Industry Trends

SEPTEMBER 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?

Optimizing potential of smaller piglets, Changing farmer behavior to fight antimicrobial resistance, The cage-free revolution, and more. See what feed journals and feed industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

New research shows the way to optimize the potential of smaller piglets
FeedNavigator

Allowing piglets to reach a desired body weight before introducing a new diet could improve their performance, according to work done at the Northern Ireland based Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI).
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Behavior change intervention to tackle antibiotic resistance
FeedNavigator

Reducing the use of in-feed antimicrobials by changing farmer behavior is one of the targets in a new Teagasc-funded project.
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A closer look at the cage-free revolution
The Poultry Site

One of the most dramatic changes that has occurred over the last decade in the world poultry industry is the movement toward cage-free egg production.
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Poultry companies using variety of interventions to improve food safety
The Poultry Site

Poultry companies are using a variety of interventions to curb Salmonella and improve food safety, even though it’s not always easy to justify the cost of each, panelists said at a food-safety roundta….
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The race to find an alternative to antibiotics in poultry feed
The Poultry Site

Researchers look for an alternative to antibiotics in poultry feed as several countries ban the use of antibiotics in feed.
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What are 'milk,' 'meat,' and 'eggs?' And what do we call animal products as they become decoupled from animals?
FeedNavigator

Meat, egg, and dairy ‘alternatives’ usually come with qualifying language (plant-based eggs; meatless nuggets, oatmilk). But what should we call next generation products that are not simply mimicking the real thing, but in many cases, are the ‘real’ thing, just produced in a different way?
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No consensus on future success of Salmonella control for poultry industry
The Poultry Site

Opinions about the poultry industry’s future success in controlling Salmonella differ widely, judging by comments from panelists at a food-safety roundtable.
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Land-based shrimp farm scores ASC first
TheFishSite

Noray Seafood, which produces vannamei shrimp in Spain, has become the first land-based shrimp farmer to achieve Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.
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What does it mean for a broiler chicken to have reduced walking ability?
The Poultry Site

Aarhus University researchers have studied what it means for broiler chickens to have reduced walking abilities without actually being lame.
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Scientists still searching for solutions to alleviate mycotoxins from grains
FeedNavigator

Next generation sequencing combined with functional metagenomic analysis and genetic engineering have the potential to expedite the development of enzymes for the control of mycotoxins at a feed level, says academic.
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Nestlé milk supplier to cut methane emissions with feed additives
FeedNavigator

Using feed additives to reduce methane production is one of the steps that Trinkler Dairy Farms, a milk supplier to NestlÃ, will be taking to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Time to work together to unlock the huge potential in poultry industry data
The Poultry Site

Next generation of poultry production will be more efficient and sustainable by “connecting” data across all players in the poultry industry.
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Anifera looks to new way to treat bovine mastitis, improve efficacy of antibiotics
FeedNavigator

Animal health company, Anifera, has received further investment from Stonehaven Incubate to initiate additional studies of its adjunct therapy in relation to bovine mastitis.
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New US research platform aiming to plug scientific and industrial gaps related to insect farming
FeedNavigator

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are set to explore insect farming for food and feed.
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Microbiome research stops methane in its tract
FeedNavigator

Research center APC Microbiome is on a mission to develop microbiome solutions to industry challenges such as anti-microbial resistance, pathogen persistence and methane production.
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Trio to launch new app for Asian aqua farmers
TheFishSite

An app that offers farmers valuable insights into water quality, feed management and animal health through real-time data analytics technology, is due to be launched by Blue Aqua International, SAS and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) by the end of the month.
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Siemens invests in floating RAS startup
TheFishSite

Singapore Aquaculture Technologies (SAT), a pioneer of tank-based closed containment aquaculture systems on floating structures, has finalised a Series A financing round totalling S$9.2 million.
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Demand for chicken down, but imports up
Manila Bulletin

Demand for chicken in the country has gone down, but this is not the only thing causing problems for local poultry raisers. The volume of imported chicken has also spiked from January to May this year. United Broilers Raisers Association (UBRA) Chairman Gregorio San Diego Jr. said that the country’s demand for chicken has gone down further amid stricter lockdown measures in the National Capital Region (NCR) and other areas in the country.
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African swine fever caused collapse of bearded pig population in Sabah
New Straits Times

African Swine Fever (ASF) has not only caused the collapse of the wild bearded pig population in the state but also harmed indigenous communities. For the past nine months, the lethal virus caused the mass death of domestic and wild pigs in the state. As a result, the lack of pigs threatened the health of the forest, as well as food security and cultural traditions in some parts of the state.
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Challenges of the livestock industry
Nhan Dan

The livestock industry has achieved some positive results in 2021 with increasing numbers of pigs, cows and poultry compared to the same period in 2020. However, the industry needs to implement several synchronous solutions to respond to challenges.
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Del Monte PH diversifying into dairy business
Manila Bulletin

Del Monte Philippines, Inc. (DMPI), a subsidiary of Del Monte Pacific Limited, is diversifying into the dairy business after forging a strategic alliance with Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, DMPI said it has entered into a joint venture with Vinamilk to expand into the dairy sector in the Philippines with both companies contributing 50 percent of the total investment capital.
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Ill-timed fish import threatens local production
Daily Tribune

Local production of aquaculture commodities might be in peril if government authorities will push through with the proposal to import fish during the closing season. Tugon Kabuhayan, a group of industry stakeholders advocating food security, said Monday the Department of Agriculture (DA) should consider aquaculture produce as a viable alternative during the anticipated lower fish supply in wet markets during the six-month closed fishing season.
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Group pushes for more fisheries and aquaculture export economic zones
Manila Bulletin

Food security advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan is pushing for the establishment of more export economic zones dedicated to fisheries and aquaculture, a move that will help boost the country’s production of processed and value-added aquaculture products for both domestic and export market.
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Argentina looks to learn - and profit - from China's aquaculture success
TheFishSite

The Argentinian government has drawn up plans to work with China in order to develop its own aquaculture – and potentially aquafeed – sectors.
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