NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE September 2022 65 Australian climate technology company Rumin8 has commenced a livestock trial at the University of New England to determine anti-methane dietary preferences in cattle. Dubbed the ‘calfeteria trial’, the purpose of the experiment is to determine which ration cattle find more palatable and more likely to eat, and how the formulation they choose impacts reductions in methane generation. The cattle in the trial will be provided the choice of a total mix ration containing three different treatments of Rumin8’s anti-methanogenic product, as well as a control product. The trial will help inform efficacy, dosing and palatability decisions as Rumin8 moves from in vitro to in vivo trials. “If cattle won’t eat a ration because they don’t like a particular dose rate or formulation, then it doesn’t matter how effective the feed additive is at reducing methane generation because it won’t be ingested by the animal and farmers won’t use it because it limits weight gain in their cattle,” said Rumin8 CEO David Messina. “If cattle do avoid a particular treatment, we have the ability to adjust taste or delivery mechanism to overcome the issue, but success for us is that cattle demonstrate zero feeding preference and we can focus on dosing and its impact on efficacy.” Messina said due to the manufacturing process used by Rumin8 to create its anti-methanogenic feed additives, the company was able to generate a highly repeatable product with respect to dosing. Rumin8 launches trial for tastiest methane reducing feed additive Cooke, named as one of the Top 25 Seafood Suppliers in North America for Sustainability & Conservation, has acquired Western Europe's leading shrimp processor Morubel N.V. from Bencis Capital. Canada-based seafood supplier Cooke has acquired Morubel N.V., the leading shrimp processor in Western Europe, that cultivates, processes, packs and distributes shrimp and other seafood products. Founded in 1954, Morubel was acquired in 2014 by Bencis Capital Partners, an independent investment company with offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, and Düsseldorf. Morubel’s 14,000 square meter plant in Ostend, Belgium has a production capacity of 18,000 metric tonnes for frozen seafood, retail, and bulk packaging with opportunity for increased growth. Ostende is the largest city on the Belgian coast, famous for its delicious seaside cuisine. “Morubel’s focus on developing sustainable, new added value products and continuously focusing on innovation was an attractive complement to our European seafood offerings,” says Glenn Cooke, CEO of Cooke Inc. “We’re very excited to welcome Morubel’s 100 employees to Cooke. The plant staff, sales and management are exceptional, and they have formed longstanding customer relationships by being a flexible and reliable supplier with consistently high quality and short delivery times.” “Team Cooke had a strong presence this spring in Barcelona at Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global, the world’s largest seafood trade fair. The Morubel team welcomes the sale to Cooke – we’ve found an ideal alignment to enable our future growth,” says Dirk De Pandelaere, CEO of Morubel. “We see a lot of opportunities to expand our product line to sell additional Cooke products in European countries where Cooke is building its presence.” Cooke acquires Belgian shrimp processor Morubel
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