Booming aquaculture output, faltering fishmeal and the search for a renewable feed

No one knows for how long Asian aquaculture can sustain its rapid expansion amid growing protein meal deficits. Despite heroic efforts to make aqua feed from plants, the quest for a sustainable protein meal continues.

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Pulling one another up

Storm clouds over the corn market

Rethinking the relationship between aqua feed cost, nutrient density and aquaculture profitability

     How nutrient dense, expensive aqua feed leads to better fish performance, higher profitability - and lower cost outcomes.

Asian agribusiness renaissance: Feed and livestock shake off the financial crisis

Thai Swine: Rocky start to a promising decade

     Drought accelerated the restructuring of Thai hog farming amid heavy integrator investments in both supply and demand.

     Despite its numerous problems, swine remains the most promising Thai meat line.

 

Philippine layers: Hot weather, pricey cooling and free trade

     After a promising early start, egg farmers were hit by a hen-killing heat wave amid skyrocketing electrical costs. Recovery

     should come in the second half of the year but much depends on the new government. 

 

LeanBACK: Understanding Asian agribusiness

     To better understand the changes transforming Asian feed and livestock, we spoke with Dr. Chin Sou Fei, senior vice-president

     of Crown Paciic Biotechnology, which is wholly-owned by Thailand's CP Group. 

 

China's vitamin C production: A supply glut amid perverse production incentives

Nutrex: Achieving top notch animal nutrition thru innovation and expertise

Updates on...

Movers

     Kemin AgriFoods announces a new vice-president of sales for Asia, Delacon strengthens its Asia-Pacific executive team.

New Products

     Skretting's new low fishmeal aqua feed for yellow tail and new feed milling equipment from Perten Instruments.

Effects of poultry offal and soymeal mixtures on theperformance and carcass qualityof cockerel chicks

Steam heat treatment systems for feed mash

Review: Indo Livestock 2010 Expo and Forum

 

Review: The US Grains Council's Optimizing DDGS Use in Poultry Nutrition tour of Southeast Asia

     Learning the optimal use of DDGS in poultry.  

 

Review: American Soybean Association Southeast Asia Aquaculture Conference

     Plant-based aqua feed & the future of aquaculture.

    

Preview: Vietstock 2010 Expo and Conference

    Achieving success in ASEAN's fastest growing market.

 

Preview: FIGAP/VIV America Latina 2010

    Presenting Latin America's flourishing feed-to-meat trade.

 

Preview: Agromek 2010

    Staging Northern Europe's top agricultural machinery.

 

Preview: EuroTier 2010

    Showcasing the latest global innovations.

 

Event calender

     All your key international events next few months.

 

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