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ost of the phosphorus (P) remains complexed as phytate in plant feed

ingredients. Phytate P generally

accounts for approximately two-thirds of the total P in plant seeds. Phytate is poorly available for absorption in the gastrointestinal tract of different poultry species, due to the lack of endogenous phytase enzyme. The supplementation of phytase increases the utilization of P by hydrolyzing phytate, which consequently

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may also reduce the excretion of P in the environment. In addition, it has

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been suggested that phytase may improve the feed utilization, weight gain, egg production and egg traits, nutrient digestibility, energy availability, retention of important minerals in blood and bones. Thus, the effectiveness of phytase on performance and Ca and P absorption in

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layer chickens fed corn-soybean based diets has been well

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recognized.Phytate is required to be hydrolyzed by phytase enzyme to release P. In the absence of the phytase enzyme, phytate P is feebly utilized by poultry. Consequently, higher quantity of inorganic P is

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needed to include in the diet of poultry to attain optimal growth and

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production. This eventually leads to nonutilization of a high proportion of dietary P by the animals and excretion of P in feces.

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Thus, Exogenous phytase can be included in diets to hydrolyze phytate within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, which may make more phytate P available for absorption by poultry and allow the reduction of dietary inorganic P supplementation without compromising

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performance and decreased excretion of P from poultry feces, resulting is less excretion of P and eventually in reduced harmful environmental

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impact of P. The supplementation of phytase in the diets of laying hens has been shown to improve the availability of phytate P and other

Mr. Amit Sachdev Indian Representative, US Grain Council Dr. P.E. Vijay Anand US Soybean Export Council Dr. Suhas Amrutkar Subject Matter Specialist, Animal Nutrition, MAFSU, Parbhani Dr. SN Mohanty Former Principal Scientist, CIFA Dr. Meeta Punjabi Mehta Agricultural Economist

minerals including Ca, Mn and Zn. Moreover, phytase supplementation may increase the availability of other nutrients such as protein, amino acids and energy in poultry. Microbial phytases supplementation improved the phosphate utilization from phytate phosphorus, reduced P excretion, and subsequently decreased phosphate pollution. The ability of phytase to improve the availability of dietary nutrients in poultry depends upon the diet composition, dietary mineral content, endogenous conditions as GIT pH range, sources of phytase, bird species and age. Extensive research has been performed with the addition of phytase in diets of monogastric animals to improve phytate digestibility.

The phytase activity is very low in the brush border membrane of the digestive tracts of monogastric animals Therefore, the phytase enzyme

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must be included in diet of poultry to maximize the hydrolysis of Phytate

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availability of the birds on one hand and also results in better utilization

, which consequently have an impact on dietary energy and amino acids of dietary phosphorus and its lesser excretion from the animal's body Dr. Suraj Amrutkar Assistant Professor, Dept. of ILFC, SKUAST-J, Jammu

and consequently in lesser environmental pollution.

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05 A discovery to lower methane emissions from livestock ARTICLE

10 Feed Passage Syndrome: An Integrated Approach to Improve Birds Health 16 Maize and Soyabean crops: Production and price trends likely in India in 2020

06 Ajinotmoto's animal nutrition business loss due to African swine fever outbreak 14 AFIA Efforts Secure Additional Funding for CVM Ingredient Approvals 15 A string of agritechstartupsset to impact the livestock sector 18

FSSAI to intervene in commercial feeds or feed materials intended for food producing animals

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26 Metabolism of AflatoxinB1 – a natural contaminant in Poultry MARKET PROJECTION 08 A major share of growth in Animal feed additives market projected from Asia Pacific over 2017-2024

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A discovery to lower methane emissions from livestock In the global quest to reduce greenhouse gases, finding ways to lower methane emissions from livestock has become a priority.

An international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Ortago in New Zealand has identified the main rumen microbes and enzymes that control the supply of hydrogen, the main energy source for methane-producing microbes called methanogens.

Scientists at the universities of Monash in Australia, Illinois in the United States and Hokkaido in Japan collaborated on the project.

According to the report, methanogens use molecular hydrogen and other substrates to reduce carbon dioxide to methane. Given the microbes' effect on the greenhouse gas, many programs around the world are underway to mitigate ruminant methane production.

Agriculture Canada has been

researching feed strategies, additives, and feed conversion efficiencies to lower the influence of livestock feed and methane emissions.

Farmers can use Agriculture Canada's Holos greenhouse gas calculator program, which takes a farm's data and calculates carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane emissions from rumen fermentation, manure management, cropping systems and energy use to track emissions.

But, according to research scientists, getting up to speed to modulate methanogens through dietary interventions while maintaining the health and productivity of the host animal means understanding the processes that mediate all the substrate supply to the methanogens in the rumen.

“New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions profile is unusual for a developed country in that around half of New Zealand's emissions are from agriculture,” said professor Gregory Cook with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Ortago, Dunedin. “Most of this is caused by methane emissions from enteric fermentation in farmed ruminant animals including cattle, sheep and deer, which collectively account for around two-thirds of New Zealand's agricultural emissions.”

