In this episode of Feed for Thought, we speak to Dr Roland Aumüller, GLOBALG.A.P’s Consultant for Standard Management, Livestock & Feed about emerging sustainable practices we are seeing in the ag sector and what this could mean for the animal nutrition industry.

We talk about how attitudes to sustainability are changing across the agriculture industry, the biggest challenges our sector should be addressing, groups in our value chain we need to effectively communicate our work to and whether the criticism livestock agriculture faces is fair.

We also get a fortnightly news update from the Feedinfo newsroom to get all the top stories from the animal nutrition and feed industry.

If you want to contact Roland you can do so on: [email protected] or via his website www.aumueller-roland.de

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 Feedinfo’s Feed for Thought we speak to Thai based Consultant Gordon Butland about what is happening in Asian animal protein markets.

With many disruptors impacting the sector we discuss what these developments mean for livestock producers and animal nutrition providers, markets with the most potential for growth and what we should be watching out for in the future.

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

If you would like to contact Gordon for more information you can do so at [email protected]

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

We are back! In the first episode of Season 2 of Feed for Thought, we talk to two Senior Analysts from Feedinfo, Karolina Zagrodna and Heather McGuire Doyle.

In this interview we discuss what happened to global amino acid and vitamins markets through the COVID-19 pandemic and what impact that has had on these markets now. We talk about what developments over the last year and a half mean for current amino acid and vitamins pricing, the most surprising things we saw in these markets over this period and what potential market disruptors we should be keeping an eye on.

For those interested in tracking these markets this podcast provides a great overview of what we have seen over the last 16 months and what we can expect for the future in these dynamic and often turbulent markets.

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

If you would like to check out Feedinfo Review, the new online magazine from Feedinfo you can do so here: https://issuu.com/farmersguardian/docs/feedinfo_review_-_spring_2021

In this episode of Feed for Thought we speak to Dr Frank Mitloehner from the University of California, Davis about the true picture of greenhouse gas emissions in livestock agriculture and the action our industry should take in this area.

We discuss the role animal nutrition can play in reducing greenhouse gases, the contribution to climate change of animal agriculture vs alternative proteins and whether the criticism livestock value chains face in this area is fair.

We also get an overview of fortnights top stories for the animal nutrition and feed industry from the Feedinfo newsroom.

In this episode of Feed for Thought we speak to Christophe Pelletier, a renowned futurist who uses his wealth of experience in food and ag to consider what the future might hold for livestock value chains.

We discuss the biggest sector disruptors and their impact on livestock and aqua value chains, what we might be eating in the future, whether cell cultured protein is really a threat to our industry and what animal nutrition and feed organisations should do now to future-proof their businesses.

We also get a fortnightly update from the Feedinfo Newsroom to hear about all the exciting stories impacting the animal nutrition and feed industry from the last fortnight.

If you want to learn more about Christophe’s work or contact him you can find this information here: https://hfgfoodfuturist.com/about/bio/

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.