Insights and Stories on Livestock Feed

China to make protein for livestock from carbon monoxide

Nov. 1, 2021 at 10:28 am CDT

Beijing | Reuters – Chinese researchers say they have found a way to produce an animal feed protein from carbon monoxide in what is being hailed as a breakthrough that could help reduce the country’s reliance on huge volumes of imported soybeans. China is by far the world’s top buyer […]

Hemp poised for year of gains

May. 3, 2021 at 9:26 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canadian feed-grade dairy product class expanded

Feb. 2, 2021 at 3:51 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Cenovus to get Prairies’ biggest ethanol maker in Husky sale

Oct. 27, 2020 at 6:20 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps after Egypt again passes on U.S. product

Apr. 16, 2020 at 7:48 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Zoetis buys livestock data management firm

Apr. 11, 2020 at 1:19 am CDT

The producer of livestock drugs such as Draxxin, Bovatec and Excede is buying space in the “precision livestock farming” market with a deal for a U.S. livestock data management firm. New Jersey-based Zoetis, which makes drugs and vaccines for the beef and dairy cattle, equine, swine, poultry and sheep sectors […]

By GFM Staff

USDA raises corn, soy, wheat supply outlook

Apr. 9, 2020 at 1:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department raised its outlook for domestic supplies of corn on Thursday on expectations for reduced usage by ethanol producers, as demand for the alternative fuel has been cratering due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The government also bumped up its wheat […]

By Mark Weinraub

Chemical firm sees strong demand for methane-reducing feed additive

Sep. 30, 2019 at 1:46 pm CDT

Amsterdam | Reuters — Dutch specialty chemicals company DSM is expecting strong demand for a feed additive which limits the amount of methane burped into the air by cows, its contribution to the global fight against climate change. Methane has a much larger effect on global warming than carbon dioxide […]

By Bart H. Meijer

Cattle feeding getting expensive in Manitoba

Aug. 2, 2019 at 9:24 am CDT

MarketsFarm – With a looming feed shortage, it has been getting more costly to feed cattle, said Mike Nernberg, marketing representative for Winnipeg Livestock Sales. Nernberg estimated it has been costing about C$4.00 per day to feed an individual animal, which adds up given the amount a feedlot is feeding […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Cargill shuts China feed mills as swine fever spreads

Jul. 12, 2019 at 6:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Cargill shuttered animal-feed mills in China in recent months partly because the rapid spread of a fatal hog disease has reduced demand, a company executive said Friday. The closures highlight the pain for global agriculture companies from the outbreak of African swine fever in China, the […]

By Rod Nickel Tom Polansek

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