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The five-day hybrid course brought together global pet food professionals to explore advanced extrusion technology, formulation strategies, and process optimization. Organized by Dr. Mian N. Riaz, the program bridged scientific principles with practical industrial applications.

Showcasing its latest scientific breakthroughs at the 27th World’s Poultry Congress in Toronto, Trouw Nutrition highlighted how precision feeding, predictive modelling, and gut health strategies can optimize flock resilience, nutrient efficiency, and economic returns for producers.

Artificial intelligence is moving beyond theory and into practical grain trade applications. Winners of the Smart Global Grains Trade Challenge 2026 showcased technologies designed to improve price forecasting, trade documentation and post-harvest logistics, highlighting AI’s growing role in strengthening global food and feed supply chains.

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has proposed revoking the authorization of the feed additive “Patent Blue V,” commonly used as a colorant, due to safety concerns. Launched for stakeholder consultation, this move is poised to shift the dynamics within the UK and European feed markets.

The latest dsm-firmenich World Mycotoxin Survey for the first half of 2026 underscores severe, ongoing contamination risks in global feed raw materials and finished feeds. With 85% of tested samples containing multiple mycotoxins, feed millers and livestock nutritionists face increasingly complex formulation and risk mitigation challenges.

European livestock herd sizes sustained across-the-board reductions in 2025, signaling persistent shifts in animal agriculture demand and feed sector fundamentals. Recent Eurostat figures confirm both short-term contractions and substantial ten-year declines for pigs, bovines, sheep, and goats.

The Eurofish 2026 Conference addressed technology, digitalization, and value-addition strategies. Bringing together nearly 200 industry professionals from Europe and surrounding regions in Istanbul, the event covered a wide spectrum from regenerative agriculture practices in the field to energy efficiency in feed mills.

The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) has appointed Evan Dean as vice president of government and legislative affairs, reinforcing its policy and advocacy efforts in Washington. Bringing experience from Capitol Hill, Dean will help shape the association's positions on issues affecting the U.S. grain, feed, processing and export sectors.

The European Union has authorized vermiculite as a technological feed additive for the first time. The approval allows its use as an anti-caking agent in specific poultry categories under defined inclusion levels, expanding the list of authorized feed additives available to the industry.

The European Commission has adopted its first-ever Livestock Strategy alongside a comprehensive Protein Action Plan, aiming to lift the EU's self-sufficient protein share to 35% over the next decade. While European feed federations FEFAC and FEFANA welcome the dual framework, they urge policymakers to expand their strategic focus toward critical vulnerabilities in specialty feed ingredients and micro-ingredients.

Geopolitical tensions across key maritime choke points continue to cloud global shipping schedules and inflate freight costs. Amid this widespread industry uncertainty, Turkey’s port infrastructure wrapped up the first half of the year with resilient cargo and container volumes, underscoring its role as a stable regional transit hub.