Orffa

Orffa International, headquartered in the Netherlands, is a market leader in the area of specialised feed additives and ingredients for human and veterinarian pharmaceuticals. click on image to visit company website.

18/06/2013: Feed additive boost in Brazil; UN calls for global drought action; Defra minister backs plant breeding campaign

The Brazilian animal feed additives market is growing quickly thanks to a burgeoning population with higher disposable incomes and a taste for pork, beef and poultry. This trend will continue as the development of new additives add value to customers.

The market earned revenues of $1.30 billion in 2012 and it is  estimated to reach $1.59 billion in 2018. The research covers enzymes, amino acids, vitamins, mycotoxin adsorbents, prebiotics and probiotics. 

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Ban Ki-moon, United Nations secretary-general has called for a global response to drought and a shift from crisis management to drought planning and resilience.

Currently, over 11.4 million people are facing food insecurity.

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Lord de Mauley, Defra science minister, has given the UK government’s formal backing to an industry-led campaign to highlight the critical role of plant breeding innovation and quality seed.

The Plant Variety Rights (PVR) campaign, launched jointly by BSPB and AIC earlier this year, focuses on the importance of PVR as a unique form of intellectual property, which helps to protect, stimulate and reward progress in crop improvement.

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English: Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

07/05/13: High hopes for US grains; integrating ducks in rice farming; feed dealers charged in Taiwan

After the huge drought last year, farmers in the USA intend to intend to plant a record-high combined 174.4 million acres of corn and soybeans in 2013, according to the Prospective Plantings report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). If realised, corn will represent the highest planted acreage in the United States since 1936 (102 million planted acres) and for soybeans the fourth highest acreage on record.

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Integrating ducks in rice farming can increase yields by 20 percent while helping protect the environment, according to the FAO. Find out more about this and other interesting techniques that are improving the lives of smallholder farmers around the world. 

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Eight feed dealers and pig farmers in Taiwan have been been found guilty of selling and using feed containing illegal additives.

Investigators seized 23 kg of antipyretic and analgesic APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients), along with more than 800 kg of unlabelled additives in Pingtung County and neighbouring Kaohsiung.

An amendment to the Veterinary Drugs Control Act, which was implemented on January 23, 2103, increased the penalties for illegal production, importing or use of animal drugs.
Under the amendment, livestock farmers who use illicit drugs can be fined NT$60,000 (US$2,033) to NT$300,000, while repeat offenders can be fined between NT$500,000 and NT$2.5 million.

 

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Soybeans grow throughout Asia and North and South America. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

New! GFMT Article: Probiotics

The latest issue of Grain and Feed Milling Technology magazine looks at probiotics to aid digestion. Click on the image to read the article.

 
You can also read the whole magazine online for free.