In this season 2 finale of our Feed for Thoughts podcast we’re joined by Feedinfo Senior Analyst, Heather McGuire Doyle for a look back at 2021 and how the year’s developments have affected amino acids and vitamins markets.

This includes looking at how these sectors have coped with the Covid-19 pandemic from the beginning of the year to now, worrying supply chain disruptions and bottlenecks, increasing feed additive and raw material prices, China’s power outages and phosphates ban, and so much more!
We also look forward to 2022 and find out all the good and bad that the industry will need to keep an eye on as it steps into the new year.

Plus, as always, listeners will also get a rundown of the top animal nutrition and feed stories from the Feedinfo newsroom.

For this episode of Feedinfo’s Feed for Thought podcast, we are taking a bite out of alternative proteins and finding out a bit more about the reigning technologies in the industry, what demand in the developing world looks like, and how big a main course animal protein will continue to be in the future.

To get some more clarity on these topics and more, we checked in with the Good Food Institute’s Aviv Oren, the organisation’s Business Engagement and Innovation Director. So, if you’re curious to find out how alternative proteins are progressing in a world that is still dominated by traditional protein sources, this one is not to be missed.

Plus, as always, we check in with the Feedinfo newsroom for a roundup of the fortnight’s top stories in the animal nutrition and feed sectors.

In this new episode of Feedinfo’s Feed for Thought podcast we are tackling Internet of Things (IoT) systems and seeing whether, through the use of sensors and data gathering, they can be employed to help in the fight against mycotoxins.

To find out more, we chat to Naeem Zafar, CEO of TeleSense, an IoT company specialising in grain storage management, about what these systems entail, how they can help the industry address the growing mycotoxin challenge driven by climate change, and where in the feed production chain they can make the biggest impact.

Inspired by a session on animal welfare and productivity at the upcoming Feedinfo Summit, this episode of our Feed for Thought podcast examines the issue in aquaculture together with one of the session’s panelists, Ingeborg Savareid, Chief Advisor for Fish Health at Salmon Group.

We look at what should be considered when talking about fish welfare, how the aquaculture industry has approached the subject, and whether improving conditions for farmed fish necessarily means a drop in productivity or an increase in costs for consumers and producers.

Plus, as always listeners will also hear from Feedinfo newsroom for a roundup of the fortnight’s top animal nutrition and feed sector stories.

In this Feed for Thought episode our new co-host, Morné Brandt, is joined by Feedinfo Editor in Chief, Simon Duke for a deep dive into how China’s animal agriculture industry is doing one year after the implementation of its antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) ban.

Sharing insight from Simon’s conversations with specialty feed additive producers with activities in the country, the interview addresses a number of important questions, including whether feed millers are following the rules, how the ban has affected the uptake of alternatives, how Chinese AGP producers are coping, and what this all means for the future of the country’s animal nutrition market.

Listeners will also get a roundup of the fortnights top animal nutrition and feed sector news from the Feedinfo newsroom.

In this episode of Feedinfo’s podcast, Feed for Thought, we speak to Randy Stuewe, the CEO of Darling Ingredients to discuss why his organisation has chosen to back the insect feed market.

Randy is a leader who really prioritises sustainability and he took the time to talk to us about why he believes insect feed ingredients have so much potential and why Darling Ingredients chose to invest in Enviroflight. In this podcast which is supported by EnviroFlight, we hear the story of how his business came to own 100% of EnviroFlight, why decisions were made, challenges that had to be overcome throughout the journey and the next steps for this fast moving part of the feed industry.

For those interested in finding out more about the growth and development of insect feed ingredients, how it is being viewed by leaders at the top and what the sector could mean for the animal nutrition and feed industry do check out this episode.

We also get our fortnightly news roundup from the Feedinfo editorial team to get the headlines and top stories from the animal nutrition and feed industry.

For more information about EnviroFlight visit www.enviroflight.net

In this episode of Feed for Thought we speak to Hémeline Macret, Head of Oilseed Analysis at Tallage SAS - Stratégie Grains, to give us some insight into the volatility we have seen in feed raw materials markets globally and what this means for the animal nutrition and feed industry.

The interview with Hémeline was part of a live fireside chat we conducted on the 30th June 2021 on the Feedinfo Connect platform, where we took the opportunity to discuss if what we are seeing now in the markets is unusual, what has been happening since the start of this year, how sustainability concerns are changing the market and what we can expect over the coming months.

We also get our fortnightly news roundup from the Feedinfo editorial team for all the top headlines from the animal nutrition and feed industry.

You can find more information about the information Hémeline and her team provide at www.strategie-grains.com

If you would like to sign up for Feedinfo’s News Alerts you can do so here: https://www.feedinfo.com/mailing-list-signup/

In this episode of Feed for Thought our host Ollie Theocharous is interviewed by Nidha Jasrai, Senior Content Producer at Urner Barry, to summarise the conversations she has been having over the past 18 months with leaders from the animal nutrition and feed industry.

The discussion focuses on the research conducted to develop the Feedinfo Summit, including the key issues and concerns leaders in our sector are facing at the moment and how priorities and fears have changed over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We also get the fortnights top stories for the animal nutrition and feed industry in our roundup from the Feedinfo newsroom.

You can find out more information about the Feedinfo Summit here: https://summit.feedinfo.com/

In this episode of the Feed for Thought we speak to Mark Fitzgerald, General Manager for Premix and Feed Additives (Australia & NZ) at BEC Feed Solutions, to offer insight into different ways to develop and expand companies in the animal nutrition and feed industry.

BEC Feed Solutions who are supporting this podcast, are in an investment and expansion phase, so in this case study interview we discuss why they have made the decisions they have, what businesses need to consider when they are looking to grow, promising markets showing potential and how BEC Feed Solutions are trying to futureproof their business.

Our market is constantly changing so for those interested in understanding the investment plans and other organisations in our industry, this podcast is an interesting account of what decisions one company has made to futureproof themselves.

We also get a fortnightly news roundup from the Feedinfo newsroom for the top stories from the animal nutrition and feed industry.

For more information about BEC Feed Solutions go to https://becfeed.com/