LNB International Feed, a subsidiary of U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill, plans to sell its majority share in the Suriname-based LNB Surimix N.V. feedmill to Benie Rice N.V., the Cargill unit said... More »

 

Cargill Inc.’s earnings fell 65 percent in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, including a significant decline in earnings from the company’s majority investment in The Mosaic Co.... More »

 

Standing 17 stories tall, the new Columbia Farms chicken feed mill is the tallest building in Madison County. The $23 mln plant, which opened this month, will produce 8,000 t of feed for... More »

 

Marfrig Alimentos SA, the world’s fourth-biggest meatpacker, agreed to buy Cargill Inc.’s Brazilian poultry and pork business for $706.2 million in cash, a month after talks to merge with a... More »

 

Canada - The Animal Nutrition Association of Canada reports drastic reductions in livestock numbers have dramatically reduced demand for feed products forcing widespread consolidation within the... More »

 

The Food & Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is announcing the availability of many approved "Blue Bird" Type B and Type C medicated feed labels on its web... More »

 

Drivers along Selby Road might catch a glimpse of a tannish, nondescript-looking feedstock facility. While there's not much to the box-like structure from the exterior, on the interior it... More »

 

Chicken producer Sanderson Farms Inc. reported Tuesday it swung to a quarterly profit compared to a year ago, helped by a combination of lower feed-grain costs, higher poultry prices, and supply... More »

 

The Food & Drug Administration's second highest ranking official, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, testified today that his agency "supports ending the use of antibiotics for growth and feed... More »

 

Brazil is planning to increase the number of cattle in feed lots by 4.6% which would be equivalent to a total of 1.673.500 heads, according to Beef Point, a Brazilian portal linked to the meat... More »

 

Wisconsin, USA - Fish farmers hit with high feed costs last year may be able to recoup some of their losses under a new federal recovery program, but they need to act by July 31. The... More »

 

Rose, Oklahoma - There's a good chance the chicken you bought at the grocery store or ordered in a restaurant grew up in a dimly lit poultry house like the ones on Ray Goertz's 160-acre farm,... More »

 

Canada's pork industry needs an immediate injection of$800 million in government aid to solve the liquidity crisis that's pushed the sector to the brink of disaster. The Canadian hog... More »

 

Are we eating American beef raised on chicken manure? A commentary on behalf of the National Farmers Union Ontario. When you think of cattle feed very few of us probably imagine chicken... More »

 

Omaha, Neb. - The number of Nebraska cattle that died in last month's heat wave has grown to 3,800. The Farm Service Agency's Tim Reimer said July 6 that he'd received reports of... More »