In this role, Tan will augment the council’s work to develop and target technical education and trade servicing programs related to the region’s growing aquaculture industry.
Skretting won the contract to supply Atlantic Sapphire. The contract covers the majority of Atlantic Sapphire’s feed requirement in Denmark and the USA.
Northeast Nutrition Inc., a Cooke feed mill located in the Truro Business Park in Nova Scotia, Canada, has increase its fish feed capacity from 65,000 tons up to 100,000 tons.
Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition, LLC acquired the assets of Rangen, Inc., a privately-held, 90-plus year-old aquaculture and general feed production company with production facilities in Buhl, Idaho, and Angleton, Texas, USA.
FDA has given the green light to ultra-low gossypol cottonseed which makes the protein safe for animal and human consumption.
Constance Cullman was appointed president and chief executive officer of the association and the president of the industry’s public charity, the Institute for Feed Education and Research.
The deregulation of canola in the U.S. gives aqua farmers and feed manufacturers access to sustainable aquafeed source of long-chain omega-3s.
The American and European feed industries have renewed their longstanding partnership to increase mutual cooperation on sustainable feed production, feed safety management, communication, trade and pre-competitive research.
Archer Daniels Midland Co., Cargill, Tate & Lyle and Ingredion are among the founding members of the Plant Based Products Council, which will seek more sustainable consumer products and packaging through greater use of plant-based materials.
Cargill has opened its new omega-3 research and development facility in Great Falls, Montana. Cargill's new oilseed variety was developed in Montana for Montana growing conditions through a Cargill and BASF partnership. Cargill will contract with growers to begin planting the new variety in the 2020 crop season, eventually reaching 500,000 acres of farmland throughout the Great Falls region.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has deregulated Nuseed’s proprietary omega-3 canola for cultivation in the United States, an announcement welcomed by Nufarm Limited. Nuseed’s omega-3 canola secured authorization for cultivation, food and feed from Australian authorities earlier this year. “USDA approval represents another very significant milestone in the development and commercialization of this important new product. It further validates the safety and quality of the product and the regulatory progress being made in multiple jurisdictions.”