A lot of the work to date has focused on developing small molecule inhibitors and vaccines to target methane production by methanogens. The latest research focused on better understanding of the

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A scientific team identifies the rumen enzymes that control the main energy source for methaneproducing microbes.

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fermentation dynamics in the rumen and methane yields from sheep.

methanogens, which also use hydrogen but prefer to use it at low concentrations.”

“The high- and low-methane yield sheep were originally selected from animals which were part of the central progeny testing flock in New Zealand, a New Zealand sheep industry supported test, which assesses rams and their progeny for a range of traits,” said Cook. “The animals were fed the same standardized diet and their methane yields were measured using respiration chambers. The sole selection was for animals representing the high- and low-methane yield extremes. These selection lines have been continued over several years to select animals with divergent methane yields.”

The findings are important because scientists can now begin to target the supply of hydrogen to methanogens to reduce animal methane emissions. They will be able to establish strategies by controlling hydrogen supply.

One strategy is to develop feed supplements that encourage non-methane producers to outcompete methanogens.

He said they are aware that there are differences in the rumen size and therefore in the rate of turnover of the rumen contents between high- and low-methane yield animals.

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“The low-methane yield animals have a smaller rumen, and we assume their turnover of rumen contents is higher because their intakes are similar to the high-methane yield animals. We think this faster turnover leads to different fermentation dynamics in which more hydrogen is produced. When more hydrogen is produced, the concentration of hydrogen in the rumen increases, which allows hydrogen-consuming bacteria to compete with the methane-producing

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Researchers are working toward identifying specific inhibitors of the hydrogen formation process in rumen bacteria. Work will focus on screening compounds that can reduce the supply of hydrogen to methane producers without compromising animal performance and explore ways to divert hydrogen toward those microbes that do not produce methane. Cook said that the inhibitors are likely to be small molecule compounds, which could be delivered either as a supplement in feed or delivered to the rumen via slow release capsules.

“We have had positive feedback from a range of organizations with a stake in reducing methane from ruminant animals, including supportive comments from the (New Zealand) minister of agriculture, Damien O'Connor,” he said. “We are still in the discovery phase of the research program but have a defined development pipeline into which new compounds and control strategies will be funnelled to rigorously test their effectiveness in vitro, prior to testing in animals.”

Graeme Attwood, principal scientist and leader of the research program, said the discovery has opened up a new approach to reducing livestock methane emissions.

“This is vital for New Zealand to meet its greenhouse gas emission targets under the Paris Agreement and to ensure the farming of ruminants is sustainable into the future.”

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Ajinotmoto's animal nutrition business loss due to African swine fever outbreak Ajinomoto Co, Japanese food and seasonings company, cut its full-year profit outlook as the outbreak of African swine fever hit its animal nutrition business, and warned that the impact could last another year.

The company said it now expects an operating profit of 88 billion yen ($807.4 million) for the full year through next March, down from a previous forecast of 97 billion yen. It booked a 15 billion yen impairment loss on the animal nutrition business for its fiscal second quarter through September.

The company's main business comes from food, including its well-known monosodium glutamate seasoning.

However, it has also used its expertise in amino acids to develop nutrition for farm animals.

“It could take around a year to emerge from this,” Chief Executive Takaaki Nishii told reporters, noting that the deadly animal virus had spread to Europe after the outbreak decimated herds in Asia.

Ajinomoto shares closed 5.65% lower at 1,961 yen after the results were announced.

The disease has been found in 50 countries, sending international pork prices rocketing and hitting animal feed markets such as corn and soybeans.

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A major share of growth in Animal feed additives market projected from Asia Pacific over 2017-2024

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Animal feed additives Market is set to grow from its current market value of more than USD 16.5 billion to over USD 25 billion by 2024; according to a new research report.

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Animal feed additives market, which is strongly characterized by the presence of established industry giants, has been witnessing phenomenal advancements in terms of feed quality and product diversification, over the recent years.

The substantial upsurge in livestock breeding and rising global meat consumption are some of the important factors that have prompted companies to come up with new products and make considerable investments in R&D activities. Speaking along similar lines, it would be important to take note of an instance that provides a significant testimony to the aforesaid statements. PMI Nutritional Additives, a renowned animal feed additives industry player, recently made it to the headlines with the launch of Peloton, its novel yeast

feed additive, which claims to maintain the rumen health and digestive efficacy of livestock. For the record, PMI's unique Peloton yeast feed additive is a thermal stable blend of the company's Fulfill feed additive and Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast. This activated yeast has also been reported to facilitate microbial protein flow from rumen to lower gastral track, thus supporting the gut health and integrity.

Amidst a backdrop of such documented instances of product innovations & enhancements, it is quite overt for the animal feed additives industry to witness remarkable growth avenues in the ensuing years.

Estimates claim that there has been a subsequent surge in the demand for meat and meat products at a global level.

In fact, statistical reports state that the global average meat consumption has surged to 41.90 kg per person per year, which is majorly driven by the poultry demand. As animal feed additives play a vital role in poultry diets to improve the overall integrity of lower gastrointestinal track of the livestock, the rising meat consumption is in turn working in the favor of expanding business scenarios. In fact, industry experts anticipate the animal feed additives market from the poultry application to generate a remarkable valuation of over USD 10 billion by 2024.

