Fermented rapeseed meal enhances meat quality and metabolic profile in finishing pigs
Fermented rapeseed meal improves pork quality.
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Corn and Soybeans: USDA projections for the 2025/2026 marketing year – April 2026
In the April report, the outlook for corn is positive due to the recovery in the U.S., Argentina, and Ukraine, as well as increased trade. For soybeans, however, the outlook is tighter: growth in Brazil and Paraguay does not offset declines in Argentina and the U.S., leaving supply virtually unchanged.
Trends in Latin American swine production: 2025 overview and 2026 outlook
In 2025, the Latin American swine industry established structural expansion, reaching historic milestones in production, exports, and domestic consumption. However, in 2026, the sector faces a highly complex scenario, where projected growth will have to contend with the volatility of an unstable geopolitical environment and mounting sanitary pressures that are testing regional efficiency and profitability.
2026 Alltech Agri-Food Outlook shares global feed production survey data
Data collected through 15th annual global feed survey estimates world feed production increased in 2025 by 2.9%, to 1.44 billion metric tons.
Supplementation with niacinamide in normal- and low-protein diets: effects on immunity, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal microbiota in growing-finishing pigs
Dietary nicotinamide supplementation may enhance immunity, antioxidant capacity, and gut health in growing-finishing pigs.
Hepatic protection: an effective strategy against sow mortality?
The administration of a hepatoprotective product at peripartum reduced sow mortality by 73%.
NOVUS to share research on piglet microbiota and mortality at ESPHM 2026
Roberto Barea, DVM, Ph.D., NOVUS swine technical services manager for South Europe, will explain how a protected benzoic acid supports gut microbiota balance and performance outcomes in post-weaning piglets.
U.S.: farmers to plant less corn and more soybean may impact feed costs in 2026
U.S. farmers plan to reduce corn acreage and increase soybean planting in 2026, while grain stocks rise across major crops.
IICA warns in Washington: without agriculture in the Americas there is no global food security
The Director General of the organization addressed the IDB on the structural vulnerability of the Latin American agri-food systems and the urgency of transforming its productive base.
Rapeseed protein as a functional and sustainable protein source for weaned piglets
Rapeseed protein concentrate may become a suitable alternative protein source for piglets.
Effects of ferulic acid, probiotic mixture, or jute sacks on peripartum oxidative stress, maternal behavior, farrowing, and piglet performance in loose-housed hyperprolific sows
Combining antioxidant supplementation with enrichment may reduce sow oxidative stress, improving reproductive and productive performance in loose-housed sows.
EU: action plan to ensure fertilizer supply
Spain's Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has requested that the European Commission develop an action plan to ensure fertilizer supply, an essential input to guarantee the profitability of agricultural production, which is being affected by the war in the Middle East.
Royal Agrifirm Group acquires Hamlet Protein
This acquisition is an important step in expanding the Specialties business of Royal Agrifirm Group, which provides high-value nutritional solutions and technical services to the feed industry.
Feed mill expert joins NOVUS North America Swine Team
Michaela Braun is helping swine customers in the Midwest United States, bringing intelligent nutrition to their sow, nursery and grow-finish farms.
EU agriculture ministers discuss markets, trade and energy
The EU Agriculture Council focuses on markets, trade and costs, highlighting resilience, trade safeguards and energy pressures.
Zinpro® releases 2025 Sustainability Report
Company strengthens commitment to Fortify the Future™.