Feedstuffs articles from February 2004

Feedstuffs archives from February 2004

Changes to FDA feed rule to address risk materials, protection from BSE.
February 2, 2004... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Look for the Food & Drug Administration to take formal actions to implement the recently announced changes to the 1997 bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) feed rule within two or three weeks. On Jan. 26, Health &...

Cargill crop nutrition IMC Global to merge.
February 2, 2004... IMC Global Inc., which has incurred a significant amount of debt during the multi-year fertilizer market downturn, and Cargill Inc. have signed a definitive agreement to merge IMC Global and Cargill Crop Nutrition to create a new publicly...

Bush adds $60 million for BSE-related activities.
February 2, 2004... PHOENIX, ARIZ. -- Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced here last week that the Bush Administration's fiscal 2005 budget that was to be released this week will include $60 million for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for activities...

Urgent action required to halt influenza spread.
February 2, 2004... At a Jan. 28 ministerial meeting convened by the government of Thailand, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for urgent collaborative action to turn back the threat of avian influenza (AI). Speaking to ministers of health and...

Thai, Indonesian governments get failing grade for avian flu cover-up.(World View)
February 2, 2004... Industry and governments often have a penchant to cover up disease outbreaks. This is a foolish choice. Instead, most communications experts advise to admit that there is a problem and explain what is being done to try to solve it. Put a...

CFTC investigates the BSE 'gaps'.(Inside Washington)
February 2, 2004... How the U.S. Department of Agriculture handled market-sensitive information during its response to the single case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the U.S. was a prominent aspect of a wide-ranging hearing by the Senate Agriculture...

Supreme Court to determine court limits on international vitamin case.
February 2, 2004... The U.S. Supreme Court announced Dec. 15, 2003, it has taken jurisdiction in the Empagran case to decide whether foreign plaintiffs, who themselves have not suffered any direct injury in the U.S., can sue under American antitrust laws for...

Australian FTA makes negotiators work overtime.
February 2, 2004... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. and Australian trade negotiators worked through the weekend after missing last Thursday's deadline for wrapping up final decisions on the thorny U.S.-Australian Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Australia's trade...

Justice plans to appeal checkoff cases.
February 2, 2004... PHOENIX, ARIZ. -- The U.S. Department of Justice will ask the U.S. Supreme Court for certiorari to appeal the lower court rulings that declared the national beef program and national pork program unconstitutional and ordered both programs to be...

Industry groups pledge to support rule changes: clarification from FDA still needed.
February 2, 2004... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Feed industry reaction to pending bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) feed rule changes announced last week by the Food & Drug Administration was, for the most part, positive; the general industry reaction is that once...

BSE panel report due; groups hold briefing.
February 2, 2004... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Findings of the international panel of experts that is in the U.S. to review the government's response to the single case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in a dairy cow are expected sometime this week, Agriculture...

Benjamin Pomeroy.(Obituary)
February 2, 2004... ST. PAUL, MINN. -- Dr. Benjamin Pomeroy, former University of Minnesota avian disease expert, has died at the age of 92. Pomeroy began his career by following his father, Dr. Benjamin A. Pomeroy, into a career in veterinary medicine. ...

Commission proposes end to GMO moratorium.
February 2, 2004... Facing a challenge before the World Trade Organization from the U.S., Canada and Argentina, the European Commission decided last Wednesday that it is time for western Europe to end its de facto ban on new genetically modified (GM) crops. ...

Wyoming finds second herd with brucellosis.
February 2, 2004... Jim Logan, Wyoming state veterinarian, and Bret Combs, area veterinarian in charge for the Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), announced Jan. 20 that a second brucellosis-infected herd has been found in Wyoming, based on finding...

Premier chemicals increases prices.
February 2, 2004... MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OHIO -- Premier Chemicals LLC has announced a price increase of $30 per ton on its Magox feed grade magnesium oxides, which are produced at its plant in Gabbs, Nev. The increase will take effect immediately, the...

