Berg + Schmidt Animal Nutrition, experts in functional lipids, have developed the LipoVital product range consisting of easily combined nutritional feed additives proven to not only support gut health and the immune system of livestock animals but also reduce the level of pathogens. Information source: Berg + Schmidt Animal Nutrition / press release As the components are based on various...
Financing will support the commercialization of the first product aimed at improving health in shrimp and support the development of additional products to improve aquatic animal health and nutrition. Information source: ViAqua Therapeutics / press release ViAqua Therapeutics, a biotechnology company and developer of an orally administered RNA-particle platform to promote and improve animal health in aquaculture, announced it has...
Recently, Nutreco’s aquaculture division Skretting announced its intention to expand its production capacity through the purchase of Ridley’s extrusion facility in Westbury, Tasmania. This is a continuation of Skretting’s long-term commitment to the Australian and New Zealand aquaculture industries. Information source: Skretting / press release “We have been producing aquafeed from our Cambridge facility in Tasmania since the 1990s, and...
NaturalShrimp, Inc., the aquaculture company that has developed and patented the first commercially operational RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture System), is ramping up production at both its La Coste, Texas and Iowa based shrimp production facilities. Information source: NaturalShrimp Inc. / NewMediaWire After passing a successful inspection by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department at its newly constructed Texas production facility, the...
Kvarøy Arctic is expanding its charitable giving and support of a more diversified, equitable, and climate-change resilient food system through World Central Kitchen’s (WCK) Food Producer Network. Kvarøy Arctic is underwriting two separate grants in the budding WCK program, providing essential support for aquaculture projects Coral Vita in The Bahamas and Tilapia de la Faja in Guatemala. Information source: Kvarøy...
Extensive and successful local validation sees Skretting Latin America launch Xpand, the next generation of premium grower feed for shrimp. Information source: Skretting / press release Without taking any shortcuts or unnecessary risks, feeding Xpand enables farmers to reduce the associated costs and impacts of farming in exposed water locations by harvesting earlier at the same size; or alternatively, they can produce larger shrimp within their usual...
Cargill and the Edes Business School of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja will train and improve income potential for 100 women from Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Ecuador. Information source. Cargill Ecuador / press release Cargill and the Edes Business School of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL) in Ecuador signed an alliance to carry out a training program...
BioMar announces a new RAS feed concept, LARVIVA ORBIT, that aims to improve the efficiency of marine nurseries. It will support an industry move of a prolonged time at the hatchery for fry before they are transferred to sea. This will aid in the expected acceleration in the use of RAS technology in marine nurseries, and thereby support the development...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Service Agency, is hosting a stakeholder webinar regarding updates to the Emergency Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP). ELAP provides financial assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised aquatic animals for livestock and feed losses due to disease, certain adverse weather events or loss conditions, including blizzards and wildfires,...
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge to public health and society impacting all communities and individuals. People are now adopting a New Normal way of life, in which everyone needs to wear a mask in a public space, maintain social distancing, check the temperature frequently for self-monitoring, and meticulously select food for consumption than ever before. In fact, how...
Poseidon Ocean Systems, a Campbell River company specializing in the development of salmon farming infrastructure and life support systems, was awarded one of two grand prizes of $150,000 from the inaugural BC Aquaculture Innovation Awards. The competition was sponsored by Innovate BC and the Province of British Columbia to highlight innovative technology within the industry. Information source: Poseidon Ocean Systems...
Skretting is one step closer to validating a new ingredient and reaching our Sustainability RoadMap 2025 ambition. eniferBio, the Finnish biotech start-up and winner of the 2020 Nutreco Feed & Food Tech Challenge, today announced the successful completion of process piloting trials and the beginning of the next phase - testing of its Pekilo mycoprotein in its R&D facilities at Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) in...
