March/April 2023


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Opinion: The Upside of Empty Retail Shelves Ryan Mounsey: Feed Production Update


Robert Ashton: Ten Ways to Avoid Misunderstandings Roger Dean: Company Reports and Accounts Colin Ley: View from Europe Christine Pedersen: Milk Matters


Matthew Wedzerai: Scientifically Speaking … Ruminations


By Rob Daykin Green Pages


Feed Trade Topics From the Island of Ireland What Probiotics can do for Egg Producers


By Pauline Rovers-Paap


Successfully Combating Mycotoxins in Cows and Sows By Oliver Caiger-Smith


A New Approach to Sweeteners for Animal Feeds By Sarah Cooper


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Feeding for Efficiency! By Jamie-Leigh Douglas


Delivering Sustainability to the Industry With Rob Binnekamp


2023 Alltech Global Feed Production Survey Data Cargill’s World Mycotoxin Report


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Sensory Products: Flavours/Palatants/Sweeteners, Colourants/Pigmenters 43 A Showcase of Fats, Molasses & Sugar Products New Products in the Feed Industry


Computing: Formulation, Process Control, Mill Management UK Feed Productions Statistics In Brief People


Buyers’ Guide


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