Union Pacific reports revenue growth.(Financial Reports)
February 2, 2004... OMAHA, NEB. -- Union Pacific Corp. announced recently a record net income in its fourth quarter, partially due to the sale of its Overnite subsidiary, as well as earnings from Overnite's October operations. For its fourth quarter ended Dec....

Neogen reports increased veterinary sales.(Financial Reports)
February 2, 2004... LANSING, MICH. -- Neogen Corp. has reported increased earnings and revenues for its second fiscal 2004 quarter and six months. The company said animal safety sales were led by higher sales of veterinary instruments and pharmaceuticals, and it...

Provimi says markets show signs of improvement.(Financial Reports)
February 2, 2004... PARIS, FRANCE, and ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS -- The Provimi Group announced sales of 1.15 billion [euro] for the first nine months of its 2003 fiscal year, an increase of 2.7% from the same period in 2002. The company attributed the increase...

Alpharma approves dividend.(Financial Reports)
February 2, 2004... FT. LEE. N.J. -- The board of directors of Alpharma Corp. has approved a cash dividend of 4.5 cents per share on the company's common stock, payable Jan. 23 to holders of record Jan. 13, according to an announcement.

Gilbert global takes ownership of CPM/Roskamp.(Business Report)
February 2, 2004... Gilbert Global Equity Partners, an institutional investment firm, has purchased CPM Roskamp Champion from the Compass Group. Despite the change in ownership, CPM noted that its president, Ted Waitman, and all its sales staff will remain in...

MacKinnon names California distributor.(Business Report)
February 2, 2004... SAN DIEGO, CAL.--MacKinnon Inc., which develops and manufactures specialty products for leg care and well-being of equine animals, has reported that United Pacific Pet (UPP) will be the exclusive distributor of its equine cold therapy products...

Stock summary.(Business Report)
February 2, 2004... STOCK SUMMARY This Last Week Week Year Jan. 28 Jan 21 Ago Feedstuffs-Nelson Stock Indexes Agribusiness 106.9 105.6 ...

Eternal group to acquire stake in Chinese dairy.(Business Report)
February 2, 2004... HOUSTON, TEXAS--Eternal Technologies Group has reported an agreement to acquire a 50% interest in the Tianjin Yutai Livestock Breeding Co. Ltd., a major Chinese dairy near Tianjin, China, and said the partnership represents "a major step" in...

Bovine somatotropin shortage grows; Monsanto announces price increase.(Business Report)
February 2, 2004... Monsanto Co. said last week that due to a combination of factors, effective March 1, customers will be allocated 50% of their historic shipments of bovine somatotropin (BST) instead of the 85% that was announced last month. The company...

eMerge to provide system to feed customers.(Business Report)
February 2, 2004... SEBASTIAN, FLA. -- eMerge Interactive Inc. and ADM Alliance Nutrition have reported an agreement in which eMerge will provide its CattleLog individual-animal data collection and reporting system to ADM Alliance cattle customers who purchase...

ADM, Marubeni announce agreement.(Business Report)
February 2, 2004... DECATUR, ILL.--Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) and Marubeni made an agreement last week to seek new business development in specialty grains and oilseeds for the Japanese market. Under the terms of the agreement, ADM will be responsible...

Agri-Tech Personnel Inc.(Names In The News)
February 2, 2004... AGRI-TECH PERSONNEL INC., Kansas City, Mo.--Scott Jordan has joined the firm as manager, technical placement. Jordan will be responsible for recruitment and placement of qualified candidates in the food, grain and grain processing industries.

Alltech.(Names In The News)
February 2, 2004... ALLTECH, Dunboyne, Ireland--Dr. Andreas Kocher has been appointed global strategy manager. Kocher will be responsible for sales and business development as well as establishing key research directions, future sale and marketing strategies for...

