<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Feed Industry - 'THE' site for feed industry professionals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Articles]]></description><link>http://www.feedindustry.org/</link><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright Feed Industry - 'THE' site for feed industry professionals]]></copyright><generator>sNews CMS</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Sharjah Municipality to improve livestock markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Study aims to increase hygiene levels in abattoirs, cages and in places where they feed: The municipality of Sharjah, UAE is carrying out a detailed study in order to improve its poultry and livestock markets.  
  Sultan Abdullah Al Mualla, Director General of the Municipality, said that the study is being carried out to ensure that the markets are in line with national animal welfare legislation. The municipality's plan will gradually be to meet the needs of citizens and residents of the emirate and to affirm that the rules are being followed by the markets. Al Mualla stressed that the natural environment, especially natural resources, is a priority for the municipality.  
  The study focusses on bird and livestock care, highlighting the necessity to take all necessary precautions to prevent neglect, such as providing them with sufficient space to move, appropriate type of food and necessary quantities depending on their age and needs, and ensuring constant availability of water.  
  Al Mualla said that the study will concentrate on ending poultry and slaughter violations in order to ensure proper health and safety measures are taken, such as sterilising the tools used in the slaughtering process. The municipality will not go easy on violators, he continued, who disregard the rules issued regarding this matter. He said that this initiative will aim to increase the hygiene levels in abattoirs, cages where the chickens are kept and places where they feed.  
  The Sharjah Birds and Animal market was opened in 1996, and consists of various shops that deal in the sale of poultry and their slaughter.  
  
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.feedindustry.org/middle_east/sharjah-municipality-to-improve-livestock-markets-1272010/</link><guid>http://www.feedindustry.org/middle_east/sharjah-municipality-to-improve-livestock-markets-1272010/</guid><author>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:01:00 +0000</author><comment></comment></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chia Tai grows in China: CP subsidiary to invest an additional $1 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The Chia Tai Group, the Chinese unit of the Thai agribusiness giant Charoen Pokphand, will increase its investment in China of more than US$1 billion (32.4 billion baht) over the next six years.  
  New projects will consist mainly of shopping complexes, hotels, condominiums and office buildings.  
  &quot;CP's investment in China will be relatively higher than in Thailand, given the country's massive population and newfound affluence,&quot; said Soopakij Chearavanont, co-chairman of Super Brand Mall in China.  
  &quot;Funding will stem mainly from the group's Chinese revenue, joint-venture partners and bank loans.&quot;  
  CP was the first foreign investor in China. Over nearly four decades it has poured billions of dollars into such ventures as shopping malls, the poultry industry, animal feed and motorcycle plants.  
  The group's retail operations consist mainly of the nationwide Lotus Supercenter chain and the Super Brand Mall in Shanghai.  
  Mr Soopakij said the new investment would be concentrated in four areas: Luoyang city in Hainan province; Shandong province on the eastern edge of the North China Plain; Guangzhou city in Guangdong province near Hong Kong; and Puxi, the old area of Shanghai.  
  The Luoyang project, tentatively dubbed Chia Tai City Plaza, alone will cost $2 billion and feature a shopping centre, entertainment complex, hotel, exhibition centre and government offices, including customs, a clearing house and other public services. It is now in the design process. Construction will take place over two three-year phases.  
  Chia Tai has already bought up land for other projects in Guangzhou and Puxi.  
  Mr Soopakij said the number of Lotus Supercenters would expand from 73 now to 1,000 over the next decade at a cost of $5 million each. Lotus Supercenter has targeted sales of 12 billion yuan (57.4 billion baht) this year, up from 11 billion last year.  
  Meanwhile, Chia Tai has introduced its CP food brand at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, which will run until Oct 31.  
  It spent 40 million baht to develop the CP pavilion at the expo and is an authorised food supplier for the event.  
  Vitit Pootanasup, executive vice-president of Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc, a listed flagship company of the CP Group, said CPF would expand ready-to-eat foods under the CP brand in China.  
  After conducting marketing research in the country for the past three years, CPF is now quickly expanding its presence in Shanghai and Beijing, especially for shrimp, he said.   
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.feedindustry.org/asia/chia-tai-grows-in-china-cp-subsidiary-to-invest-an-additional-1-billion-1272010/</link><guid>http://www.feedindustry.org/asia/chia-tai-grows-in-china-cp-subsidiary-to-invest-an-additional-1-billion-1272010/</guid><author>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:01:00 +0000</author><comment></comment></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carlyle to Take Stake in China Feed Maker ]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Carlyle Group said it has agreed to buy an 11.3% stake in animal-feed maker C.P. Pokphand Co. from one of Thailand's biggest agricultural companies for $175 million, a bet by the U.S. investment firm on China's growing appetite for meat.  
  C.P. Pokphand is China's second-largest supplier of animal-feed products by sales and has benefited in recent years from rising household income in the country, allowing people to afford a greater variety of food.  
