African Swine Fever Vaccine Effective in Lab Tests – China
Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, a top research body on animal diseases from China said it developed an African swine fever vaccine that laboratory testing...
Fish and Shrimp farm revenues can improve with an Indian startup...
Aquaconnect promotes sustainable aquaculture (growing fish and shrimp) through technology intervention. The Chennai based startup is focused on using of artificial intelligence, IoT and...
US soybean exports to China picking up
China's soybean imports in the first two months of 2020 jumped 14.2% year-on-year, a recent official data showed, as cargoes from the United States...
Adisseo partners with Calysta for Asian markets
Bluestar Adisseo Company and Calysta announced on 20 February that the two companies have formed a joint venture, dubbed Calysseo, to develop and promote...
Not All Chelated Minerals are same
An organic mineral is a combination of a metal ion with an organic molecule called 'ligand' such as amino acids, proteins, polysaccharides, yeast, or...
Aquaculture feed and pet food rise while global feed production decline...
The 2020 Alltech Global Feed Survey estimates that international feed tonnage decreased by 1.07% to 1.126 billion metric tons of feed produced last year,...
Mycotoxin Survey report for India by Cargill
It might not be possible to completely eliminate known mycotoxins from contaminated agricultural commodities
Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of low molecular weight produced by a...
Small and organized dairy production systems continue to coexist in India
Dr MR Garg, an Animal Nutrition expert, during his tenure in NDDB has successfully translated different aspects of the dairy nutritional research into commercial...
Lower Feed demand impacting maize prices – India
Prices of maize fell in second week of March across key spot markets due to weak demand from poultry feed makers, traders said.
Arrivals in...
European VC Seventure investing in biotech innovation for alternative protein
Investors have followed these trends from mutual funds for 'clean' stocks to venture capital promoting innovation in biotech for alternative protein
The outbreak of novel...
VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 postponed to July...
The management teams from the VICTAM Corporation and VIV worldwide have decided to postpone VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia 2020 in Bangkok...
Memorandum presented to Govt. to safeguard the Indian Poultry industry
On 24th February, the president of Poultry Federation of India, Mr Ramesh Khatri, presented a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of Sonepat, Dr Ansaj...
Crop stubble usage to produce commercial enzymes – an innovation by...
Farmers in India who are compelled to burn their crop residue often face the brunt of an ill-managed system. IIT-Roorkee supported Fermentech Labs has...
World Mycotoxin Survey reveals shifting prevalence of mycotoxins
The prevalence of FUM and DON mycotoxins remained high last year, according to the results of the World Mycotoxin Survey 2019, released by Biomin.
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Genetically modified animal feed – A flashpoint in India’s trade talks...
Genetically modified animal feed is set to emerge as a new flashpoint in India's trade talks with the United States, especially after China just...
Egg can be a perfect choice of Gen-Z, a food which...
Being the Chairman for International Egg Commission, would you please enlighten us about the role that the organization has been playing? Also, please share...
India-US trade deal – A concern for Indian farmers
A farmers' coalition, which represents millions of farmers nationwide, has urged the Centre to desist from negotiating an interim trade deal with the US...
IYPH2020: Why the Agri-Food industry should care about it?
The UN announced 2020 as the “International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). While it is easy to dismiss 'Plant Health' as a matter limited...
“The World Mycotoxin Forum” to Asia: Key Learnings
The significance of mycotoxins in the food chain is manifold. Historically they have been recognised for causing hallucination and gangrene in humans. Since the...
Budget 2020 highlights for Poultry and Dairy Industry
The sheer scale of people who are associated with agriculture is so high in India that irrespective of the trend of contribution of agriculture...
