LIVESTOCK & FEED Business
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.
2010 May
Self-sufficiency vs. outsourcing, Neocolonialism vs. import dependency: The dilemma of North Asian feed security
China, Japan and South Korea are prosperous but land poor countries with large, growing appetites for meat. The relative success of their different feed sourcing policies will drive world grain markets for years to come.
2010 March
Time to make peace with nature: A new generation of supplements confronts old agribusiness values
Traditional feed supplements produced positive results immediately and negative consequences only far in the future. Natural feed additives will raise productivity and safeguard human health but to be used effectively, they must be treated as investments, not expenses.
2009 December
Welcome to The Green Revolution, Version 2.0
The first green revolution provided crops more water and fertiliser. The second green revolution will use these dwindling resources more efficiently.
2009 November
Asia redefines the grain trade's balance of power
How a hungry Pacific Rim turned world grain markets upside down.
2009 September
Undaunted by the recession, ready for the rebound
Southeast Asia's feed sector is growing rapidly but there should be greater emphasis on capital formation, less on grain supply expansion.
2009 June
Yesterday China, Tomorrow Vietnam: The ever changing capital flows of Asian feed industry investment
Ten years ago, Asian feed investment was all about multinationals entering China's vast market. Now, Chinese and southeast Asian feed giants are invading one another's territory, with the rest of Asia just over the horizon.

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