Speaking of the growing demand for nutritional additives

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Thailand, and Indonesia following similar growth patterns with regard to massive livestock production, the animal feed additives market, across the Asia Pacific belt, is certain to account for above-average growth. It has been reported that in the year 2016, Asia Pacific witnessed highest feed production capacity, surpassing 350 million tons.

Industry experts also illustrates the growing concerns of disease outbreaks in livestock to be a crucial factor for incorporating additives in animal fodder. Bird flu, animal foot & mouth infections, and swine flu are some of the popular plagues that have taken the world by storm in past decade. In this scenario, proper care of animal health, while incorporating nutrition & antibiotics in animal feed, has been prevalent worldwide, in turn impacting animal healthcare market. Given the pivotal role that these additives play in boosting animal health and eliminating the toxic effect, the expansion of animal feed additives industry has been quite imperative.

Indeed, there is satisfactory data that supports the growing animal feed additives market share, which according to reports, is claimed to attain a global valuation of USD 25 billion by 2024.

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from the poultry application, China is one of the most lucrative growth grounds for animal feed additives industry expansion. High livestock production and extensive animal breeding in the region has been identified as the two crucial factors fortifying the regional animal feed additives market demand. The increasing meat consumption in China has, in turn, prompted the regional industry players to incorporate additives for maintaining the quality of meat. According to reports, the meat consumption in China exceeded 50 kilo tons in 2016 and is further anticipated to surpass 60 kilo tons by 2024. With other countries, such as India, Malaysia,

It would be prudent to mention that the growing consumer demand across these continents have expanded the scope for animal feed additives market participants and have encouraged them to expand their global reach. According to research study, new product launches and M&As have been the most adopted strategy by the animal feed additives industry players.

For instance, in a bid to strengthen its position in the global animal feed additives market, Coppens International recently unveiled its product breakthrough for aquatic feed additives. Elaborating further on this move, the company introduced several new algae products that replaced the use of fish oil and inorganic trace minerals in the additives.

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Feed Passage Syndrome: An Integrated Approach to Improve Birds Health Bharat L Sadarao and Partha Pratim Das Kemin Industries South Asia Pvt. Ltd. Introduction Production of broilers with high growth rate and feed efficiency through impressive genetic improvement is often directly linked

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Figure-1: Picture representing the observations of Fecal Droppings.

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Normal dropping

Dropping with undigested feed

Dropping with undigested feed & orange mucous

Watery dropping with undigested feed & orange mucous

with digestive problems, such as passage of undigested feed (or) feed passage syndrome with impaired gut health function. The passage of undigested feed inside the poultry house is a sporadic problem in integration or individual farms mainly during rainy season. This may be due to the limited availability of major raw materials in diet and poor management practices. The incidence was close to that observed during 1996 due to poor grain harvesting after consecutive years, but the severity is much lower at present. According to the statistical analysis, the loss of feed at one chicken was around 0.08USDdue to feed passage, apart from the cost of medicine.

Many factors should be considered to influence the rate of feed passage through the digestive tract in birds, e.g. nutrient interaction time with digestive enzymes, absorptive surfaces and microbial populations. The main observation as shown in Figure-1 is the presence of large corn particles, excess moisture, a characteristic green coloration with orange mucus and poor formation to the feces. Affected

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Figure-2: Factors responsible for feed passage in broilers.

bacterial infection or dysbacteriosis caused by C. perfringens. Overgrowth of C. perfringens occurs due to coccidiosis, which damages the gut lining and reduces the intestinal passage of ingesta. Younger broilers with clinical and sub-clinical coccidiosis usually associated with the species, E. acervulina and E. maxima can cause passage of undigested nutrients in the feces. Similarly, mild infestation of ascarides and cestodes cause gut irritation and feed passage. Some common factors responsible for feed passage in broilers are detailed in Figure-2.

Poor grain quality with mold growth is a primary contaminant source for mycotoxins, which affect the functioning of digestive system and hinders proper digestion of feed. Common examples are: ochratoxins increase intestinal fragility, aflatoxins decrease bile secretion due to blockage of bile ductsandtrichothecenes causes erosions to oral cavity, proventriculus, gizzard and intestine. Both the quality of Major challenges for poultry farmers feed and drinking water should be prime suspects and veterinarians are the passage of whenever feed passage becomes prevalent. Poor quality undigested feed or wet droppings water with high level of total dissolved solids (TDS), which are the typical finding related to minerals and pH causes irritation in the gut and a wide scope of potential causes. But inefficient nutrient absorption leading to rapid feed many times, broiler farmers tend to point out the quality of feed. However, passage. Anti-nutritional factors like gizzerozine, lack of consistency of the issues in Figure-3: Strategies to prevent feed passage in broilers. farm indicates that the additional factors can also be addressed. This article mainly deals with the summary of causes and preventive measures that should be considered when passage of undigested feed is noted in broilers.

