Nexfos from the Mosaic company

Mosaic feed ingredients got patent approval for their new innovative feed-grade phosphate, the first in 40 years. Nexfos a granulated feed-grade monodicalcium phosphate for use in animal and poultry feed Nexfos features increased efficiency, enhanced bioavailability and a higher, more sustainable concentration of phosphate. "Nexfos is the first innovation in feed-grade phosphate in 40 years," said Eddy Fontana, Ph.D., regional feed sales manager for Mosaic. 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

AB Vista get awarded a product license for Finase EC

AB Vista was awarded a product license for the new product of Finase EC for use in diets for swos in Europe. It is a second generation 6-phytase from E.coli which makes phytate-bound phosphate available to the animal from raw materials of plant origin.

As a result, the product gives improved phosphate availability and further phytate-bound nutrients for sows as well as reducing the environmental impact from phosphate excreted by swine. 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

Japan: The problems of phosphate recovery from chicken manure

In two regions of Japan, Miyazaki and Kyusys chicken manure is produced in large quantities. Some can be use to fertilise the land, but one problem is that over use of the phosphorus rich manure can overload the soils with phosphorus. One method used to reduce the manure is to burn it by incineration, however this leave another problem how to dispose of the ash, an ash that was a significant potential secondary resource of phosphorus.

This resource was important as the Japanese has no natural supply of this resource. A method had to be found to extract the valuable resource from the manure without causing any major impact on the environment. Several different methods were looked at like inorganic acid and alkaline treatments, acidification and neutralisation and calcium phosphates. 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