AFIA Board of Directors conclude spring meeting, Capitol Hill visits

Nearly 60 members of the American Feed Industry Association’s Board of Directors met to discuss issues of mutual concern and make their concerns known to their legislators during the annual spring meeting More »

Fortification legislation doubles in eight years

The Republic of Moldova and the West Africa nations of Togo and Benin have recently passed legislation requiring the addition of vitamins and minerals to wheat flour. Now 68 countries have mandates More »

Rice farmers enjoy benefits government

From July 1 this year, the Vietnamese Government will provide subsidies to rice farmers if their crops are damaged due to natural disasters, in addition to their regular annual subsidies. This is More »

Global warming affects cereals at the microscale evolution, study says

Global warming affects cereals by diminishing the amount of available nutritients. A 28-year comparative study of wild emmer wheat and wild barley populations has revealed that these progenitors of cultivated wheat and More »

CBH Group’s first locomotive has arrived

The CBH Group‘s first locomotive arrived in Fremantle today after a seven week journey from the east coast of the United States. CBH General Manager Operations, Colin Tutt, said the arrival of More »

 

AFIA Board of Directors conclude spring meeting, Capitol Hill visits

Nearly 60 members of the American Feed Industry Association’s Board of Directors met to discuss issues of mutual concern and make their concerns known to their legislators during the annual spring meeting

Fortification legislation doubles in eight years

The Republic of Moldova and the West Africa nations of Togo and Benin have recently passed legislation requiring the addition of vitamins and minerals to wheat flour. Now 68 countries have mandates

The premium-offensive!

FRITSCH are now extending their premium line by 4 additional new high-tech laboratory mills for various applications: functionally designed to the smallest detail, with interesting new features, latest technology, highest performance and

AFIA pleased with U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement

American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is pleased that the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) enters into force. AFIA looks forward to the immediate benefits the agreement will bring to the U.S. economy.

NAMA’s Board meet to discuss public policy with legislators and regulators

Top level executives from NAMA member companies met in Washington last week with legislators and regulators to talk about public policies that impact the milling industry’s capacity to provide safe and wholesome

Firm recommends trading halt

R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the nation’s oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm, has called on U.S. futures exchanges and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to listen to

USDA kicks off 150th Anniversary at the 2012 Ag Outlook Forum

Nine Secretaries of Agriculture join together for historic panel on the Future of U.S. Agriculture Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack kicked off the commemoration of the department’s 150th anniversary today at USDA’s 2012

Rice farmers enjoy benefits government

From July 1 this year, the Vietnamese Government will provide subsidies to rice farmers if their crops are damaged due to natural disasters, in addition to their regular annual subsidies. This is

Korean feed company breaks ground in Fort Dodge

South Korea-based CJ BIO America broke ground Monday on its first US construction project – a US$320 million lysine production facility at the North Central Ag Industrial Park west of Fort Dodge.

Center for Animal Health Innovation awards Kansas State University Researcher

A leading researcher at Kansas State University has been awarded US$250,000 from the Center for Animal Health Innovation’s (CAHI) Proof-of-Concept (PoC) seed funding program. Tonatiuh Melgarejo, DVM, PhD, an Associate Professor at