Malaysia will build feed mills to support and develop the livestock industry as part of efforts to increase beef supply for local consumption. Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister,... More »

 

Novus International, Inc. announced today its establishment of a new blending plant in Singapore for animal feed supplements. This new feed specialties plant will also serve as a distribution hub... More »

 

Parliament passed a bill Tuesday prohibiting use of anti-biotic, growth hormone, steroid and harmful pesticides in animal and fish feeds. The bill was passed in the wake of a self-imposed... More »

 

South Korea - Demand for feed grain in South Korea, Asia’s biggest buyer after Japan, will be sustained this year after climbing on increased livestock production, said an executive at the top... More »

 

India - State-owned Kerala Feeds Limited (KFL) is set to commission its new Rs.35 crore unit at Karunagapally in Kollam district in six months, Animal Husbandry Minister C. Divakaran said.... More »

 

The Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries has allocated Rp 4.8 billion ($523,000 USD) from the state budget this year to support the production of maggots as a cheaper source of... More »

 

China Kangtai Cactus Biotech Inc., a vertically integrated grower, developer, manufacturer and marketer of a variety of cactus-based products in China, announced today that revenues from two new... More »

 

Soybean meal supplies from India, Asia’s biggest exporter, dropped 41 percent in the three months ended December, as a surge in local seed prices prompted buyers to shift to South American... More »

 

China's feed output in 2009 is projected to be around 140 million tons, an annual growth rate 2.4%. This was a 8.4% fall in growth compare to 2008, making it the feed industries lowest annual... More »

 

India - Chandigarh administration’s decision to impose a 4% Value Added Tax on poultry feed and poultry feed supplements has had an adverse affect on poultry industry, with industrialists... More »

 

Indonesia - After imported feed prices soared 25 percent in 2009, an expert has called on the government to build feed mills to help fish farmers survive. Suhana, a marine biologist with... More »

 

Philipines - Typhoons and diseases that reduced hog and poultry production slowed down demand for feeds and resulted in decline in food production by around 20 percent to 5.5 million metric tons... More »

 

Charoen Pokphand Foods Philippines Corp., a unit of one of Thailand’s largest food conglomerates, is investing P2.36 billion to put up an aqua feed mill plant in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines.... More »

 

Sri Lanka - Due to unbelievably high import taxes levied on maize which makes up 50 per cent of the poultry feed, a leading manufacturer of feed, who turned to a cheaper substitute by importing... More »

 

Ha Noi, Vietnam — Agricultural officials and farmers have criticised a decision to increase import tariffs on raw materials for animal feed from next month. The Ministry of Finance has... More »