Author: feedtech

April WASDE Report Reveals Rise in Corn Demand

Today, USDA released the April World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. 2023/2024 U.S. ending stocks The WASDE report pegged the U.S. 2023/2024 corn ending stocks lower month-over-month, but not as low as the trade expected. Soybean ending stocks were increased by 25 million bushels, more than the trade expected. Wheat ending stocks were […]

India Aims to Resume ₹4,500 cr Worth of Wild-Caught Shrimp Exports to US

Indian shrimp exporters may soon be able to resume the sale of ₹4,500 crore worth of wild-caught shrimp every year to the US. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR-CIFT) has developed a new turtle excluder device (TED) as per the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) specification for […]

Rising Temperatures Impact Poultry Meat Supplies, Leading to Surge in Prices

A sharp increase in mortality due to soaring temperatures and increased demand in the festive season has resulted in chicken prices soaring across South India. Prices, which were hovering around ₹200-250 a kg in February and March, have breached the ₹300-mark in all the Southern States now. The poultry industry, which didn’t do too well […]

India’s Mycotoxin Challenge: Key Insights

The dsm-firmenich mycotoxin survey is the longest-running and most comprehensive data set concerning the prevalence of mycotoxins. Starting from 2004, this survey helps to understand the annual variations in mycotoxin occurrence across various regions in the world. The increasing sample size over the years provides in-depth insights into the incidence of the six major mycotoxins, […]

Raising broiler chickens in an antibiotic free era – the practicality

Introduction The benefits of antibiotics used as growth promoters(AGPs) were discovered during the 1940’s and have largely contributed to the rapid expansion of the poultry industry worldwide. The benefits of using antibiotic growth promoters include lower production cost leading to lower market prices and a more plentiful supply of food commodities. The AGPs function by modifying […]

New recycling points. Mission Accomplished!

We are glad to announce that by the end of 2022 we successfully renewed our ISO 14001 Certification. Finding ways to improve our waste management has been one of our targets during the last year. For this reason, we have built up more recycling units by using more containers to efficiently separate cardboard paper. Furthermore, […]

Bühler unveils Granulex® 5 series – the next generation hammer mill platform

Bühler announces the launch of the Granulex® 5 series. After a decade of research, the new hammer mill series packs in many small innovations that together add up to a big boost in performance. Its groundbreaking modular system offers significant energy savings and flexibility while maintaining the highest product quality and safety standards.   Grinding […]

National Dairy Development Board Launches ‘NDDB Mrida Ltd’ for Manure Management

On the occasion, Rupala said NDDB Mrida Ltd will open avenues of additional income to dairy farmers from sale of slurry/dung. The savings to the farmers by virtue of replacement of cooking fuel with biogas. Efforts are being made for better utilization of bovine dung but most are individual initiatives. Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of […]