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AFIA International Feed Education Forum in Georgia
The American Feed Industry Association's International Feed Education Forum will be hosted on, January 25, at the at the International Feed Expo/International Poultry Expo, the annual event organised by AFIA in conjunction with the US Poultry & Egg Association.
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Shur-Gain shuts mill operations down
Shur-Gain a subsidiary of Nutreco and one of Canada's largest suppliers of animal feed is to permanently close down its livestock and poultry feed mill operation in Stephenville, Newfoundland at the end of the year, leaving four employees jobless. "The reasons for this closure are related to the low volume of finished feeds being manufactured and limited profitability at the operation," said Réjean Faubert, Shur-Gain's Atlantic region general manager.
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A long term study of organic agriculture can show higher returns
A long term research study of organic crop systems has shown that they can provide similar yields to conventional corn-soybean rotation, but can return much higher economic returns. The Long-Term Agroecological Research (LTAR) Experiment was established in 1998 at the Iowa State University Neely-Kinyon Farm in Greenfield, Iowa running as a side by side comparison in Iowa showed that organic crops can remain competitive with conventional crops. As well as the economical benefits, the study showed that the organic system also builds healthy soils as well as increased nitrogen and increases in carbon, potassium, phosphorous, magnesium and calcium.
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Advice about mycotoxins in pig feeds
A lot of pig farmers in the US and other countries grow their own corn, depending on the harvest conditions crops can be infected by Aspergillus flavus, causing aflatoxin contamination. This is a concern which can cause major problems for pig farmers. Kansas State University Extension swine specialists Mike Tokach and Joel DeRouchey offer the following advice regarding mycotoxin issues and swine. They recommend cleaning the grain (removing damaged kernels) before storage, this can reduce toxins levels by up to 50 percent.
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Brazilian study quantified mycotoxin levels
A three year survey on commercial wheat grains aimed at quantifying the intensity of Fusarium head blight epidemics related to kernel quality and levels of deoxynivalenol (DON) and nivalenol (NIV). The grain samples were obtained from 38 municipalities throughout the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The results of the survey showed some interesting results, for the first time, the presence of NIV in levels comparable to DON is reported from a multi-year regional epidemiological survey in the country which should be of concern to the small grains industry.
________________________________________________________________ Ukraine making an impact on the export market again According to the US grain council, the Ukraine is showing signs of becoming a strong force on the export market again. Corn and feed wheat from the Ukraine are becoming strong competitors according to USGC regional director Cary Sifferath."With a record corn crop this year and plenty of feed quality wheat to sell, I would now say Ukraine will have 10 million tons to as much as 12 million tons of corn and 7 million tons of feed wheat available for export," he said. "It wasn't that long ago that the multinational grain companies were wondering if Ukraine was a safe place to invest in facilities, since the government can restrict exports, as it did in 2010". Read more...________________________________________________________________ Cargill get approval to purchase Provimi Cargill the US agricultural giants secured European Union approval to purchase animal feed producers Provimi for €1.5 billion (US$2.037 billion). The EU said after an investigation that the deal to buy Provimi's holding company KoroFrance would not create competition issues. "The investigation showed that the horizontal overlaps between the activities of Cargill and KoroFrance in animal compound feed and feed mixes would not raise competition concerns given the relatively limited combined market position of the merging parties and the presence of a sufficient number of alternative suppliers," the EU's executive said in a statement.
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