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Evonik is promoting its holistic approach to livestock management at this year’s VIV Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, from 13 to 15 March.

Johann Fickler, Animal Nutrition’s Vice President Know-how, Services & Digitalization, explains: “Managing livestock is getting more complex and traditional approaches are no longer sufficient. Technological developments now allow producers to use sensors and software to help them better understand the condition of their flocks, helping increase the performance or improve uniformity.

Optimizing hatchery performance requires good data management. Data can be stored in various ways, ranging from simple Excel sheets to sophisticated data management software. It is also not uncommon for a large part of the hatchery’s data to still only be on paper. That's a pity, because this data is much more valuable for data analysis when it is digitally stored in the right way.

Cobb-Vantress, Inc. / Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA: New appointments to the Cobb Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) technical team have positioned 2019 for another great year for the region. Today, Cobb announced two new hires, including a grandparent and broiler specialist.

Roxell launches energy-efficient Shen-Turbo 100 space heater

Compact and economical heating for pig and poultry houses

Maldegem – 18 February 2019 – Today, Roxell, the leading manufacturer of automatic feeding, drinking, nesting and heating systems, is launching the Shen-Turbo 100, a space heater that generates more heat with 80,000 BTU/h of propane than similarly sized heaters on the market. The compact Shen-Turbo 100 is a new addition to Roxell's range of convection heaters. Shen-Turbo provides a solution to a number of specific needs of pig and poultry farmers.

New automatic feeding system enables maximum growth

Maldegem – 6 February 2019 – Today, Roxell, the leading manufacturer of automatic feeding, drinking, nesting and heating systems, is launching Titan, a new automatic feeding system for heavy turkeys. In recent years, these birds have undergone a huge evolution in terms of weight. This XL feed solution anticipates the practical problems that come with feeding these more voluminous and stronger turkeys. With Titan, Roxell is putting the largest, strongest and most easy to clean pan on the market.

EW Nutrition and United BioMed will cooperate to serve the Egyptian and Middle East markets for animal nutrition. UBM is a trusted partner and can look back on a more than 20 years of experience in these markets. Customers will benefit from this partnership by having access to the products and services of EW Nutrition. A contribution to solve the need of minimizing the input of antibiotics in animal production is one of the goals when combining the complementary portfolios of EW Nutrition and United BioMed.

An image showing a cross section of a varroa mite feeding on a honey bee's abdominal cavity

ARS Microscopy Research Helps Unravel the Workings of a Major Honey Bee Pest

Research by scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and theUniversity of Maryland released today sheds new light -- and reverses decades of scientific dogma -- regarding a honey bee pest (Varroa destructor) that is considered the greatest single driver of the global honey bee colony losses. Managed honey bee colonies add at least $15 billion to the value of U.S. agriculture each year through increased yields and superior quality harvests.

Read more: ARS News Service

Cobb-Vantress, Inc. / Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA: Cobb Europe announced today that its newly opened laboratory facility in Norfolk, England, has been accredited with the latest ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard, making it one of the first laboratories in the United Kingdom to receive this recognition. This standard specifies the general requirements for the competence, impartiality and consistent operation of laboratories across the globe, signifying that a facility produces valid and reliable results that can be trusted across countries.

Wisium now becomes the third largest premix player in Colombia, following Neovia's acquisition of Biomix. After the Philippines, Vietnam and Algeria, this is the 4th launch, in 2018, for the brand, which is following its rapid international expansion. This merge allows reinforcing Wisium’s know-how in terms of animal nutrition expertise and brings new field for innovation. The brand aims to build specific solutions to the Colombian feed producers.