Kent Feeds Inc.(Names In The News)
February 2, 2004... KENT FEEDS INC., Muscatine, Iowa--Patrick Barker has been promoted to district sales manager. Barker will be responsible for sales in south-west Ohio. He was most recently district sales manager in central Illinois. Darron Dolezal has been...

Prince Agri Products Inc.(Names In The News)
February 2, 2004... PRINCE AGRI PRODUCTS INC., Quincy, Ill--Gale Hill has joined the company as customer service manager. Hill was previously with ADM/ Moormans.

CWB cuts 135 jobs in restructuring.(Names In The News)
February 2, 2004... Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) president Adrian Measner said last Tuesday the organization plans to cut 135 jobs by July in an attempt to improve the way the Winnipeg, Man.-based grain marketer meets the needs of farmers and overseas buyers. ...

Scot Ortman to head Kokomo Grain Co.(Names In The News)
February 2, 2004... KOKOMO, IND.--Kokomo Grain Co. announced that Scot Ortman has been promoted to chief executive officer and president of the company, effective immediately. Ortman has been with the company since 1988 and has held various positions within...

UEP board approves advocacy effort to counter welfare activists, extremism.(Poultry)
February 2, 2004... ATLANTA, GA.--The board of directors of the United Egg Producers (UEP) approved last week a public advocacy effort to defend the egg industry's hen husbandry standards and position them as beneficial for the country's hens, producers, customers...

Hendrix begins research effort to improve robustness of layers.(Poultry)
February 2, 2004... Hendrix Poultry Breeders, the Nntreco Breeding Research Center, the animal sciences group at Wageningen University & Research Center and ServiceXS have announced a major research effort to improve robustness in laying hens. The project...

MPF convention sets focus on specialty eggs.(Poultry)
February 2, 2004... ST. PAUL, MINN.--The 33rd annual convention of the Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF) is scheduled March 16-18 with an emphasis on free and natural. The emphasis is a first-of-the-kind special day for cage-free, natural and organic egg...

Eggs set for broilers and chicks placed in reporting states.(Poultry)
February 2, 2004... EGGS SET FOR BROILERS AND CHICKS PLACED IN REPORTING STATES Eggs set (thousands) STATE Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 % * Alabama 29,379 29,560 29,419 ...

Obesity is expensive.(Market Digest)
February 2, 2004... Obesity is expensive, said a study by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and RTI International that estimated obesity-attributable costs for medical care totaled $75 billion last year--and about half of those costs were covered...

Weight-loss food product sales increased 90%.(Market Digest)
February 2, 2004... Weight-loss food product sales increased 90% in the last five years, growing at a compound 17% growth per year, as Americans responded to the obesity phenomenon, according to a report, "The U.S. Market for Weight-Loss Eating and Product...

Atkins-ization has indeed "erupted".(Market Digest)
February 2, 2004... Atkins-ization has indeed "erupted" in the last 18 months, according to Dean Rotbart, editor of LowCarbbiz.com, an online newsletter that coordinated a conference on high-protein, low-carb diets last month that attracted companies in food...

Before Atkins-izing overboard.(Market Digest)
February 2, 2004... Before Atkins-izing overboard, Harry Balzer, NDP vice president, said an NDP survey conducted through last August found just 3.6% of Americans are on some form of high-protein/low carb diet. He said the diet will see a rapid rise in popularity...

Non-fasting molting regimes, cystine requirement evaluated.(Nutrition And Health/Poultry)
February 2, 2004... Molting laying hens using newly developed regimes without fasting the hens is a new management tool recommended by the United Egg Producers to address animal welfare guidelines, according to Leanne F. LaBrash, current graduate student, and...

U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (ARS).(Research Digest)
February 2, 2004... U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Fayetteville, Ark., found intestinal bacteria that could protect live chickens from salmonella, campylobacter and pathogens causing foodborne illness in people....

