NEWS 90 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE July 2024 FarmInsect and AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG will be working together in the field of insect farming in the future. The agricultural and service company AGRAVIS is already active in this market with its start-up Flyvis Farming. Thanks to the cooperation with FarmInsect, interested farmers can now also enter the insect fattening sector in smaller fattening systems with a lower investment volume, the companies stated. FarmInsect offers a complete modular solution for the regional on-site production of black soldier fly larvae. The systems can be integrated into existing buildings and can be scaled to any size. Farmers fatten the insects for seven days using approved feed from residual streams. They then feed the insects to their own animals or sell them to FarmInsect, which processes them into protein meal. AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG is a modern agricultural trading company in the agricultural products, animal nutrition, crop production and agricultural technology segments. Since 2021, the company has been active in the insect industry through a strategic partnership with Illucens GmbH. While the latter manages larger fattening systems, AGRAVIS explained that it would like to offer interested farmers more options in terms of system size through its cooperation with FarmInsect. Read more>> German companies team up for insect farming CH4 Global Inc. and CirPro Australia announced that the first group of cattle to have been fed commercial quantities of CH4 Global's methane-reducing feed additive, Methane Tamer™, have been processed. Having met all relevant welfare and quality requirements, the reduced-methane beef from these initial animals is destined for the domestic Australian market, the companies explain. The 70 head of cattle were fed Methane Tamer™ for 100 days at a feedlot in South Australia. According to statement of the companies, by incorporating the seaweed-based additive into the cattle's diet, an estimated 105 metric tons of CO2-equivalent emissions were avoided. That's equal to the amount of carbon sequestered by over 1,700 tree saplings for 10 years. "This is a major milestone in our journey to dramatically reduce the climate impact of livestock farming while continuing to provide the nutritious, affordable animal protein that a growing world population depends on," said CH4 Global CEO Steve Meller. Enteric methane emissions from livestock are a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, with methane being over 80 times more effective at trapping heat than CO2 over a 20-year period. CH4 Global notes that its Methane Tamer™ leverages the unique properties of Asparagopsis seaweed to deliver a guaranteed decrease in these emissions of 70 percent when fed to cattle in small amounts as an additive to their daily rations. Read more>> CH4 and CirPro: Methane-reducing feed additive increases feed efficiency
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