NEWS 16 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE February 2023 De Heus inaugurates animal feed factory in Ivory Coast Purina announces new feed additives for sow and piglet De Heus Animal Nutrition, a fully-fledged nutritional supplier producing compound feed, premixes, and feed specialties, announced that it has inaugurated its first animal feed factory in Ivory Coast. De Heus Animal Nutrition opened a new greenfield animal feed factory situated in the new industrial zone of PK 24 in Attinguié with an initial capacity of 120.000 MT pa. The factory produces complete feeds and concentrates to ensure farmers in Ivory coast and surrounding export destinations have access to a full product portfolio- tailored to their specific conditions and goals. Koen de Heus, CEO of De Heus Animal Nutrition expressed his gratitude towards the honored guests for their support to make this factory a reality. “In Africa, typically, we establish an export market through our Koudijs division, who deliver high quality concentrates and pragmatic farming advice. Once we have enough insights and knowledge about the market we investigate if subsequent investment in a local, high quality modern factory can bring further growth and progress,” said Koen de Heus. He further explained how De Heus Animal Nutrition strives to improve the future and livelihood of farmers worldwide. Through bringing knowledge and production of customized, high quality animal feed, farmers all over the world are able to increase productivity, improve animal conditions, reduce environmental impact and bring progress for their families and their communities. Read more>> Purina Animal Nutrition, a wholly owned subsidiary of Land O’Lakes, announced two new products formulated to support sow performance and reproductive efficiency and piglet respiratory health and immune function during the post-weaning period - Purina® EnduraSow™ feed additive and Purina® EnduraPig™ feed additive, respectively. “Disease challenges can have long-lasting impacts on sow farm productivity,” said Erin Bryan, Ph.D., swine nutritionist with Purina Animal Nutrition. “For example, sick sows tend to eat less, and sows with low body condition at farrowing tend to lose additional weight during lactation. These sows are at risk of taking longer to breed back or requiring multiple services, which negatively impacts reproductive efficiency across the herd.” EnduraSow™ feed additive is a low-inclusion feed additive that helps optimize sow productivity during a health challenge, as measured by more pigs weaned per sow per year in commercial trials. The additive also supports optimal sow farm efficiency by reducing the number of days from weaning to first service. EnduraPig™ feed additive helps prepare pigs’ immune systems to address health challenges and supports pig growth performance throughout a respiratory challenge. This is especially important at weaning, when the immune protection from sow’s milk declines before the pig’s immune system fully matures. Read more>>
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