LIVESTOCK & FEED Business
2011 August
The interconnectivity of feed, soil and the meat we eat: Asian livestock's impact on the environment
Nature recycles feed and livestock inputs in a very unsustainable, ecologically unfriendly manner. Why environmentalists were correct in their diagnosis but wrong in their solutions.
2011 June
Eating against all odds: Asia's remarkably strong demand for pork
Pork is religously controversial and puts a huge strain on feed and water resources. Despite all these challenges, swine endures as one of Asia's favourite meat lines. We survey the region's largest, most dynamic swine markets.
2011 June
The paradoxical prosperity of ASEAN agribusiness
The world's fastest growing feed & livestock sector is challenged by far more serious feed sourcing issues than China ever faced.
2011 April
Grain supplies and meat quality: China's agribusiness success story meets its day of reckoning
China's feed mills have outgrown their domestic crop base. Its meat processors are learning to go beyond mere output increases. We examine the challenges facing this nation's formidable agribusiness sector.
2011 April
Do you want your meat cheap or good? Natural supplements and the overturning of Asian agribusiness values
Herbs, essential oils and acidifiers are at the centre of a contentious transition to sustainable livestock farming.
2011 March
Global feed crop supplies at the tipping point
Key feed grains and oil seeds are at critical levels. With ASEAN adding its weight to China's heavy meat consumption, the balance between supply and demand is tipping heavily in the latter's favour.
2011 January
The changing face of global poultry
China and the Europe will import, Brazil and America dominate exports and Thailand is making a comeback. Will Russia be the next decade's dark horse?
2010 November
ASEAN feed and livestock: A tiger takes its place alongside the dragon
Southeast Asia's feed sector is growing as fast as China's once did - and making equally large demands on world grain markets. For how long can DDGS forestall the day of reckoning?
2010 August
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.
2010 June
Nature-based tech: The rise of organic, sustainable livestock supplements
Pollution abatement, tough new regulations and alternative feeds all compete with the need to raise livestock performance.

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