Factors Responsible For Feed Passage Normal function of intestinal tract mainly depends on the presence of large bacterial population and any imbalance in this flora is mainly responsible for disease. Utmost important cause after viral or parasitic infection is the necrotic enteritis, which may be due to secondary

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broilers had poor pigmentation, deprived feed conversion, lower body weight and variable flock uniformity.

The lesions are primarily observed on the proventriculus, gizzard and small intestine.

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biogenic amines, tannins, trypsin inhibitors and rancid fat further worsen the process of feed grinding by causing gizzard erosions, sloughing of intestinal epithelia, enteritis, etc.

Some authors claimed that trypsin inhibitors present in soybean meal (SBM) was directly linked to feed passage outbreaks. Similarly, feed ingredients like wheat, barley, rye or cassava (tapioca or yucca) often cause excess wet droppings due to high content of soluble non-starch polysaccharides (NSP's). The digesta produced by high levels of NSP's makes favorable conditions for potentially harmful bacteria, such as C. perfringens.

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and decreasing the assimilation of pathogenic microorganisms of the digestive tract of birds. It is well known that protected butyric acid is an excellent growth promoter as it enhances performance, regulates gut health issues caused by bacterial pathogens, promotes the regeneration of necrotic areas and facilitate tissue development and repair. Close monitoring of the effectiveness of anticoccidial management program is another step to consider. In the event that the subclinical issue continues at farm level, any current anticoccidial program should be re-evaluated to improve disease management, may be by changing the turn of anticoccidials in feed or implementing appropriate vaccination. Some strategies that need to be followed to prevent feed passage in broilers are shown in Figure-3.

Quality of feed ingredients should be improved by focusing on the consistency of grains, soya and fat quality; addition of enzyme preparations to avoid undigested feed to be the substrate for pathogenic microorganisms. Modification of the diet and addition of exogenous enzymes to wheat, barley, oat or rye-based diets can considerably decrease NSP level and reduce the risk of necrotic enteritis in flocks fed with these cereals. Minimizing the level of fishmeal, wheat, barley or rye in the diet can help prevent this condition. Apart from this, such type of issues can be avoided by desirable feed quality along with everyday cleaning and disinfection of feeding equipments; removal of any caked and moldy residues lodged within the system.

Faulty management practices of acidification, disinfection, sanitization, litter, ammonia, etc. can increase intestinal bacteria proliferation and make animals more prone to dysbiosis. Sometimes, the level of excess salt intake can result from mixing errors in the feed by not considering the level in fishmeal and drinking water responsible for voiding excess water through the feces with undigested feed. Litter is the first material that recently placed young chicks may consume, before finding feed and water. Ingestion of contaminated litter can cause irritation of the gut linings of young chick, resulting in poor nutrient absorption.

Equally, environmental stress conditions should not be ignored as a potential cause of wet and poorly formed feces. High temperature and humidity in the broiler house will increase water consumption and the moisture content of droppings.

It is essential to avoid development of mold in feed by feeding quality grains and storing the feed under appropriate conditions. Mold inhibitors and binding agents should be included in grains to decrease the negative impacts of mold development and mycotoxins individually. Incurable or diseased birds should be removed promptly, as they can serve as a source of toxicosis or infection due to cannibalism. To govern the problem of drinking water, disinfection or acidification remedy can be validated. Management practices should be streamlined by paying attention on litter quality, farm hygiene, field of feeding, temperature and humidity of the house. It is necessary to make sure that the litter is of top quality, free from foreign materials and fresh.

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Conclusion

As referred earlier, the fundamental circumstances wherein feed passage happens is either when there is disintegration on the tissues of gut that impede its working or when there is intestinal microbiota imbalance. It is therefore critical to recognize the reasons rapidly and to make suitable strides before a substantial issue creates. When remedial measures are set up, birds normally recover equally fast. The regular use of functional additives (organic acids, exogenous enzymes and prebiotics) play a crucial role in keeping up great well-being

Factors associated with feed passage in broilers can negatively affect the gut health status and production performance of birds. The most efficient manner to resolve the problem is to evaluate the basic management practices that play a vital role in preventing this problem. Feed passage directly affects the broiler economic performances like feed conversion and body weight. Therefore, a standardized scoring technique can be used to evaluate the sub-clinical issues related to intestinal health in general to make the modification of strategies accordingly. Feed passage in poultry will keep on being an infrequent issue in poultry integrations. It is essential to keep a receptive outlook, as there could be several causes and a little deductive reasoning may be needed to arrive at a diagnosis.

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Change in export taxes on corn, wheat and soybean in Argentina

The new government closed export registrations for December 16, and announced the export tax increase, an Argentina-based analyst told S&P Global Platts.

Taxes on corn and wheat exports were raised to 12% from 6.7%, while taxes on beans, soybean oil and soybean meal shipments were increased to 30% from 24.7% earlier, according to another analyst.

Markets are waiting for an official statement to get more clarity, including when the new taxes will take effect.

According to one analyst's interpretation earlier, taxes on corn and wheat exports were increased to 9%, while soybeans were at 27%.

The Argentina-based analyst expects the higher tax to impact farmers'

planting intentions, and possibly reduce fertilizer applications and quality of seeds.

