Feed & Additive Magazine Issue 26 March 2023

NEWS 14 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE March 2023 Alltech, a global leader in agriculture and animal nutrition, and Finnish circular-economy company Finnforel joined forces to acquire the Raisioaqua fish feed production facility from Finnish company Raisio. Raisioaqua manufactures environmentally friendly feed for aquaculture and specializes in functional feeding solutions that are suitable for northern conditions. The acquisition will complete Finnforel’s sustainable circular-economy fish-farming chain while also enhancing aquaculture producers’ access to Alltech’s nutritional technologies. “Aquaculture continues to be one of the world’s fastest-growing sources of protein, according to Alltech’s annual Agri-Food Outlook, and is one of the key focus areas for our business,” said Dr. Mark Lyons, president and CEO of Alltech. “Together with Finnforel, we will be enhancing the quality and availability of nutrition for sustainable aquaculture systems. Aqua producers will benefit from the strength of Alltech’s scientific research and commercial expertise globally, including a dedicated aqua nutrition research center, the Alltech Coppens Aqua Centre (ACAC) in the Netherlands, which specializes in nutrition for recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).” Read more>> Alltech and Finnforel join forces for sustainable aquaculture feed production Si-Ware and Cargill partner to provide feed analysis solutions to dairy industry Si-Ware Systems, the creator of the NeoSpectra material analysis platform, announced a collaboration with Cargill Animal Nutrition to provide the NeoSpectra platform to their North American dairy teams for the on-site analysis of forages, feeds, and feed ingredients. The NeoSpectra platform uses cutting-edge spectroscopy techniques and machine learning to analyze the nutrient content of feed and feed ingredients quickly and accurately. With over 120 years of experience in animal nutrition, Cargill operates in over 40 countries to help livestock and aquaculture farmers, feed manufacturers, and distributors of all sizes deliver better animal nutrition through unparalleled research capabilities, innovative feed and premix products and services, and digital modeling and formulation solutions. Additionally, Cargill has extensive experience and expertise with Near Infrared (NIR) analysis and operates global networks of NIR analyzers to facilitate the efficient and sustainable use of feeds and feed ingredients. The announced agreement pairs Cargill’s market, research, and technical expertise in dairy farm nutrition with Si-Ware’s ground-breaking NeoSpectra platform. Read more>>

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