NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE April 2022 69 Dellait opens new laboratory in South Dakota Dellait, a leading global animal nutrition company, announced the opening of a new laboratory in Brooking, South Dakota. The new laboratory will allow the company to enhance feed & forage analytical services and expertise for cattle and crop farmers in Brookings and throughout the region. The new state-of-the-art facility located in the South Dakota State University Research Park features new capabilities and equipment for performing high-quality and efficient testing -- creating more robust lab offerings for the ag community. The laboratory includes NIR and wet chemistry equipment to process a high volume of samples and ensure the highest standards of accuracy and quality. In addition, the laboratory underscores Dellait’s commitment to South Dakota and builds on its strong presence in the state. “There is tremendous variation in nutrient composition between different feeds; even within a feed ingredient, there is potential for significant variation in composition. Knowing the nutrient composition of feeds and matching feeds to animal needs at a given stage of production allow us to warrant that nutritional requirements are met,” said Fernando Diaz, Dellait’s Dairy Nutritionist & CEO. “Our customers can depend on us to provide one of the industry’s most comprehensive sets of feed labs services”. Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CPF), one of the world’s leading integrated agro-industrial and food business, announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Future Meat Technologies, a leading cultured meat company. CPF and Future Meat Technologies aim to develop hybrid cultured meat products for the Asian market, matching the unique consumer preferences of the Asian continent and leveraging the company’s knowledge of the market demands and vast distribution network in the region. The announcement comes months after Future Meat Technologies launched the world’s first cultured meat production line just south of Tel Aviv capable of producing up to 500 kg of products a day. “After the first launch of CPF’s plant-based products under the Meat Zero brand last year, we have received exceptional recognition from the market both in Thailand and the Asian market. This year we will be rolling out to other parts of the world, including the USA and European markets,” said Prasit Boondoungprasert, CEO at CPF. “We are incredibly excited about the opportunity to expand our activity and to work in Asia”, said Prof. Yaakov Nahmias, Future Meat’s President and Founder. “Our technology is uniquely suited to meet the rising demands for quality protein in Asia at a time of dwindling environmental resources.” CPF, Future Meat to develop cultured meat products Charoen Pokphand Foods, a leading Thai agro-industrial and food business, and Israel-based Future Meat Technologies will jointly develop hybrid cultured meat products for the Asian market.
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