In this Episode of Feed for Thought we speak to Professor Margareth Øverland from Foods of Norway and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, about research into Novel Feed Ingredients.

We discuss exciting potential ingredients being investigated for aquaculture and terrestrial animals, how these ingredients could disrupt and provide opportunities for the animal nutrition industry and what farmed animals will be eating in the future.

The episode also features a review of the fortnights top stories for the animal nutrition and feed industry for the Feedinfo newsroom.

In this episode of Feed for Thought we speak to Dr. Anisha Thanki from the University of Leicester about the use of bacteriophages and their potential in livestock farming.

The feed industry is being viewed as a great future partner for the use of phages in livestock production, so we spoke about developments in this field, why animal feed is a great way to transfer the phages to the animal, some of the challenges we may encounter and when we might see phages being used on commercial farms.

We also get a news round-up from our Editor-in-Chief Simon Duke to keep you up to date on all the animal nutrition and feed industry’s top stories from the past few weeks.

If you would like to talk to Anisha Thanki about this subject or potential collaborations you can contact her on [email protected] or Professor Martha Clokie the research group leader on [email protected].

In this episode of Feed for Thought we speak to Gert van Duinkerken, Wageningen Livestock Research’s Business Unit Manager about interesting research emerging in the field of animal nutrition and feed.


We discuss what areas being researched at Wageningen and at other institutes around the world, how to make value chains more sustainable, how the COVID-19 pandemic might change R&D moving forward and what the animal husbandry and feed industry might look like in the future.

We also get a news and markets update from the Feedinfo newsroom to keep you abreast of the developments in the animal nutrition and feed industry.

In this episode of the Feed for Thought we speak to Abdolrezza Abbassian, Senior Economist at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) about the impact of COVID-19 on feed raw materials markets. We also gain additional insight from Mike Verdin the Editor of Agrimoney one of Feedinfo’s sister company to give us the full picture of what is happening in these markets now and what to expect for the future.

This edition also features our fortnightly news and markets roundup from the Feedinfo newsroom to keep you up to date on the top stories impacting the animal nutrition and feed industry.

In episode 6 of Feed for Thought we speak to JY Chow, the Food and Agri Sector Coverage Lead for Mizhuo Bank about how the Asian animal nutrition and livestock industry is coping with recent global challenges, with a particular focus on COVID-19.

We discuss how the livestock value chain in Asia has been impacted by COVID-19, how the pandemic is going to change animal nutrition and feed markets, current trends regarding financing for agricultural and food companies and get his opinion on whether supply chains will diversify and potentially move away from China.

We also get the fortnight’s top news and markets updates from our editorial team to keep you up to date on the latest news from the animal nutrition and feed industry.

In episode 5 of Feed for Thought we speak to Edwini Kessie the Director of the Agriculture and Commodities Division at the World Trade Organization, about the current landscape of trade in our industry under the COVID-19 pandemic.

We discuss how trade of animal nutrition and feed products has been affected by COVID-19, whether political trade barriers remain in place and what we might see happening to global trade when the pandemic comes to an end.

We also get our fortnightly news and markets update from the Feedinfo editorial team to keep you up to date on the latest top stories impacting the animal nutrition and feed sectors.

In this week’s podcast we talk to Claudia Rössler from Microsoft about what is going on in the world of Agtech and how advances are revolutionising the livestock value chain.

We delve into the exciting technologies that are emerging to support livestock farming and the wider value chain, the role that agtech can play in improving sustainability of food systems and discuss what will be the next big thing in agtech. We even get a bit of advice on how to cope with the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic is bringing when it comes to home working.

We also provide you with the news and markets roundup from the Feedinfo newsroom to keep you up to date on the fortnight’s top stories.

In Episode 3 of Feed For Thought we speak to Richard Brown from GIRA about the “other” virus disrupting our supply chains… African Swine Fever.

We hear about why it is the most significant thing to impact global protein markets in a lifetime, gain an update on the spread of the disease and talk about where could be affected next. We also discuss what the impacts have been in China regarding livestock production, protein consumption and how coronavirus has exacerbated the effects of ASF.

Shannon Behary our Editor at Feedinfo, also gives us our fortnightly news and markets roundup and we have an update on our plans for the Feedinfo Summit.

More information on the Feedinfo Summit can be found here: https://summit.feedinfo.com/

More information on GIRA can be found here: www.girafood.com

In episode two of Feed For Thought we speak to communications guru Anne Villemoes about how we can improve consumers’ perceptions of the livestock value chain.

As the former VP for Group Communications at Danish Crown, Anne has many years’ experience addressing the image problems the livestock value chain faces. We discuss how we should address misinformation posted online, what the industry and individual companies can do to improve their image and what might happen if we do not address these issues now.

The episode also includes our fortnightly news and markets update from Feedinfo’s Editor-in-Chief Simon Duke, to ensure you are up to date on industry developments from the last two weeks.

More information on the Feedinfo Summit can be found here: https://summit.feedinfo.com/

For our very first episode of Feed for Thought we speak to Feedinfo’s Lead Analyst Martijn de Cocq about how the Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic is impacting animal nutrition markets. We discuss what the effects of the virus have been so far and how vitamins and amino acids pricing has been affected by the challenging logistics and quarantine restrictions.

The episode also features an industry news update from Feedinfo’s Editor in Chief Simon Duke, to keep you up to date on the latest stories from the animal nutrition and feed industry.

Who should we interview next? Let us know by emailing [email protected]