheFishSite

A research partnership between Khon Kaen University and Thai Union Feed Mill has successfully trialled a new low-saline circulating system for farmed shrimp.

Singapore insect ingredient producer Nutrition Technologies in pet food deal focused on Malaysia
FeedNavigator

Pet World Nutritions (PWN), SPCA Selangor and Nutrition Technologies are partnering on the production of Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) based dog food in Malaysia.

Vietnam develops new African swine fever vaccine: official
Phys.org

Vietnam has developed an African swine fever vaccine for pigs in partnership with the United States, and is aiming to become the first global commercial exporter, an official said.

100,000 tonne mobile fish farm docks in China
TheFishSite

China has delivered the world’s first 100,000 tonne smart aquaculture vessel on 20 May in Qingdao City.

Meet the farmer: Yit Tung
TheFishSite

Yit Tung – who farms mud crabs, shrimp and tilapia in Malaysia – has no regrets about swapping a steady job as an engineer in the oil and gas sector for starting up his own aquaculture venture, RAS Aq….

More of Vietnam’s aquaculture area is being impacted by disease despite recent progress
TheFishSite

A new report from Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture shows that approximately 1,200 hectares of aquaculture area has been affected by diseases since the start of 2022, a 14 percent increase on the same….

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