Feed Matters

An ING report scrutinizes various strategies aimed at slashing on-farm emissions, spotlighting those garnering significant attention within the dairy industry, while also delving into their potential and cost implications.

In this edition of Feed Matters, we talk to Aidan Connolly about his collection of essays: The Future of Agriculture.

There is no one silver bullet in terms of dietary interventions to reduce methane emissions. To reach 2050 climate goals, a combination of multiple strategies will be required, says Dutch animal nutrition expert, Jan Dijkstra.

We spoke to Arlan Suderman, chief commodities economist at the StoneX group, to hear about key developments in both the US and global grain and oilseeds market.

Land O'Lakes sustainability business, Truterra, paid over US$5m to farmers last year for capturing and storing around 262,000 metrics tons of carbon.

Despite the recently agreed two-month extension of the Black Sea grain export corridor, it has emerged that dozens of ships are still unable to reach Ukraine for loading with grain exports.

Feed additives have a role to play in busting methane emissions (CH4) but current FDA policy is preventing US farmers from gaining access to such tools, says a leading expert.

The market is asking for specific soybean meal nutritional profiles or more oil, but US soy farmers continue to make growing decisions based on yield.

The conflict in the Black Sea region continues, and the global agriculture sector is braced for a huge shake-up as a direct result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

There is a strong need for technology interventions, especially in the emerging markets where the yield per animal is low, traceability is inadequate and quality is not up to the mark, says a tech startup CEO.

We hear why it is important for all business to rethink the way they operate and their impact on people and the planet.

We talk to a grain and oilseed market specialist to get an up close perspective on soybean, rapeseed, corn and wheat market developments and the relevance of such events for compound feed producers.

To prevent challenges such as disruption to food supply chains from a pandemic like Covid-19 or other public health sanitary crisis, a key learning for the EU feed manufacturing sector is to have permanent crisis management capacity in place - at company level, at the national association level and at the European level.

In our latest Feed Matters podcast instalment, we talk to Brian Philpot, CEO of AgAmerica, about the effect of Covid-19 on the US agriculture industry.

As pressure increases to move towards a more ecological or circular agriculture system, an expert outlines how dairy farming, particularly large-scale US operations, can become more sustainable.

Following a challenging start to the year, a US based grain safety program seek to reduce injuries and fatalities in the industry through training and education.

In the latest instalment of Feed Matters, FeedNavigator’s podcast series, we talk to Steven Read, chief operating officer, ForFarmers UK, to hear how the company is navigating a trading landscape utterly changed by the outbreak of COVID-19 globally.

Improving facility, product registration and renewal processes and ending ingredient bans were top priorities for the AFIA during trade deal negotiations with China, says expert.

The revised trade agreement negotiated by the US, Mexico and Canada is expected to improve provisions on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and reduce non-trade barriers, says expert.

Declan Billington, chief executive of John Thompson & Sons Ltd, Northern Ireland’s largest animal feed processor, debriefs on this in the latest episode of our podcast series, Feed Matters.

US dairy producers are facing several challenges as the industry shifts production regions and consolidates, but steadying feed prices, trade deals and an upturn in milk prices could bring a better year.

As cows burb, they emit the methane produced in their stomach, and this factor makes dairy and beef production responsible for a significant amount of man-made global warming. So the race is on to find solutions to reduce methane emissions in livestock, namely in dairy and beef cattle.

Maintaining biosecurity at the farm-level, educating feed producers about disease risks, continuing to research disease spread and mitigation agents and working together with the government are the steps needed to prevent African Swine Fever (ASF) from entering North America, says expert.

In the second instalment of our new podcast series, Feed Matters, we look back on a decade in global feed manufacturing, with Aidan Connolly, CEO of Cainthus.

Following a year marked by uncertain in feed production and access to international markets, the US feed industry is approaching 2020 with greater optimism.