During the recent mission to conduct soy workshops in Bangladesh, USSEC consultants performed field visits to meet aqua customers to assess the level of technology and feed quality being used by the industry. A second objective was to share with and educate customers on the latest technologies and developments in aquaculture. Bangladesh is the fifth largest aquaculture-producing nation in the world and is also a significant importer of U.S soybeans, which it crushes in-country.

Dinnissen has achieved its goal of full ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 27001:2013 certification. "As an organization we’ve shown continued steady growth for years. This has convinced us that our success has resulted from customer focus, ongoing innovation and striving for quality."

Aqua-Spark has announced an investment in Protix, a leading insect company based in The Netherlands. Alongside Rabobank and private investors, Aqua-Spark will be leading a €45 million investment, the largest investment ever made in the insect industry. Protix is a highly technological and data driven insect producer, regarded for its automated breeding and rearing process. The driver behind Aqua-Spark’s interest is Protix promising uses for aquaculture.

Aquabotix has introduced Live Remote Viewing, a new product feature that enables real-time underwater viewing and connectivity between Aquabotix’s products and remote customers via the cloud. Aquaculture customers will now have access to continuous live feeds from the Endura ROV that can assess feeding habits to prevent overfeeding, monitor the condition of the fish and nets, and inspect moorings. 

Calysta, Inc. announced a pledge supporting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.” The Calysta pledge was made in conjunction with the UN’s Ocean Conference June 5-9 in New York City, and will be published in the Registry of Voluntary Commitments on the conference website. “Calysta also supports the FAO’s Blue Growth Initiative, with specific emphasis on using scientific knowledge, research and development capacity, and market-based initiatives to drive an increase in sustainable aquaculture practices by 2020.”

Using a compilation of data from past weather patterns, combined with regional mycotoxin levels of past six years, Nutriad has created a model to generating predictive information on future mycotoxin challenges. This model will be made available in the USA, where Nutriad is cooperating with renowned meteorologist Thomas Novak of Novak Weather Consultants.

Kemin Industries has extended their “Antibiotic Alternative (ABA) Solutions” campaign to customers in Taiwan. The seminar helped more than one hundred participants, including external consultants, distributors, feed millers and farmers, understand trends on replacing antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in animal feed and regulations in Taiwan.

A new ERBER Group North American hub office will open in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area later this year. The hub, modeled on the success of the ERBER Group structure in Asia Pacific and in Europe, will create new, shared support functions, including infrastructure and IT, for the ERBER Group divisions. “The growth and success that both BIOMIN and ROMER LABS continue to have serving customers over the years provided a clear logic for nurturing their strong potential going forward. We have an ambitious plan for North America, and ultimately it is our customers who will benefit."

"Due to the recent insolvency of Meriden Trading Pty Ltd in Australia whose sole director and shareholder is Damian Moore. Anpario plc has now transferred its Orego-Stim range of products to its wholly owned Australian subsidiary - Anpario Pty Ltd."

On May 23rd, the first batch of GroPro was produced successfully on the new production line at Angel's plant in Liuzhou. The new production line started construction in September last year. Due to growing demand for GroPro in China, the new facility is a customized production line only for GroPro with an annual capacity of nearly 12,000 tones.

Leiber GmbH’s Animal Nutrition Business Unit is continuing its expansion course with a range of new cooperation partners. Four new distributors are now part of the Leiber GmbH sales network: HyPro Feeds, Leiber’s new partner in India, is bringing along a great deal of professional competence in the area of livestock production; Vet Line International is taking over the positioning of brewer’s yeast products on the Pakistani market; Chemtech S. A. is intended to expand animal nutrition sales in Ecuador; and Max Vital will broaden sales activities in Sudan.

Nutriad has announced the appointment of Mr. Roman Krikovtsov as Key Account Manager for the Russian market. With roughly 26 million tonnes of feed produced annually, Russia is a strategically important market for Nutriad and the company seeks to increase its’ footprint through increased interaction with local producers. "This appointment underlines Nutriad’s commitment to the market and will further strengthen our capability to provide support to our customers and distribution partners in Russia as we continue to grow our animal health and nutrition solutions business across species.” 

Lallemand Animal Nutrition has announced the continuation of its Lallemand Forward Scholarship in 2017. This is the third consecutive year that the scholarship program will be offered to students in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The 2017 program offers: three $2,500 undergraduate scholarships, one $3,000 master’s scholarship and one $3,000 doctoral scholarship. "We received an overwhelming response from outstanding candidates the past two years and we look forward to this year's submissions to support the future leaders of our industry."

Calysta, Inc. has announced the successful production of over four metric tons of commercially representative FeedKind® protein for distribution to customers and partners globally.  These samples will support market development in the European Union, the United States, Japan, Southeast Asia, China, and Australia. “We are extremely pleased at the performance of this facility achieving its target metrics quickly, safely and efficiently. This accomplishment has been possible based on the strength of our proprietary technology and the fact that this facility is a scaled-down version of a successful commercial facility.”

Evonik has released its Sustainability Report 2016, which examines the contribution made by its products to resource efficiency in the application phase, including energy savings and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, and waste. Results confirm that around 50 percent of the sales generated by Evonik\'s chemical segments already come from products that make a measurable contribution to improving resource efficiency in the use phase, such as amino acids for animal nutrition.

Nutriad announced the appointment of Jeroen De Gussem as Marketing Director and Joke Van De Velde as Marketing Communications Manager. Operating out of the Dendermonde (Belgium) headquarters, they will both support Nutriad in its’ growth ambitions across geographies and species. “I have always been intrigued by how science can be applied into workable solutions for producers. Joining Nutriad allows me to focus on just that.\"

Angel's new yeast plant in Russia covers an area of 30 hectares with the annual production capacity of 20 thousand tonnes. It is going to be Angel's most advanced yeast manufacturing plant. The construction includes installation of a main workshop, energy power center, environmental plant and production facilities.

The 3rd edition of the Olmix International technical seminar on animal health and nutrition took place in Guangzhou, China, from April 27-28. This year's event shed light on the natural alternatives to reduce the use of antibiotics in animal production in Asia. The aquaculture workshop pointed out some of the current trends of the field with conferences such us "Alternative Sustainable Way of Farming: Polyculture, Fish Meal Replacement, Benefits and Limitations" and "Improvement of Digestibility of Aqua Feeds."

TEWS Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG has taken over the moisture measurement system iScan from the Icelandic company Intelscan. "The requirements for highly exact moisture measurement are increasing around the world. Microwave technology, which is the main feature and key characteristic of our two measuring technologies, is becoming increasingly essential. I am pleased that TEWS will continue to develop the measuring principle and has the necessary distribution capacity to establish iScan around the world.”

Calysta, Inc. announced $40 million in Series D funding, in a financing round led by Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Calysta intends to use a majority of the proceeds of the Series D investment to advance commercial scale manufacturing of Calysta’s FeedKind® protein. “We are very pleased to welcome Mitsui and Temasek to Calysta’s strategic family of investors, supporting committed investing in products that will make a global impact.\"