"Brown mid-rib (BMR) corn silage is a relatively new corn silage hybrid,".(Research Digest)
February 2, 2004... "Brown mid-rib (BMR) corn silage is a relatively new corn silage hybrid," according to Dr. Karl Nestor, senior animal nutritionist with Mycogen Seeds. "Although BMR was discovered in the late 1920s, it has only recently been marketed since the...

Adding whole wheat to turkey diets may affect performance.(Bottom Line of Nutrition/Poultry)
February 2, 2004... Field trials and other research have suggested it is possible to dilute commercial turkey and broiler chicken rations with whole wheat with little or no loss in performance. A hypothesis has been that the feeding of whole wheat improves gizzard...

Phosphorus requirements re-evaluated for broilers.(Nutrition And Health/Poultry)
February 2, 2004... Reducing dietary levels of phosphorus, with the supplementation of phytase for broilers, can sustain live performance and skeletal development while reducing total and soluble phosphorus in the litter, when compared to levels of non-phytate...

Triumph breaks ground.(Swine Industry News)
February 2, 2004... A groundbreaking ceremony was held Jan. 26 in St. Joseph, Mo., for the producer-owned packing plant to be built there by what is now known as Triumph Foods (formerly Premium Pork). Rick Hoffman, chief executive officer of Triumph, noted...

Nuisance lawsuits.(Swine Industry News)
February 2, 2004... Elden McAfee, an attorney with Beving, Swanson & Forrest, updated producers attending the Iowa Pork Congress last week on livestock regulations and nuisance suits in the state. In addition to covering everything from confinement rules,...

Economic notables.(Swine Industry News)
February 2, 2004... Dr. Ron Plain of the University of Missouri said at the Iowa Pork Congress last week that in the past 70 or so years, there has been an average growth in the U.S. hog industry of 1.5%. Whenever growth in a year is above that trend, producers...

DNA and traceability.(Swine Industry News)
February 2, 2004... A novel application of DNA analysis that can trace product back to live animals could launch a new era of sophistication in pork traceability, according to presentations at the 2004 Banff Pork Seminar held Jan. 20-23. The DNA option could...

Trespassing trial.(Swine Industry News)
February 2, 2004... Jury selection was expected to take place last week for a short trial involving trespassing on a hog farm in Indiana. The trial comes after charges were filed in late 2002 against Abel Alves and Carol Blakney, who had parked their car near...

GM insects may offer health, ag benefits.
February 2, 2004... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Researchers are using biotechnology to develop genetically modified (GM) insects for a wide variety of purposes, including fighting insect-borne diseases like malaria and controlling destructive insect agricultural pests,...

Crown iron developing new continous flow soybean processor.(Facilities: grain * feed * animal production)
February 2, 2004... MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. -- Crown Iron Works Co., a leading design-process engineering company that focuses on oilseed processing, is working to develop a continuous flow system that processes soybeans using carbon dioxide under high pressure. ...

CPF feed mill project taps expertise of U.S.(Inside News)
February 2, 2004... SIOUX CENTER, IOWA -- Interstates Engineering recently sent two designers to Thailand as part of an ongoing project to construct a new feed mill for Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Co. Ltd. (CPF). The project, located near Pak Thong Chai,...

Dupps is preferred supplier for biodiesel fuel provider.(Inside News)
February 2, 2004... GERMANTOWN, OHIO -- The Dupps Co. has reached an agreement with Biosource Fuels LLC of Kenosha, Wis., to become the preferred source for the manufacture and installation of the process systems and equipment designed by Biosource to produce...

ITR to build commercial methane plant in Idaho.(Inside News)
February 2, 2004... IDAHO FALLS, IDA. -- Intrepid Technology & Resources Inc. (ITR), a renewable energy company, has announced completion of an agreement and the securing of funding to build its first operational anaerobic digester biogas facility at the...