  At the same time that demand for meat is rising, there is a drain of farm laborers into cities as China rapidly urbanizes. This has pushed farmers to boost productivity, in part by using commercial feed.  
  Food scares have prompted the Chinese government to support larger-scale farming and the use of commercial animal feed.  
  &quot;China should follow the global pattern where farmers move from small- to large-scale farming and use more commercial feed,&quot; said Patrick Siewert, a senior director at Carlyle.  
  Small-holders that used to gather animal feed themselves are disappearing while larger farms are buying commercially made feed to bulk up animals more efficiently. About 30% to 35% of total feed used in China is commercial feed, and the balance is home-made feed, according to consultants at Bain &amp; Co.  
  The Chinese currently eat a much larger proportion of vegetable protein than in the U.S. and Europe, but they are gradually buying more pork, fish and poultry. They now eat about 33 grams of animal protein daily, compared with about double that in most of the developed world, Mr. Siewert said, citing Bain.  
  C.P. Pokphand had about $2 billion in revenue last year from distributing, swine, poultry, cattle and fish feed, according to the consultancy reports. The fastest-growing segment was fish feed, reflecting the growing number of fish farms in China after wild-fishing plateaued globally around the turn of the century.  
  Washington, D.C.-based Carlyle has already bought into China's growing domestic consumption story. It acquired a 13.62% stake in Singapore-listed China Fishery Group Ltd. for $190 million last month and a 17.3% stake in Guangdong Yashili Group Co., Ltd., one of China's largest infant-formula companies, for an undisclosed sum in September 2009.  
  C.P. Pokphand has been active in the country since China first opened its doors to foreign investment in the late 1970s. It has 57 production facilities in 26 provinces and more than 26,000 exclusive distributors across China.  
  Carlyle is buying the stake from Charoen Pokphand Group, Thailand's   biggest agricultural company by sales and one of the world's biggest   poultry exporters. C.P. Pokphand, which trades on the Hong Kong stock   market, is Charoen Pokphand's investment arm in China. Charoes Pokphand   still owns about 70% of C.P. Pokphand on a fully diluted basis.  
  The   deal is expected to close by July 22  
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:58:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.feedindustry.org/asia/carlyle-to-take-stake-in-china-feed-maker--1272010/</link><guid>http://www.feedindustry.org/asia/carlyle-to-take-stake-in-china-feed-maker--1272010/</guid><author>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:58:00 +0000</author><comment></comment></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pig poo helps feed fish]]></title><description><![CDATA[  A South Australian researcher is turning pig poo into fish food for the aquaculture industry.  
  Biotechnologist Andrew Ward breaks down pig waste, turning it into nutrients to feed water fleas, which then become fish feed.  
  This can also be done with other waste, from places like wineries and abattoirs.  
  Dr Ward says the process simulates what already happens out at sea.  
  &quot;Basically reproducing what happens in nature - first you grow the algae, then you feed it to the zooplankton and then to the fish, very much like what happens out in the natural environment,&quot; he says.  
  &quot;We just pick the things that are most productive and maximise the productivity of them to make it commercially viable.&quot;  
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:04:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.feedindustry.org/oceania/pig-poo-helps-feed-fish-1272010/</link><guid>http://www.feedindustry.org/oceania/pig-poo-helps-feed-fish-1272010/</guid><author>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:04:00 +0000</author><comment></comment></item><item><title><![CDATA[Godrej Agrovet Eyes 15% Turnover This Fiscal ]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Godrej Agrovet is eyeing to achieve 15% growth in its turnover in the existing financial year (20101-11), which stood at Rs 1,600 crore during the last fiscal.  
  Mr. B S Yadav, company's managing director, said, ''We expect a 15 per cent jump in our topline and 25 per cent in the bottomline. Last year, we had a turnover of over Rs 1,600 crore.''  
  Mr. Yadav said that diversified agri-business company, which presently sells animal feeds, ready-to-eat foods and processed poultry products, is gazing 'seriously' at diversifying into fresher segments.  
  Mr. Yadav added, &quot;Dairy, micro irrigation, seeds and corn seeds are the avenues we are looking at. At this juncture I cannot say whether our entry into the market will be through the greenfield mode or acquisitions.&quot;  
  Godrej Agrovet can comfortably lift finance for the planned diversification via debt or internal accruals.  
  On acquirements, he said that the company is 'always open' for proposals in the palm oil and animal feed segments.  
  For organic expansion, the company has earmarked Rs 50 crore as capital expenditure for 2010-11 and a big part of the amount will go towards raising capacities of its animal feeds business by erecting three plants in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.  
  Godrej Agrovet is also making investments in its palm oil vertical as part of its capital expenditure for FY-11.  
  Presently, it owns 40,000 hectares under cultivation.  
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