In anticipation of the increase in export taxes, farmers and traders were selling grains at a rapid pace before the new government took charge on December 10. Argentina shipped 230,000 mt of wheat in October, and 700,000 mt in November, the Argentina-based analyst said, adding that December wheat shipments should be aggressive at 2.5 million-2.8 million mt.

Key players in Argentina's agricultural sector were already expecting the Alberto Fernandez-led government to make changes to the tax regime, which are expected to affect the grains and oilseeds exports out of the country.

"Farmer organizations of course didn't like [the tax increase], but some farmers believe the impact from the current system is not big. For industry players, [it] was widely expected, [but] no clear ideas [of the impact] for the moment," the Argentina-based analyst said.

Argentina's wheat harvest started in October, while the new marketing season began in December and will run through November 2020.

Argentina's agricultural sector is a major contributor to the country's economy. Corn and wheat contribute around 7.4% and 3.3%, respectively, to Argentina's export revenues. It is also the world's sixth-largest wheat exporter and third-largest corn exporter, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

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Argentina's new government, in a widely anticipated move, raised taxes on corn, wheat and soybean exports in order to meet the country's fiscal requirements, according to an official gazette released Saturday, but this is expected to hit farmers and export volumes.

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AFIA Efforts Secure Additional Funding for CVM Ingredient Approvals The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) applauds the passage of bipartisan legislation to fund the federal government for the remainder of the 2020 fiscal year. The legislation, expected to be signed into law by President Trump, not only averts a midnight deadline to shut down the government, but also achieves a very important AFIA policy priority to increase funding for animal food ingredient approvals.

The 2020 fiscal year appropriations package allocates new dollars to the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) to hire additional staff specifically for reviewing new animal food ingredient submissions. The $5 million allocation from appropriators will allow CVM to nearly double ingredient approval staff, which will reduce the length of review time by the agency in the approval timeline.

“AFIA members wait far too long on the government to approve ingredients to bring new products to market,” said Constance Cullman, AFIA's president and CEO. “In 2019, AFIA went after new funds for CVM through the appropriations process, to make sure they have the resources to

hire the staff needed to speed up this cumbersome process. We are excited that this policy priority for our organization and industry is now a reality and we look forward to working with CVM to implement these improvements.”

Cullman added, “As the science of animal nutrition evolves, the animal food industry works hard to research and bring new ingredients to market to improve the health of our food-producing and companion animals. In recent years, the lengthy ingredient review processes have hindered many of these new ingredients with the attributes to improve the safety, quality and nutrition of feed and pet food from entering the marketplace. AFIA has been working hard to improve the ingredient review processes and this funding is one important step in the process. The industry's international counterparts have moved forward with ingredients approved in their home countries, leaving the U.S. industry behind.”

Ingredient suppliers and animal food manufacturers are regularly hitting costly roadblocks that prevent new innovations from reaching the marketplace. In fact, a study funded by the Institute for Feed Education and Research found that for every year of delay in the approval process, submitting companies across the animal food manufacturing industry were losing an average $1.75 million annually in revenue per ingredient, diminishing their access to capital which could be used for further research and development in the field.

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New Appointment

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The Optima Life Sciences Managing Director, Mr. Vinay Kulkarni Along with the team is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. D.K. Dey as the new Chief Executive officer (CEO) of the company. Dr. Dey is inducted as a whole time CEO of the company on Dec 18th, 2019.

Dr. D.K. Dey

Dr. Dey brings decades of experience to the company and has a proven record of taking customers & employee centric Animal Health companies to the next level. He has worked closely with the leaders of animal health industry in building

breakthrough solutions for the animal health care sector. He holds a BVSc & AH Degree from BCKV Agriculture University, West Bengal and professional certification into Business Leadership from Singapore.

Commenting on his appointment, Dr. Dey Said, “I am honored to lead OPTIMA LIFE SCIENCES, a young and dynamic company in animal health care business. I look forward to working with the teams on our vision “Think Global, Act Local”. We at OPTIMA have a unique opportunity to deliver breakthrough solutions to the industry that will bring greater value to our customers and other stakeholders.

“I am glad to be a part of enthusiastic Team Optima”.

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A string of agritechstartupsset to impact the livestock sector Imagine a farmer being able to keep track of livestock remotely, using a mobile phone, or being able to check soil quality before sowing or getting timely weather information that helps to protect crops.

Still, there is potential, as reflected in the mushrooming of agritechstartups. Smartbell, an animal health monitoring solutions company founded by Veena Adityan and Jose Chitty, has developed sensors that can be mounted on collars or ears to monitor the movement and location of cattle and their health.

Such a scenario may not be too far away, given the advent of the 5G mobile communication standard and artificial intelligence-enabled Internet of Things, which agritechstartups are using to provide solutions to farmers and bring business and scale to agriculture in India.

About 70% of the cattle in India are affected by preventable diseases, said the UK-based company.

Smartbell's devices can also be connected to large cooperative dairy producers and cattle insurance companies. Duke of YorkfoundedPitch@Palace is an investor in Smartbell.

