NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE September 2025 91 A trusted name in animal nutrition across Southeast Asia, PT Gold Coin Indonesia began exporting to Timor-Leste. The company highlights the initiative as an important step forward in its ongoing efforts to serve more communities across the region with quality animal feed and reliable technical support. Initial discussions with partners in Timor-Leste began in late 2024, paving the way for the first shipments of customized animal feed to reach the city of Dili in July of 2025. According to the announcement, Gold Coin will begin by supplying swine and poultry feeds, carefully formulated to meet the nutritional needs of livestock in Timor-Leste and aligned with local regulatory requirements. Distribution will be carried out through two trusted local trading partners. Beyond products, Gold Coin will also offer quarterly seminars in collaboration with the Market Development Facility (MDF), an Australian Government-funded initiative that promotes sustainable economic development across the Indo-Pacific. These sessions aim to provide technical support and share best practices with local farmers and producers. “This expansion into Timor-Leste reflects our steady commitment to nourishing growth across Asia,” said Siow Wee Lee, First Vice President & Country Director of Gold Coin Indonesia. “We see this as a meaningful opportunity to support local agricultural development by sharing both quality nutrition and technical expertise. Our team is focused on building partnerships that can grow sustainably over time.” Read more>> Gold Coin enters Timor-Leste market with customised livestock feeds Betagro Public Company (BTG), an integrated food company in Thailand, through its venture arm, Betagro Ventures, partnered with global allies to fund BiomEdit, a U.S.-based pioneering animal health biotechnology company, in its Series B round. The investment will support BE-101, BiomEdit’s lead candidate for preventing necrotic enteritis (NE) – related mortality in broiler chickens, with the goal of sustainably improving poultry production efficiency. BE-101, to be marketed as “Optavant™” upon full licensure, is the first-of-its-kind probiotic vectored antibody (pvAb™) product designed to help poultry producers combat necrotic enteritis by neutralizing Clostridium perfringens toxins, according to the announcement. This non-antibiotics solution offers a novel way to address a disease primarily caused by these toxins - responsible for an estimated $6 billion in global annual losses due to productivity decline, illness, and mortality. The product is currently in the final phase of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) conditional licensure process and is set for commercial launch in 2026. Read more>> Funding to advance BiomEdit’s poultry bacteria product Photo: Freepik Photo: Aboitiz Foods
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