NEWS 16 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE September 2024 Selko hosted a mycotoxin academy in Bangaluru, India, 24-25 July. Ten presenters, including globally renowned experts on plant science, feed processing, and poultry, dairy and aquaculture production, delivered a multi-faceted look at mycotoxin risk factors affecting animal feed. The day-and-a-half program considered how causative factors and emerging threats – such as climate change – are generating mycotoxins in the field, in storage, during processing, and in animal feed. “Our team dove into four key areas – crop field conditions, raw material storage, feed production and the animal – to understand how these areas affect the mycotoxin challenges in Asia, Africa and beyond,” said Dr. Swamy Haladi, Global Technical Commercial Manager for Selko's Mycotoxin Risk Management Programme. Following are highlights of the inaugural academy. Presenters reviewed how masked and emerging mycotoxins are accelerating mycotoxin detection and mitigation efforts. While these mycotoxins have always been present, enhanced detection and analysis are shedding new light on how they affect animals and humans. Dr. Haladi noted that some regulatory bodies are putting a higher focus on detecting masked mycotoxins. In western Europe, analysis for masked DON is conducted along with the standard DON analysis. Read more>> Selko holds inaugural mycotoxin academy in India According to the recently unveiled RaboResearch Global Pork Quarterly Q3 2024 report, a better cost environment and resilient demand are supporting the outlook for global pork markets. Lower feed costs will support farming expansion, and pork consumption in the second half of 2024 should improve due to seasonal demand. However, disease pressures and trade vulnerabilities – including China’s antidumping probe into EU pork imports – remain risk factors. Global trade is facing challenges from geopolitical dynamics. China’s launch of an antidumping probe into EU pork imports is raising concerns about the vulnerability of global trade. The US-China trade war that started in 2018 has changed part of the global pork trade. The upcoming US presidential election could bring changes in US trade policy and uncertainty to global trade patterns over the coming years, adding complexity to the global market. Pork supply-demand balance will vary in different regions in the second half of 2024 (2H). Some countries, such as China, Vietnam, and Philippines, will see tight pork supply in 2H due to disease outbreaks, while other regions, including the EU and the US, will likely see pork supply increase slightly. Sow herd recovery will likely be faster than expected, especially in the EU and China. Productivity gains will continue despite recurrent disease issues in some regions. Lower feed costs will support farming expansion. RaboResearch expects ample global supplies of grains and oilseeds to pressure feed prices in 2H. This will continue to benefit producers and encourage herd expansion. Read more>> RaboResearch: Positive factors in pork supply chains but risks remain
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