COMMENT FROM NOAH ON ‘BREXIT: FARM ANIMAL WELFARE’


ADIFO HAS JOINED INFO SUPPORT


INTERNATIONAL GROUP Belgian company Adifo has joined Info Support International Group. Adifo develops strategic software tools for automating and fine-tuning product development, logistics processing and customer service provision for producers of animal feed and human food.


Info Support International Group had


already held a minority stake in the company since 2009. Adifo’s passion and enthusiasm, which express themselves in turnover growth, strengthening of the market position, further internationalisation in Asia and the USA and major investments in the product portfolio for the future, prompted Info Support Group to acquire 100 percent of the shares in Adifo. With the accession of Adifo on 28 June 2017, Info Support is underscoring its growth ambitions in delivering cloud-based solutions in the agrifood sector. Peter Tsjoen, Sales Manager at Adifo, says: “Info Support Group is a completely independent player in the feed and food sector and supports Adifo’s strategic direction based on the vision of ‘Adding value to nutrition industries’ through specialised sector knowledge. Info Support Group offers us a rock-solid backbone and a long-term commitment, enabling us to steer our specialisation in the feed and food sector and our desire to innovate through a purely IT-driven organisation.” Marco Braakman, Managing Director


of Info Support, says: “Adifo contributes a wealth of expertise and experience. By sharing our knowledge and experience, we can deliver on our common ambitions in this sector. Adifo will now operate as a subsidiary of Info Support International Group.”


ADM EXPANDS SOY PROCESSING


CAPABILITIES Archer Daniels Midland Company has successfully crushed its first non-GMO soybeans at its facility in Spyck, northwestern Germany. Located close to the Dutch border, the site was previously only used to crush rape and sunflower seeds. The new switch capacity is part of ADM’s long-term strategy to expand its network of European soy processing plants, enabling it to better service its soybean meal customers and support local farmers in increasing the region’s soybean acreage. ADM also crushes non-GMO soybeans


at its facility in Straubing, Germany. In the past year, it has been working with farmers and industry accreditation bodies to create further opportunities to grow and market soybeans across northwest Europe.


REPORT NOAH has welcomed the publication on 25 July of the House of Lords European Union Committee report ‘Brexit: Farm Animal Welfare’. NOAH Chief Executive Dawn Howard


says; “As stated in the report the industry is united in supporting high standards of animal welfare post-Brexit. Good animal health is integral to good welfare, and we support the Report’s acknowledgement that the veterinary profession is integral to the welfare role.”


DEVENISH NUTRITION LTD ACQUIRE A 50% SHARE IN TURKISH


PrEMix ProducEr YEM-Vit A.Ş This is a strategic move for Devenish and its first acquisition outside of the UK, Ireland and North America. This will allow the company to grow in the Turkish market and provide significantly improved access to surrounding regions. Established in 1987, Yem-Vit is an


independent, quality focused, family owned company, specialising in the production and distribution of a range of solutions for the poultry, ruminant and aquaculture sectors. Operating from new production facilities in Izmir, Yem-Vit is one of the major brands in the Turkish premix industry, and exports throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East.


NUTRIAD PRESENTS NEW POULTRY


GUT HEALTH RESEARCH DATA Multinational feed additives producer Nutriad continues to strengthen its position as an innovator and leader in research on natural digestive performance additives. At the 2017 Annual Poultry Science Association (PSA) meeting, which was recently held in Orlando, USA, Dr. Haitham Yakout, Director of Technical Support for Nutriad presented two research findings from recent studies on digestive performance technologies. In sponsoring the event Nutriad further confirmed its commitment to the poultry industry. The first study highlighted the application


of Quorum Sensing (QS) as a tool for selecting botanical ingredients for feed additives. The use of botanical additives has been on the rise, driven by new regulations on the usage of antibiotics growth promoters, and its mode of action has been vastly studied. With a proprietary formulation of various botanicals, a positive impact on performance can be achieved on QS by disrupting the pathogens communications, thus reducing their negative impact on overall animal health. In a second study, results of a feeding program approach in broilers was presented, combining the application of precision delivery coated butyrate (Ultramix C®


botanical additive (Apex 5® and finisher broiler diets.


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FEFAC PUBLISHES ANNUAL


REPORT 2016-2017 FEFAC, representing the EU compound feed and premix industry, has published its Annual Report 2016-2017. The 2016-2017 period marks the last year of the presidency of Ruud Tijssens, who in the foreword describes his term as the point where the European feed industry manifested itself as part of the solution to tackle societal challenges with the publication of the 2030 Feed Industry Vision. In a second foreword, newly elected FEFAC President Nick Major places a focus on ensuring viable farm incomes through the Common Agricultural Policy as a precondition to deliver on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Annual Report 2016-2017 provides


an overview of FEFAC action and positioning on the most pertinent topics relevant to the European feed industry in the last year. This includes the role of animal nutrition in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, the launch of a feed safety benchmarking project, the circular economy function of the feed industry to reduce food waste and the progress of the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines to eliminate illegal deforestation from the soy supply chain. The middle section contains a comprehensive selection of 2016 statistics related to compound feed manufacturing.


NOVUS TAKE S S T E P S TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL


AGRICULTURE INITIATIVES Novus International, Inc. released its annual sustainability report, highlighting improvements made toward its sustainable business goals during the last year. The report marks 2016 as a year where several large projects were launched, goals to reduce emissions were achieved and manufacturing processes were streamlined. Novus, as a leading global animal


nutrition and health solutions company, openly communicates its commitment to sustainability annually as a core value of its business. Novus’s teams widen the typical definition of sustainability to include all actions to move the animal agriculture industry into the future, with the report’s intention to be a transparent look at the actions Novus takes to uphold that commitment. “We don’t just talk about minimizing pollution or reducing waste, we create real, actionable plans to make significant changes in our business for decades to come,” said Francois Fraudeau, Novus President and CEO. In the report, Novus outlines its 2016


priorities as “optimizing production, cultivating sustainable people and advocating for the industry.” Information about programs to help customers transition to business in an increasingly antibiotic-free marketplace, develop agri-business skills in the next generation and make strategic logistical changes to significantly reduce emissions can be found in the report as sustainability initiatives.


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