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Such agritechstartups are set to play a dominant role in disseminating information to farmers and maximising their profits in the near future, experts predict. However, growth in this sector will be spurred only with a strong financial inclusion policy, faster data penetration and more government support in terms of funding, industry officials said.

Another leading agritech player is CropIn, which has shrewdly morphed data analytics, AI and satellite-based remote sensing to offer a suite of services for larger operations: on-farm trials for seed suppliers, farm management solutions and interventions at every stage of the crop cycle. Its flagship tool is the SmartFarm which was successfully used at the bottom of the pyramid, by the Tata Trust's Collective for Integrated Livelihood Initiative (Cini) to help over 40,000 tribal households in central India by providing best farming and livestock practices.

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Maize and Soyabean crops: Production and price trends likely in India in 2020 Abhijeet Banerjee, Religare Commodities

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MAIZE:In India, sowing of Rabi maize has commenced under favorable conditionsand as per reports, nearly 9.4 lakh ha area had been planted till middle of December. The normal for the season is 17.50 lakh ha. Crop sowing is under progress in vegetative growing stage and rainfall received until second week of Decemberis also considered beneficial for the crop.

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Major growing states for Rabi Maize are Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.But area sown for this year is lower in most states when compared to the last year. As on December 13, 2019, the Rabi crop area had reached around 9.43 lakh hectares, butlower than 10.23 lakh hectares sown during corresponding period last year.

In Bihar, area sown is around 3.39 lakh hectare, again lower compared to last years' 3.76 lakh hectare acreage. In Tamil Nadu, area covered is roughly

1.40 lakh hectares, lower than 1.85 lakh hectare during corresponding period last year. Lower sowing is reported in Andhra Pradesh also, where the acreage is 0.43 lakh hectares, lower than 0.63 lakh hectares planter last year.

On the other hand, sowing area has increased year on year in districts of West Godavari (14,332 hectares), Krishna (8,630 hectares), Srikakulam (5,398 hectares), Vizianagaram (4,121 hectares), Kurnool (3,091 hectares) and Prakasam (2,448 hectares).

With respect to the major Kharif maize crop, production last year was lower than the governments' estimate due to low acreage, and also becausedue to the adverse effect of widespread armyworm infestationin Karnataka. The lower production forced the government to import maize after a gap of two years. In order to meet the requirement of the poultry industry, India had imported about 130,000-ton maize last year. This years' scenario is somewhat similar considering lesser coverage area versus last year leading to reduction in production estimates. Sources also suggest that maize acreage in Karnataka had shrunk by roughly 5% due to the pest attack, but the decline had been more than offset by Madhya Pradesh, where the acreage had increased by 14% year on year.

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Heavy rains in the leading producing regions, during July and August has resulted in lower production of Kharif Maize, mainly due to widespread crop damage. Import prospects are quite high for this year as consumption is likely to surpass the supply levels.

Which is estimated ~25-26 million tonnes approximately. So, maize prices are likely to remain northward in 2020.

SOYBEAN:Domestic soybean prices are maintaining firm levels due to lower production expectations from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Even soya oil and palm oil markets have gained significantly which is favoring the rise in prices. Farmers and traders expect domestic soybean prices up to INR 5000 per quintal in this marketing season.Sowing was significantly affected in both states - Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh due to which India's Demand-Supply Estimates for 2019-20 Marketing year Parameters Beginning Stock Production Consumption End Stocks

MY 2014-15 Estimate (LT) 4-5 90-95 95-100 1-2

production estimates are below 90 Lakh tonnes. USDA's latest estimate is still 100 Lakh tonne crop for Indian soybean.

Planters, Traders and Farmers are reportedly holding nearly 60-65 lakh tonnes of Soybean stocks. India had crushed 6.50 lakh tonnes of soybean in October 2019, which is less than last years'9.50 lakh tonnes crushed soybean. SOPA's report statistics estimated carry over stock from last year at 1.70 lakh tonnes and 1.54 lakh tonnes carry forward in the next year. Therefore, a drop in production and carry forward stocks will favor further rise in crop price in coming months.

Imports of India may remain near 3 lakh tonnes as per present market scenario and roughly 12 lakh tonnes of soybean shall be retained for sowing. Direct consumption is estimated at 2 lakh tonnes while exports for 2019-20 may touch a record 1.50 lakh tonnes figure. Indian production is expected lower mainly from crop loss in Madhya Pradesh and drop in yield expectation in the third largest soybean producing state of Rajasthan.As per International Grain Council, Global soybean output may decline by 18 million tonne to 341 million tonnes because of marginal production drop in U.S Soybean and lower planting area in Brazil so far. In Argentina however, sowing has commenced under generally favorable conditions, due to satisfactory rainfall in the recent weeks.

Soybean continues hovering higher but there is limited support from the local soymeal markets. Exports from the country are not feasible due to disparity from foreign export offers. As per data released by the Solvent Extractor's Association of India (SEA), soymeal exports in August were recorded at 32,226 tonnes compared to 76,558 tonnes in July 2019.Availability of Indian soymeal at significant premiumover other major exporting countries has affected the exports adversely. As on first week of October, Indian soymeal was offered near at USD 507 per ton, while US soymeal was quoted around USD 335 per ton, Argentina at USD 294 and Brazil at USD 363 per ton.

