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Beer-fed beef: Considerations for feeding cattle brewers grains
Beer-fed beef: Considerations for feeding cattle brewers grains
Likely one of the oldest byproduct feeds for livestock, brewers grains are used in all segments of cattle production as a highly digestible protein and energy source. While it is not produced in great abundance relative to other byproduct feeds, brewers grains do have the advantage of year-round production and availability across the entire U.S. – making it an economical alternative for ...
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Purple sweet potatoes among ‘new naturals’ for food and beverage colors
Purple sweet potatoes among ‘new naturals’ for food and beverage colors
Note to journalists: Please report that this research was presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society. A press conference on this topic will be held Sunday, Sept. 8, at 9:30 a.m. in the ACS Press Center, Room 211, in the Indiana Convention Center. Reporters can attend in person or access live video of the event and ask questions at www.ustream.tv/channel/acslive. INDIANAPOLIS, ...
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Mekong rice straw to go to Japan
Mekong rice straw to go to Japan
HCM CITY (VNS) — Rice straw, which is usually burnt by Cuu Long (Mekong) farmers at rice fields after harvest, will be exported to Japan as animal feed, according to Song Hau State Farm in the Mekong City of Can Tho. At a meeting on Wednesday , the management board of Song Hau State Farm negotiated with representatives of Japan Beef Import/Export Association (JBIX) on a project to process ...
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TPP’s potential influence on world feed production
TPP’s potential influence on world feed production
Animal feed, livestock sectors of 12 member countries poised to benefit from "world’s largest" free trade agreement The numbers and reasons for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are compelling enough: 12 countries that together account for 11 percent of the global population and 40 percent of world GDP. This translates to a population of 800 million with a combined ...
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Farmers cheer as Vietnam inks deal to export straw to Japan for cow feed
Farmers cheer as Vietnam inks deal to export straw to Japan for cow feed
Rice straw, which is usually treated as waste and burned after each harvest in Vietnam, will become a valuable export product for the country next year.   A new agreement signed on Wednesday in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho allows the state-owned Song Hau Collective Farm to sell straw from the coming winter-spring crop to the Japan Beef Import Export Association for cow feed ...
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An Giang province, “Barefoot engineers” to invent the corn separation & peeling machine achieves the second prize
An Giang province, “Barefoot engineers” to invent the corn separation & peeling machine achieves the second prize
(An Giang E-portal) - Not an engineer nor a scientist, recently Tran Cong Neo in An Phu district has been known by scientists and farmers at home and abroad with his specialty to invent the agricultural production-served machine. Creative way is highly assessed by the Scientific Council, it is a “corn separation & peeling machine”. This useful invention reached the 2nd prize in ...
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Domestic firms target agribusiness
Domestic firms target agribusiness
Vietnam’s massive agricultural potential has encouraged local private investors to make huge investments into the sector. Thanh Dat reports. Leaders of 28 top Vietnamese agricultural businesses committed themselves to multi-billion dollar investment projects into the agriculture sector at a meeting in late March held with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The enterprises ...
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Cashew export value skyrockets
Cashew export value skyrockets
Updated July, 03 2015 09:29:50 HCM CITY (VNS) — Viet Nam's cashew exports were worth US$1.1 billion in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 28.2 per cent, according to the Viet Nam Cashew Association (Vinacas). Speaking at a meeting in HCM City yesterday, Vinacas chairman Nguyen Duc Thanh said the average export price in the period was higher than a year earlier as ...
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Dong Nai exports over 3,200 tonnes of peppercorn in five months
Dong Nai exports over 3,200 tonnes of peppercorn in five months
June 13, 2015 The southern province of Dong Nai exported over 3,200 tonnes of peppercorn in the first five months of this year, raking in more than 31 million USD, up 18 percent in volume and 50 percent in value.  The southern province of Dong Nai exported over 3,200 tonnes of peppercorn in the first five months of this year, raking in more than 31 million USD, up 18 percent in volume and ...
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Collecting cash from sugarcane bagasse, Cashew shell
Collecting cash from sugarcane bagasse, Cashew shell
Update: 8/26/2014 From agricultural residues such as sugarcane bagasse, pineapple shell (aromatic), cashew nut shell ... many companies took advantage of making exports brought about many millions of dollars. "Cashew nut shell no longer be considered a failed product, which is becoming valuable materials. Peel oil processing industry that could bring hundreds of millions of dollars each ...
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