10/07/12: LFA wins award; Cargill scoops rapeseed deal; NAMA boot camp

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Lesaffre Feed Additives Celtic’s Equine R&D manager, Catherine Hale, has been named ‘Young Scientist of the Year’ at the European Workshop on Equine Nutrition conference, in Lisbon, Portugal.
Catherine presented part of her PhD data, which centred around increasing the digestibility of forages in horses. Her work has uncovered exciting new findings relating to laminitis, one of the major health problems in horses. Read more...

Cargill delivers first ever sustainable verified rapeseed to Unilever.  In the next three years Cargill’s European refined oils and grain & oilseed businesses will be able to meet all of Unilever’s sustainable rapeseed oil needs, which is used in products including margarines and mayonnaises.  Read more...

NAMA boot camp registration is now open.  Don't worry, it's not push ups in the park.  This boot camp focuses on the agri-marketing industry.  Read more...

Fried Prawn with Mayonnaise Sauce (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Research canola meal effects on growth and performance in pigs

Canadian researchers investigated the effects of feeding solvent-extracted canola meal in weaned pigs, the area looked at in the study was growth performance and diet nutrient digestibility. Five pelleted wheat based diets containing 0,50, 100, 150 or 200g canola meal/kg were formulated. The canola meal was a substitute for soybean meal. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers

Last warning for California veal farm on antibiotic misuse

The US Food and Drug Administration has warned a Californian veal farm that unless they comply with federal law they will be closed down. The federal government claims that this farm has an extensive history of illegal quantities of antibiotics in its veal calf meat.

The USDA has filed for a permanent injunction (known as a consent decree) against Virtue Calves in Galt California. The consent decree prevents the farmer from purchasing or selling any animals from their company for food use unless they take certain specific actions to assure that any animals with illegal drug residues in "edible tissue" do not enter the food supply. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers