<?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[EU urged to lift GM feed ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[  European farmers are calling on the EU to relax its zero-tolerance policy on GMOs in animal feed.  
  Copa-Cogeca warned without urgent action to allow a 0.1 per cent maximum threshold for non-approved GMOs, feed costs will put many EU livestock farmers out of business.  
  In the longer term, Copa-Cogeca also wants to see the EU’s own protein supply developed further to reduce its dependence on imported soybean.  
  This could include the reintroduction of processed animal proteins.  
  The organisation is urging member states to agree the new maximum GMO threshold arguing that the EU is 80 per cent dependent on imports of vegetable proteins for which there are no short term substitutes.  
  Given the bulk handling of grains in international trade, compliance with a zero tolerance policy for LLP (low level presence) of unauthorised material is impossible. Cop-Cogeca called for the matter to be discussed in the Permanent Committee for Biotechnology today (Tuesday, February 8).  
  However, as these raw materials are used in both the animal feed and human food chain, it would be best to find a technical solution for both, it says.  
  Without a new draft regulation allowing at minimum the presence of non-authorised GMOs in feed up until a maximum threshold of 0.1 per cent it could cost EU farmers hundreds of millions of euros. For the winter period 2009-2010, Wageningen university has assessed the overall cost at 1 billion euros for 6 months.  
  Copa-Cogeca secretary-general Pekka Pesonen said: “At a time when most EU livestock producers are facing serious economic losses, some EU opposition to finding a practical threshold for trace levels of not yet EU authorised GM plants in imported feed will drive EU livestock farmers and feed operators out of business.”  
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:31:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.feedindustry.org/europe/eu-urged-to-lift-gm-feed-ban-922011/</link><guid>http://www.feedindustry.org/europe/eu-urged-to-lift-gm-feed-ban-922011/</guid><author>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:31:00 +0000</author><comment></comment></item><item><title><![CDATA[India&#039;s aquaculture feed industry looking promising]]></title><description><![CDATA[  “The future of Indian aquaculture feed industry looks promising, but India has to go in for more species if it has to progress further,” said P.E. Vijay Anand, Technical Director, India Animal Feed Program, American Soyabean Association – International Marketing, on Monday.  
  Addressing a technical session on the ‘Status of the Indian aquaculture feed industry and future trends' on the second day of ‘Aqua Aquaria 2011,' he said that India invariably relied on two species – carps and pungasius, whereas China and Bangladesh had about 15 species. The dependence on lesser number of species meant more risk.  
  “The industry is wide and options are many. The industry need not have to reinvent the wheel as Asia is the biggest player in the aquaculture sector. Just do the ranking and see where India is. It will be an eye-opener. We just have to borrow technology from China or Taiwan and adapt it to our conditions. We should have at least seven species,” he said.  
  He also said that the number of fish feed production mills in the country have gone up to about 10 since 2008 and the installed capacity would be 1.2 million tonnes by 2012.  
  To improve profitability, he urged the players to reduce dependence on traditional feeds and to go in for modern ones; adopt cage culture and have proper fish processing market.  
  Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), the R&amp;D arm of Marine Products Export Development Authority, has established a facility in Vijayawada to produce mono-sex tilapia in two strains, said the Project Manager, S. Vijayakumar.  
  TILAPIA FARMING  
  “Farming of Tilapia is not permitted in the country on commercial basis. After studying the performance, growth and breeding performance of Tilapia in our facility, we will prepare a protocol and send it to the Centre by November,” said another RGCA official.  
  Some of the farmers responded by saying that India was way behind others in tilapia culture production and it was time to allow commercialisation of it on a big scale.  
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:24:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.feedindustry.org/asia/indias-aquaculture-feed-industry-looking-promising-822011/</link><guid>http://www.feedindustry.org/asia/indias-aquaculture-feed-industry-looking-promising-822011/</guid><author>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:24:00 +0000</author><comment></comment></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorghum growers face stock feed threat]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Sorghum growers are being warned about a fungus that could render stock feed useless.  
  Ergot is an air-borne disease that flourishes in wet conditions and could strike crops planted in southern Queensland over the next few months.  
  Dr Malcolm Ryley from the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation says late season crops are particularly vulnerable.  
  &quot;Really in southern Queensland planting sorghum from now on puts that sorghum at higher risk,&quot; he said.  