Therefore,Indian exporters of soymeal shall continue facing a stiff competition from North and South American peers. This in turn will keep chances of any significant price appreciation in soybean prices. However, if exports of soymeal start picking up, then mandi prices may even touch INR 5000 per quintal in coming months. Under such scenario the feed manufacturing units may have to switch over the other substitutes like bajra/broken rice/wheat in order to optimize their manufacturing costs against expensive maize prices. Though with respect to soybean, till date the price does not appear a concern as the upside price movements are kept in check because of subdued demand from the soymeal importers. Hence the feed manufacturing units as of now, shall be comfortable in maintain the traditional quantity of soybean crushing, needed to produce soymeal. So, soybean fundamentals are strong, but further upside depends upon soybean meal demand.

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Rising prices in recent years have encouraged farmers to prefer sowing maize against other crops. One of the leading markets namely Nizamabad, highest recorded prices were near INR 2,430 per quintal this year in July, nearly double the prices that were prevailing a year ago. Going by various industry reports, production prospects for Rabi Maize seems better than Kharif Maize, but total production seems lower because of a lower Kharif crop size.

Average production estimates for this year is between 21-22 million tonnes, versus 24 million tonnes last year.

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FSSAI to intervene in commercial feeds or feed materials intended for food producing animals The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is looking at bringing in standards for animal feed so as to curb contaminants, pesticides and heavy metals finding their way into foods of animal origin through feed and fodder.

Till the time these regulations are finalised, the FSSAI has directed that cattlefeed materials must confirm to norms set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

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“In order to address the issue on an interim basis, it has been decided that commercial feeds/feed materials intended for food producing animals shall comply with the relevant BIS standards and shall not be manufactured, imported, distributed and sold except under the Bureau of Indian Standards certification,” the directive said. Stakeholders have been given six months to comply with the directive, which will come into force in June.

Noting that animal feed and fodder are turning out to be a major source of contaminants of foods of animal origin, it said, “regulatory control to ensure quality and safety of animal feed and silage is urgently needed.”

According to the findings of the National Milk and Quality Survey, 2018, traces of contaminants such as Aflatoxin M1 have been found not just in raw milk supplied by unorganised players but also in processed milk supplied by organised players; feed and fodder are the cuiprit. The food safety authority had said that the presence of Aflatoxin M1 residues beyond permissible limits in processed milk is a serious concern.

In its action plan for safe and quality milk and milk products, the FSSAI believes that “regulatory values or recommendations through legislation can limit animal exposure through feed ingestion against the presence of residues of mycotoxins in animal-derived products.”

The regulator has also said that it will be putting in systemic efforts to improve animal husbandry practices to address safety and quality concerns over milk.

The FSSAI, in collaboration with the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries along with the National Dairy Development Board, will work towards enhancing awareness on improved animal husbandry and farm practices among small dairy farmers.

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Transforming aquaculture industry in Bangladesh Shahidur Rashid, Xiaobo Zhang, Sulin Chowdhury International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), South Asia Though fish has long been the largest source of protein in Bangladeshi diets, for decades persistent high prices made it difficult for most to acquire. In the early 1990s, per capita, annual fish consumption was a low 10 kilograms.

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In 2005, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) suggested that even reaching a per capita annual consumption of 18kg would be a remarkable improvement.

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Within five years, the national survey estimated the annual per capita consumption of fish in Bangladesh at 23kg. Exponential growth in Bangladesh's aquaculture industry saw a two-fold increase in fish consumption.

In addition to improving technology and infrastructure, we found factors such as intensification and specialization in fish production, and the clustering of various players was critical to the transformation of the aquaculture industry.

Bangladesh has seen significant growth

across the entire fish value chain: The number of hatcheries, feed mills, feed dealers, and fish traders more than doubled during 2004-2014.

A fish value chain survey found that farmers have made greater use of hatchery seed, fish feed, chemical applications, and quasi-fixed capital.

Clustering has been a key dynamic in the industry's growth. The numbers of fish traders and farmers has increased in concert with their growing physical proximity.

Fish traders and feed dealers are increasingly acting as middlemen, with the traders connecting buyers to sellers, while the dealers bring feed to the production zones.

This combination of proximity and diversity means easier access to markets, which in turn brings more modern inputs to the farmers and less difficulty in marketing and communication.

Contrary to the findings of earlier studies, growth in aquaculture has had a large positive welfare effect across all income levels in the country. Fish supply is outpacing demand. Along with lower transaction costs, lowered prices for all consumers are leading to greater fish consumption.

The analysis also showed that consumption increased across gender, regional, and income spectrums, with poorer households having gained the most from the

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30 years, the full potential of aquaculture has yet to be realized in Bangladesh. The nation's aquaculture productivity is only 4.26 metric tons per hectare.

If even half the pond area currently used were converted to intensive farming systems (which have yields of over 100 metric tons per hectare), production would increase more than 12-fold.

