NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE August 2022 17 economic impact from the global trend toward reduced antimicrobial use and the rising cost of raw materials. These challenges require an effective and comprehensive solution that helps drive intestinal resilience to prevent disease before it develops—all while safeguarding animal health, welfare, growth and performance. “Leveraging the pioneering research that launched CLOSTAT™, our novel solution addresses the changing needs of animal producers,” said G.S. Ramesh, Worldwide Group President – Animal Nutrition and Health, Kemin Industries. “ENTEROSURE, through its proprietary blend of probiotic Bacillus strains, expands on the scientifically proven efficacy of CLOSTAT’s Bacillus subtilis PB6 against Clostridium perfringens by also managing the growth of Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae, such as Salmonella.” Intestinal resilience is a crucial factor in producers’ hierarchy of needs for their animals; up to 80 percent of antimicrobial use is intended to achieve resilience in the gastrointestinal system, a vital component in animal production. Kemin continues to drive innovation through its probiotic research program to support intestinal health management. The company undertook a multiyear, global project to discover advanced solutions to enhance intestinal resilience while maintaining a robust program to improve feed conversion and weight gain and combat pathogens that contribute to dysbiosis, diarrhea, wet litter issues, foot-pad lesions and mortality. ForFarmers United Kingdom (ForFarmers UK) and 2Agriculture have come to an agreement to merge their businesses into a joint venture to serve a wider customer base. The joint venture will have a balanced feed portfolio across species, with an expected combined sales volume of more than 3 million tonnes of compound feed per year. The mutual agreement to enter into a joint venture meets the strategic objectives of both partners. ForFarmers UK strengthens its position in its home country in the promising poultry sector and at the same time creates possibilities to make the organisation more efficient. 2Agriculture benefits from shared investment opportunities across a larger volume, an increased geographic spread of manufacturing sites and exposure to other species markets. The joint venture will bring together 2Agriculture’s expertise in the promising poultry feed sector with ForFarmers’ capabilities in research and development as well as in formulation, particularly in ruminant and pig feeds. The merger agreement is a noncash transaction. The share split will be 50.1% for ForFarmers UK and 49.9% for 2Agriculture. The deal will be subject to approval from the UK competition authority. The share split also reflects the fact that 2Agriculture is fully focused on the promising poultry sector and has existing supply arrangements in the integrated market. ForFarmers will consolidate 2Agriculture fully into its financial results. ForFarmers and 2Agriculture join forces in UK Commissioning and start-up activities have commenced at the world’s first industrial-scale FeedKind® facility, to produce a new sustainable functional protein that does not use animal or plant ingredients in its production.
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