  &quot;It will be flowering in early April when conditions are a lot cooler as well, which can make the ergot issue a lot worse.&quot;  
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:41:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.feedindustry.org/oceania/sorghum-growers-face-stock-feed-threat-822011/</link><guid>http://www.feedindustry.org/oceania/sorghum-growers-face-stock-feed-threat-822011/</guid><author>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:41:00 +0000</author><comment></comment></item><item><title><![CDATA[NZ farmers face feed storage, but no drought]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Farmers still have concerns over drought conditions as the region goes into what are traditionally its highest temperatures.  
  But Federated Farmers and the Rural Family Support Trust are not writing a further letter, seeking a drought to be declared in the region.  
  It is dry, but the weather is more unsettled now, said Ruth Rainey, former Federated Farmers president, and spokeswoman for the trust.  
  A recent drought committee meeting resolved to write in support of the letter to the Ministry of Agriculture, asking it to consider the area as one in drought.  
  &quot;I have spoken to some of you plus MAF's Phil Journeaux and at this stage have decided just to leave our letter of request for drought declaration on the MAF table but not to write a further letter endorsing it.&quot;  
  MAF had said it would keep a watching brief in the region, acknowledging there was not a drought, but there is a feed shortage for all stock.  
  &quot;There have been areas of rain about and the weather seems to be coming more unsettled with areas of patchy rain over last weekend,&quot; said Mrs Rainey.  
  &quot;I don't feel comfortable continuing to ask for a drought declaration.  
  &quot;We definitely still have a feed drought and need more rain, but the climate is one of the major challenges of farming and we just have to deal with the vagaries it throws up.&quot;  
  Her stance was supported by the farmers at the drought committee meeting.  
  Meanwhile a Hunterville Vets-run &quot;Drown the Drought&quot; field day in December is still relevant as farmers head into what are normally their hottest months, she said.  
  The field day encouraged farmers to look ahead so they could feed their breeding stock. &quot;While short term, lamb prices are very strong and attractive, there needs to be consideration to the performance of breeding stock for next season,&quot; Mrs Rainey said.  
  That means ewes must be in good condition for tupping through to lambing to help recover the costs of a dry season. &quot;Farmers should have a plan to achieve this.  
  &quot;If supply and demand are driving the strong prices, then these prices should theoretically flow into next season given that the national ewe flock is declining in numbers.&quot;  
  There has been a consistent message hammered in the past few field days.&quot;Farmers must measure to know where they are and what is happening accurately.  
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:16:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.feedindustry.org/oceania/nz-farmers-face-feed-storage-but-no-drought-822011/</link><guid>http://www.feedindustry.org/oceania/nz-farmers-face-feed-storage-but-no-drought-822011/</guid><author>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:16:00 +0000</author><comment></comment></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rains will benefit feed and food crops]]></title><description><![CDATA[  After a long dry spell the current rains  would bring a positive impacts on crops particularly on food security crop like wheat which has been sown over 8.8 million hectare of land in the country.   
  Besides, the rain spell would also help to boost the production of  pulses like grams,moong and vegetables, oil seeds cultivated over a vast land to fulfill the domestic requirements of food in the country.   
  Wheat Development Commissioner of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture  (MinFA) Dr. Shakeel A Khan told APP on Monday that the blessing rains are very fruitful for the major food crop wheat in rain feed areas in the country.  
  He said that the current spell of rains would help to enhance the crop  out-put in rain feed ares as the wheat sowing in irrigated areas registered negative growth due to devastating floods during last year.  
  Meanwhile, the rains would leave a healthy impact on pulses like  moong, grams and the vegetables as the most of these crops direly required water for irrigation at this stage of nourishment, he added.  
  Wheat Commissioner informed that this year wheat crop has sown over  8.8 million hectare of land in the country to fulfill the domestic consumption which was down by 3.5 per cent as compared to the last year sowing.  
  Wheat crop has sown over 6.68 million hectare of land in Punjab, while  in the Sindh Province about 1.08 million hectare of land are under wheat crop, he said.  
  In Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KPK) the wheat crop has sown over 0.73 million  hectare and in Baluchistan it was cultivated over 0.32 million hectare.  
  Dr. Shakeel said that the current wheat crop out-look was quit satisfactory in the country adding that it is also expected that out put of the crop would also remained satisfactory.  
  He advised the farmers to regularly monitor their crops and use proper  pesticides and up-rooting weeds to enhance per acare out-put to make the country selfrelaint in food productions.  
  It may be recalled that according to Met Office Islamabad, more rains  with isolated heavy snowfall over the hills expected in most parts of the country.  
  The scattered rain with snowfall which also occurred in Azad Kashmir,  Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan washed away the dust and brought hope for farmers.  
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