NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE August 2024 99 Cargill, one of the global leaders in oilseed processing, surpassed the 50 percent completion milestone in the construction of its new canola facility located at the Global Transportation Hub in West Regina, Sask, Canada. Cargill broke ground on the facility in July 2022 and anticipates opening in 2025. The new facility will have the capacity to process 1 million metric tons of canola per year, producing crude canola oil for food and biofuel markets and canola meal for animal feed. “The addition of the Regina facility to the Cargill network will play a critical role connecting the Canadian canola industry to the expanding domestic and global market opportunities for vegetable oil, high quality meal and biofuels,” said Jeff Vassart, president of Cargill Canada. “The current construction environment is full of unique challenges and this project has faced many headwinds since we broke ground, but we are committed to becoming a best-in-class option for canola growers in the region, along with helping decarbonize the global food and fuel supply chain.” Read more>> Cargill to produce canola oil for food and biofuel markets and canola meal for animal feed in its new facility Australian climate technology company, Rumin8 passed an important milestone in bringing its methane reducing feed additives to the market. The company has achieved the provisional registration by the New Zealand Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines (ACVM) of its first methane reducing feed additive. According to the company's statement, Rumin8 is developing solid feed and water delivered formulations that leverage an organic active compound called Tribromomethane (TBM), which has been shown to be the most effective of all actives tested for methane reductions in livestock. This approval allows for efficacy and safety studies to be conducted in commercial animals to generate the data for final approval in New Zealand. The company explains its aim as accelerating Rumin8’s products into the hands of producers with a view to reduce livestock methane emissions and improve productivity. “This provisional registration is an important first step in the New Zealand registration pathway, and ultimately toward supporting farmers with their methane reduction efforts,” said Rumin8 CEO, David Messina. The New Zealand provisional registration is one of multiple registration processes that are progressing in parallel, with engagement activities with the United States’ FDA CVM and the Brazilian MAPA regulatory bodies ramping up off the back of recent trial results. Messina points out that New Zealand has always been a key target market and Rumin8 has been working with commercial and research partners in New Zealand to test the safety and efficacy of its technology since late 2022. Read more>> Rumin8 achieves first regulatory approval in New Zealand
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