Adisseo begins production at methionine intermediate plant.(Inside News)
February 2, 2004... ANTONY, FRANCE -- Adisseo has officially announced the opening of its new MMP facility in Les Roches de Condrieu in France. Production at the facility began Nov. 17. Since that date, more than 4,000 metric tons of methionine intermediate...

Loders Croklaan to build palm oil processing plant.(Inside News)
February 2, 2004... WORMEVEER, NETHERLANDS -- Loders Croklaan, part of the Malaysian IOI Group, has announced that it will build Europe's largest palm oil refinery and fractionation plant in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Construction is scheduled to begin in mid...

PMMI names officers.(Inside News)
February 2, 2004... ARLINGTON, VA. -- The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) has named as its chairman Glen A. Long, president/ chief executive officer, Inex Vision Systems, Clearwater, Fla. Named to the position of vice chairman was Robert F....

A better way for concrete facilities, design, application techniques key to repairing, strengthening.(Facilities)
February 2, 2004... A significant number of facilities in the U.S. were constructed during the first half of the 20th century using reinforced or prestressed concrete materials. Now, at the beginning of the next century, many of these buildings have reached the...

Flow monitor.(Grain And Feed)
February 2, 2004... Binmaster, Lincoln, Neb., has developed the Flow Detect 1000, a non-contact flow sensor capable of providing a signal indicating the flow/no-flow condition of solids or powders in pipelines, air slides, chutes, bucket elevators, transfer points...

Vacuum support for disks.(Grain And Feed)
February 2, 2004... Oklahoma Safety Equipment Co. Inc. (Oseco), Broken Arrow, Okla., has re-engineered its vacuum support for rupture disks, resulting in greater reliability and more sanitary operation. According to the company, these disks are suited to a variety...

Grain bin aeration floor.(Grain And Feed)
February 2, 2004... Brock Manufacturing, Milford, Ind., has introduced the new TRI-CORR Aeration and Drying Floor for on-farm and commercial grain storage bins. The floor system can be used to distribute air evenly for aeration and in-bin drying in grain bins that...

Stainless steel motors.(Grain And Feed)
February 2, 2004... Lecson Electric, based in Grafton, Wis., has developed the new Washguard SST motor line. The Washguard SST line comes with all stainless steel exterior surfaces, oversized double-sealed bearings prelubricated with moisture-resistant...

Wave cover.(Grain And Feed)
February 2, 2004... Sweet of Florence, Ky., has announced the availability of a sanitary flat cover--called the Wave Cover--for its 40 in. and larger round separators. The cover is designed to trap liquid and dust inside the unit in order to keep particulates from...

Carbon dioxide monitor.(Grain And Feed)
February 2, 2004... Draeger Safety Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., has announced the addition of its new Draeger MicroPac Plus Carbon Dioxide Monitor, an ultra-compact gas measuring and warning device for the detection of carbon dioxide in the 0-0.5% volume range. The...

Medicator.(Animal Production/Processing)
February 2, 2004... Agri-Pro Enterprises, Iowa Fails, Iowa, has introduced the ProDOSER II 7GPM medicator for use in swine and poultry operations. The unit is designed to treat up to 50,000 broilers, 40,000 layers, 35,000 turkeys or 2,000 market hogs. The all-new...

Climate control computer.(Animal Production/Processing)
February 2, 2004... Fancom Agri-Computers, Panningen, the Netherlands, has developed a new climate computer for poultry houses. The F37 has a clearly readable operating panel with a numerical keyboard and a large graphical display. It is designed to control the...

GEAPS, NGFA to offer grain operations seminars.(Mill market: information for feed and grain handlers)
February 2, 2004... MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., and WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two major organizations representing the grain, feed and processing industry announced Jan. 20 the creation of a new, summertime seminar series that will address current issues in operations...

OSHA, ITA to form alliance for safe operation of lift trucks.(Mill market: information for feed and grain handlers)
February 2, 2004... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Protecting workers from hazards associated with powered industrial trucks is the goal of an alliance signed Jan. 15 by the Industrial Truck Assn. (ITA) and the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). "Each...

