Fyto’s automated grow environments for aquatic plants promise to provide a more sustainable protein base for animal feed, human food, and soil amendments.
It’s raising the insects on organic byproducts such as food waste, before converting them into proteins and oils for use in animal feed.
The Cambridge, UK-based company aims to recreate ‘upcycling’ in nature by feeding our food waste to fly larvae – which are then fed to livestock.
The Dutch company claims that a quarter-teaspoon of Bovaer administered per cow, per day can reduce enteric methane emissions by up to 90%.
He also said that the agribusiness giant doesn’t expect China’s domestic livestock feed industry to become self-sufficient anytime soon.
It’s an “effort to establish the cattle feeding segment as an attractive space for innovators and investors,” said incoming chair Scott Whitefoot.
The Canadian startup provides solar-powered, self-cleaning sensors that can keep track of livestock feed levels in real time.
Seventure Partners and Adisseo’s fund will focus on two segments—animal health, feed and nutrition and digital technologies serving the livestock industry, investing at every stage, regardless of geography.
Aqua-Spark has finalized two investments this week that signal the fund dedicated to the future of aquaculture is moving beyond farms and feed.
The search is on for a sustainable alternative to the 30 million tons of wild caught fish that are currently used to feed farmed fish.
Agribusiness Cargill announced plans to build a $30 million shrimp feed facility in Guayaquil, Ecuador last month. Here Ryan Lane shares his insights on the industry’s technological developments.
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