NEWS 12 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE August 2022 Evonik, Interoceanic Corp. sign ammonium sulfate supply deal Evonik Corporation has signed an agreement to supply blueSulfate®, a liquid ammonium sulfate solution from its site in Alabama, US, to Interoceanic Corporation (IOC). Evonik has entered into an agreement to supply blueSulfate®, a liquid ammonium sulfate (8-0-0-9) solution from its site in Mobile, Alabama, to Interoceanic Corporation (IOC). This agreement supports Evonik’s strategy to focus on its core business in Animal Nutrition by marketing high-value co-products of its methionine production network for fertilizing crops via IOC. Interoceanic is a marketer of fertilizer and industrial chemicals with a terminal network and multi-modal transportation fleet in North America, linking producers and end users. This joint effort allows Evonik to bring valuable nitrogen fertilizer to the market that meets the needs of US farmers, contributing to the circularity of macronutrients in agriculture. Evonik manufactures liquid ammonium sulfate (8-0-0-9) solution and a potassium-based fertilizer, AgraLi®, as co-products of its methionine production. “This agreement was the result of a lot of hard work and forward- thinking by both Evonik and IOC to provide additional products to both American Agriculture and a growing population,” says Doug Mills, Plant Nutrition Business Manager at the Nutrition & Care division of Evonik. “We look forward to a successful relationship with IOC.” A new study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners shows that improving animal health is important for helping cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Improving animal health can help cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but more granular approaches to measuring progress are vital if countries are to be able to include it in their national climate commitments, a new report shows. Diseases affecting animals, how long they live and how productive they are all have a significant impact on GHG emissions, says the report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Global Dairy Platform and the Global Research Alliance (GRA) on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases, entitled “The role of animal health in national climate commitments.” This means greater investments are needed to establish systems for measurement, reporting and verification (MRV). There is currently no standardized method to include improved animal health in most countries’ GHG national inventories or nationally determined contributions (NDCs). As a result, the importance of animal health is often not clearly reflected in countries’ commitments to fight climate change. The report shows how countries can develop an MRV system at national level to be able to include animal health improvements in national climate commitments. But to do that, the report says, it’s essential for countries to use the detailed methodNew FAO report: Animal health important for helping cut GHG emissions
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