All About Feed

1 week ago | allaboutfeed.net | Tony McDougal

Crops contaminated by mycotoxins could be costing poultry organisations more than £150,000 in losses annually. Ground-breaking research from Queen’s University Belfast shows how harmful chemicals can have a detrimental impact on the environmental and economic sustainability of the global poultry industry due to feed contamination. The researchers found that the presence of mycotoxins in animal feed presents a significant challenge for livestock farmers across the globe.

1 week ago | allaboutfeed.net | Vladislav Vorotnikov

Kazakhstan is expanding exports of rapeseed and sunflower meal to the European Union (EU), taking advantage of the bloc’s breakup with Russia. Kazakhstan has partly replaced Russia as a supplier of soybean meal to the EU, Evgeniy Karabanov, head of the analytical department of the Grain Union of Kazakhstan, told local news outlet APK Novosti. In addition, the country is also ramping up exports of sunflower meal and oil.

1 week ago | allaboutfeed.net | Tony McDougal

Researchers have been testing a novel type of cattle feed that could help reduce methane emissions. The team from the University of Florida have looked at a potential dairy cattle supplementary feed made of flaxseed and pea protein to reduce methane. When cows’ stomachs make methane, they lose valuable energy that could otherwise be used to make milk or meat.

2 weeks ago | allaboutfeed.net | Tony McDougal

Fumonisins, deoxynivalenol and zearalenone were the most frequently found mycotoxins in the first quarter of this year. The dsm-firmenich Mycotoxin survey for January-March, analysed 6,000 samples from 70 countries and concluded the highest prevalence were found in China and South Asia. Ursula Hofstetter, Head of Mycotoxin Risk Management at dsm-firmenich, said the findings showed the need for effective management.

2 weeks ago | allaboutfeed.net | Vladislav Vorotnikov

A group of scientists from St. Petersburg State University of Medicine and Microbiology, Russia, has discovered that betaine-based feed additives can improve the growth rates of poultry even when feed availability is limited. “The researchers found that adding betaine to poultry rations helps increase live weight by 5.6%, increase average daily weight gain by 5.7%, and reduce feed conversion by 5.7% even with a reduction in daily feed consumption rates,” St. Petersburg University said.