Ingredient market.
February 2, 2004... The following prices, which include delivery, were obtained last week from feed and grain vendors in the U.S. and Canada. The prices represent current trading values, but are not guaranteed. The second column in the table shows amount of change...

Blood meal restrictions, avian flu push corn, soybean futures lower.(Grains And Ingredients)
February 2, 2004... Feed grain and oilseed futures all tumbled last week as the bullish optimism of recent weeks hit a roadblock. "It was probably a long overdue correction due to a lot of different things," said Brian Basting, grain market analyst for...

Beef demand, prices fail to hold; cold, ice, snow disrupt markets.(Livestock And Poultry)
February 2, 2004... PHOENIX, ARIZ. -- The beef cattle markets traded $3-4 lower last week in just moderate packer demand for cattle and limited cattle feeder interest in selling animals at the lower offers, according to Feedstuffs sources contacted from the Cattle...

Cash market hog sales decline in producer use.(Livestock And Poultry)
February 2, 2004... The number of hogs sold through the cash, or spot, market continued to decline last year, although at a slower rate than in the 1990s, according to Ron Plain, an agriculture economist at the University of Missouri. In 2003, he said in a...

U.N. bodies want support on influenza.
February 2, 2004... With deaths rising and two new countries joining the list of Asian nations facing highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) outbreaks, the U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) and the World...

International panel stuns industry with BSE program recommendations.(bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
February 9, 2004... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An international panel of experts reported last week there is a high probability that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) infectious material is circulating in the U.S. cattle production system--likely the result of...

FAO calls for targeted vaccination, cull strategy.(Food & Agriculture Organization)
February 9, 2004... A targeted vaccination campaign for poultry at risk of being infected by the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus may be required in heavily affected countries to control the further spread of the epidemic, according to global animal and...

NCBA amends bylaws to send policy to members.(National Cattlemen's Beef Association)
February 9, 2004... PHOENIX, ARIZ. -- At the end of a long, rocky trail to make the association more relevant to its membership base, the National Cattlemen's Beef Assn. (NCBA) board of directors approved a bylaw change intended to make the trade association more...

Farm subsidy support at odds with policy.
February 9, 2004... Most Americans are in favor of paying farm subsidies, but only to small farmers and only occasionally when conditions are bad, a survey released last month by the University of Maryland found. Farm subsidies in the U.S., western Europe and...

Many governments willing to begin WTO talks in a matter of days, weeks.(world trade organization)
February 9, 2004... Almost four weeks after he called for a new push to complete the stalled World Trade Organization talks this year, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick was to fly out of Washington, D.C., last weekend for a two-week tour of national...

Report worthy of balanced, thoughtful consideration.
February 9, 2004... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dr. Will Hueston, one of the world's top experts on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), served on the international panel that produced the controversial review of the U.S. investigation into the BSE index cow. ...

Industry has strong reaction to panel's findings.
February 9, 2004... WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Food & Drug Administration will ask the international panel of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) experts who reviewed the U.S. situation for additional explanations of their findings before acting on the sweeping...

Canada gets glimpse into election with throne speech.(bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
February 9, 2004... Canadians were given a glimpse into the themes for an expected spring election in the first throne speech from Prime Minister Paul Martin's government last Tuesday, with agriculture and the problems of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)...

Jury to begin deliberations in Pickett-IBP pricing case.
February 9, 2004... The case charging Tyson Foods Inc. in manipulating cattle prices through captive supplies--"America's cattle case," according to an attorney for the accusers--is likely to go to the jury this week, possibly as early as Feb. 10, according to...

Producer survey explores implications for suppliers.(marketing insights)
February 9, 2004... Staying ahead of commercial producers who are running hard to remain profitable in a global agricultural industry is no small task. To help agri-businesses gauge their own understanding of these changes, Purdue University's Center for Food...