Useful links
ADAS www.adas.co.uk
Advisory Committee on Animal Feed www.food.gov.uk
Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) www.agindustries.org.uk
Agricultural Research Institute of N. Ireland www.arini.ac.uk
Agricultural Science Assiciation www.asaireland.ie
Association of American Feed Control Officials www.aafco.org
American Association of Animal Science www.asas.org
British Chicken Information Service www.britishchicken.co.uk
British Dairy Consortium www.britishdairyconsortium.com
British Egg Information Service www.britegg.co.uk
British Free Range Egg Producers www.bfrepa.co.uk
British Horse Society www.bhs.org.uk
British Society of Animal Science www.bsas.org.uk
British Turkey Information Service www.britishturkey.co.uk
c/o British Farming www.cobritishfarming.org.uk
Canadian Pork Council www.cpc-ccp.com
Canada Pork International www.canadapork.com
Danish Slaughter Houses www.danskeslagterier.dk
Dept. for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs UK www.defra.gov.uk
Dept. of Agriculture & Food (Ireland) www.agriculture.gov.ie
Dept. of Agriculture & Rural Development (N. Ireland) www.dardni.gov.uk
E.U. Approved Feed Establishments ec.europa.eu/food
European Pet Food Industry Association www.fediaf.org
Farmers Union of Wales www.fuw.org.uk
Food Standards Agency www.food.gov.uk
Grain & Feed Trade Association www.gafta.com
Greenmount College www.greenmount.ac.uk
Home Grown Cereals Authority www.hgca.com
International Egg Commission www.internationalegg.com
Irish Agriculture & Food Development Authority www.teagasc.ie
Irish Farmers Association www.ifa.ie
Kansas State University www.ksu.edu
Livestock & Meat Commission for N. Ireland www.lmcni.com
Meat & Livestock Commission www.meatmatters.com
National Dairy Farm Association Scheme www.ndfas.ord.uk
National Farmers Union www.nfu.org.uk
National Farmers Union of Scotland www.nfus.org.uk
National Pig Association www.npa-uk.net
Noah UK medicines & special feed additives /zootechnicals www.noahcompendium.co.uk
Notification of reportable feed incident - regulations www.food.gov.uk
Notification of reportable feed incident - report www.food.gov.uk
N. Ireland Grain Trade Association www.nigta.co.uk
Nutrition Partners Inc www.nutritionpartners.ca
Nutrition Society www.nutsoc.org.uk
Organic Farmers & Growers www.organicfarmers.org.uk
Pedigree Systems www.pedsys.com
Pet Food Association of Canada www.pfac.com
Pet Food Manufacturers Association www.pfma.com
Pig Health.com www.pighealth.com
Pig Site UK www.thepigsite.com
Pigs UK Directory www.pigsuk.com
PorkNet (USA) www.porknet.com
Prairie Swine Centre, Saskatchewan www.prairieswine.ca
Premier Nutrition, UK www.premiernutrition.co.uk
Soil Association www.soilassociation.org
Ulster Farmers Union www.ufuni.org
Ultramix Formulation Software www.ultramix.co.uk
University of Nottingham www.nottingham.ac.uk
World Poultry Science Association www.wpsa-uk.com
More Norwegian fish suffer from diseases
More Norwegian fish suffer from diseases
Norwegian aqua farmers are facing major losses due to the salmon diseases ILA and PD. The spread of disease has shown strong increase over the past six months.
So far this year there are registered 16 outbreaks of ISA (infectious salmon anaemia) , and 62 cases of PD (pancreas disease). For both it is twice as many cases as in all of 2007.
Neither ISA nor PD are dangerous for humans, but much of the fish dies when infected, and must be used for animal feed. In addition it is also necessary to disinfect the nets, and often to replace equipment that is still in good order.
Norwegian aqua farmers are facing major losses due to the salmon diseases ILA and PD. The spread of disease has shown strong increase over the past six months.
So far this year there are registered 16 outbreaks of ISA (infectious salmon anaemia) , and 62 cases of PD (pancreas disease). For both it is twice as many cases as in all of 2007.
Neither ISA nor PD are dangerous for humans, but much of the fish dies when infected, and must be used for animal feed. In addition it is also necessary to disinfect the nets, and often to replace equipment that is still in good order.
Evialis: grain prices remain high
Evialis: grain prices remain high
French animal feed maker Evialis sees no reason for booming grain prices to fall because the main bullish factors are unlikely to disappear, its CEO said July 3rd.
Pierre Lefebvre said a main element was rising demand from fast-developing countries where a growing middle class eats more meat produced from cattle fattened with grain-based feed.
Prices would also continue to be buoyed by historically low grain stocks, strong demand to make grain-based biofuels and a likely continuation of the massive inflow of funds into commodities when other markets slump.
"As long as financial markets will be in the state they are now, the phenomenon will not change, and there will be in any case continuous upwards pressure," Lefebvre told Reuters in an interview. Animal feed is made from grains whose prices have mostly surged over the past year.
Although wheat prices fell in recent months, corn (maize) and soybean futures hit all-time highs on U.S. markets in the last few days on worries over U.S. crops.
"I can't see what objective factor could lead us to think that prices could relax and come back to levels that we have seen a few years ago," he said. "We are in a structural situation of high prices." He stressed, however, that volatility would prevail and that even if large crops could ease prices in some years, extremely low stocks would keep bullish pressure on markets. "We are in an alert zone (on stocks)," he said.
Lefebvre said the impact of high prices would be high on breeders and that many could go bankrupt due to that. Evialis had to raise prices of some of its key feed products by 40 to 50 percent in sympathy with grain markets. "We have the obligation, it's vital, to reflect the rises of the products we buy in our sale prices, which of course pushed much higher the prices of products sold to breeders and this could speed up a change in the sector," he said. "It's clear that many will not be able to take it," he said, stressing that grains account for a large part of meat prices.
French animal feed maker Evialis sees no reason for booming grain prices to fall because the main bullish factors are unlikely to disappear, its CEO said July 3rd.
Pierre Lefebvre said a main element was rising demand from fast-developing countries where a growing middle class eats more meat produced from cattle fattened with grain-based feed.
Prices would also continue to be buoyed by historically low grain stocks, strong demand to make grain-based biofuels and a likely continuation of the massive inflow of funds into commodities when other markets slump.
"As long as financial markets will be in the state they are now, the phenomenon will not change, and there will be in any case continuous upwards pressure," Lefebvre told Reuters in an interview. Animal feed is made from grains whose prices have mostly surged over the past year.
Although wheat prices fell in recent months, corn (maize) and soybean futures hit all-time highs on U.S. markets in the last few days on worries over U.S. crops.
"I can't see what objective factor could lead us to think that prices could relax and come back to levels that we have seen a few years ago," he said. "We are in a structural situation of high prices." He stressed, however, that volatility would prevail and that even if large crops could ease prices in some years, extremely low stocks would keep bullish pressure on markets. "We are in an alert zone (on stocks)," he said.
Lefebvre said the impact of high prices would be high on breeders and that many could go bankrupt due to that. Evialis had to raise prices of some of its key feed products by 40 to 50 percent in sympathy with grain markets. "We have the obligation, it's vital, to reflect the rises of the products we buy in our sale prices, which of course pushed much higher the prices of products sold to breeders and this could speed up a change in the sector," he said. "It's clear that many will not be able to take it," he said, stressing that grains account for a large part of meat prices.
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