July/August 2021


COMPOUNDER FEED


Contents Opinion: The Right Balance


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Ryan Mounsey: Feed Production Update Roger Dean: Feed Materials Commentary Robert Ashton: Ten Ways to Both Listen and Hear Roger Dean: Company Reports and Accounts Christine Pedersen: Milk Matters


Matthew Wedzerai: Scientifically Speaking …


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Novus Research Scientist Wins PSA Achievement Award 19 Colin Ley: View from Europe


Green Pages


Feed Trade Topics From the Island of Ireland Are Feeds Analysed Frequently Enough?


With Anthony Taylor and Dr Liz Homer NWF Agriculture 150th Anniversary


With Andrew Downie


Premier Nutrition Celebrates 30 Years of Trading With José Nobre and Graham Yeo


Using Diet Modelling to Predict the Dynamic Effect of Live Yeast Supplementation in Ruminants By Mark McFarland


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Farmers Advised to Consider Crimp to Reduce Energy Shortfall 34 New Products in the Feed Industry


Constraints, Strategy and Additivity of Feed Additives By Rob ten Doeschate


Analysis of the Carbon Footprint of Stored Grains


By Carmen Coetzee, Luis Conchello, Raf Van Grieken, Frits Kusters, Andrea Blanco Acuña, Inge Hageman and Richard Helling


Investment in the Future sets the Sustainability Focus for ABN 40 Spotlight on Feed Mill Process Engineering Products Influencing Feed Characteristics


Grain Fumigation: Protecting Stock, Site and Staff


By Dee Ward-Thompson and Peter Woolley In Brief People


Buyers’ Guide


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