For aquaculture in Bangladesh to reach its full potential, including tapping the export potential of surplus fish, its remaining production constraints must be addressed.

It may present a unique challenge since most seafood export is controlled by corporate entities, while fish farming is composed of multiple smallholdings.

Addressing these challenges would require a redesign of fish export industry institutions and regulations.

In addition, the institutional capacity of the aquaculture market needs updating: A National Fisheries Policy was adopted only in 1988. While it contained many points relevant to fish farming, it had no separate section regarding aquaculture.

change. The growth in fish production has also significantly contributed to poverty reduction nationally.

Bangladesh has two great endowments -- water and labour. Just as the availability of cheap labour fueled the expansion of the garments sector, the nation's waters are now fuelling a boom in fish production.

A push in the right direction can move the industry into its next, still more promising, stage of growth.

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Deteriorating effect of fall armyworm attack on kharif maize - ICAR

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Fall armyworm has infested 700,000 ha under maize crop in 2019-20 (Jul-Jun) kharif season, 40% more than the affected area of around 500,000 ha last year, an official with Indian Council of Agricultural Research said. "Attack of fall armyworm is deterring farmers to grow maize this rabi. Around 9-10% of total area under rabi crop was found infested with the pest," the official said.

Of 8.1 mln ha, kharif maize crop standing across 700,000 ha area has been damaged.

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Attack by the pests was reported in 14 states in kharif with major damage in Karnataka and Maharashtra. Infestation of fall armyworm kharif maize crop was reported across 263,000 ha in Karnataka and 232,000 ha in Maharashtra, the official said.

Farmers in the country have sown rabi maize across 788,300 ha as of Dec 5, down 10% on year, according to farm ministry data. The acreage is down mostly in south India as farmers in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu have moved to other

crops fearing infestation of fall armyworm in maize crop.

Currently, maize farmers are seen shifting to wheat and it is evident in higher area under the latter, he said.

Farmers across the country had planted wheat across 20.3 mln ha as of Thursday, up more than 4% on year, according to the farm ministry data. The fall in acreage in both kharif and rabi crops would hit overall production and also fuel prices of the coarse cereal, the official said.

Maize crop in 2019-20 kharif was pegged at 19.9 mln tn, up from 19.0 mln tn a year ago, according to the first advance estimate by the farm ministry.

The ministry may lower the projection in the second advance estimate, he said. The pest, responsible for widespread food shortages in sub-Saharan Africa last year, was identified by scientists in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur district in July. In Chikkaballapur, pest infestation was found on 70% of the maize crop, before it quickly spread to other areas.

The pest can hide within growing leaves, making early detection difficult. It is also resistant to many insecticides and has very few natural predators, making infestation tough to control. Originally found in North and South America, fall armyworm made its way to Nigeria in 2016.

Within two years, it had spread to 44 countries in Africa, damaging up to 40 mln tn of maize.

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Government owned feed producer expands into layer feed

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Kerala Feeds Ltd, the governmentowned livestock feed producer, is set to market its nutrient-rich, layer feed for chicken.

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The affordable layer feed made of wholesome ingredients is meant for country breeds of chicken, and not for broiler chicken bred and raised specifically for meat.

The feed being launched as part of a product diversification by KFL will hit the market by mid-December. It will address the long-felt need for chicken feed for country breeds that are crucial to stepping up domestic egg production.

The product from KFL, which processes and markets high quality feed for cattle and other livestock breeds at affordable

prices, will be a boon for households that rear indigenous breeds of chicken in the open.

“The launch of the product meets our firm commitment to back the State government's policy of supporting over a million dairy farmers and household chicken raisers in Kerala,” KFL Chairman KS Indusekharan Nair said.

B Sreekumar, MD, KFL, said, “We will be marketing the best quality poultry feed at an affordable price. Like our other products, we are confident of maintaining high quality for this one as well.”

A range of KFL products are available across the State, despite a shortage of high-priced raw materials. Almost 99 per cent of the raw material needed for feed production is sourced from other States, he added.

The steep rise in demand for raw material for fodder in North India has also posed some problems for KFL, Sreekumar said, adding that the company's new plant at Thodupuzha would be commissioned shortly.

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Metabolism of AflatoxinB1 – a natural contaminant in Poultry Dr. Meesam Raza, Poultry Consultant

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AFB1 is the most potent of the naturally occurring mycotoxins.

It is a secondary metabolite of the Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus fungi, and it is found in grains and other foods and feeds as a natural contaminant. It is an extremely toxic and a powerful carcinogen and, therefore, represents a serious risk to health in Poultry. In addition, AFB1 causes various health effects in chickens in a doseresponse pattern. AFB1 is metabolized by hepatic microsomal cytochrome P450s (P450) to the reactive, electrophilic exo-AFB1-8,9-

epoxide (AFBO) which binds to DNA and other critical cellular macromolecules. The AFBO is highly unstable, and reacts with the DNA to form N7 guanine adducts by intercalation of AFBO between base pairs.

Role of cytochrome P450s Cytochrome P450s are mixed function oxidases that catalyze the biotransformation of a wide variety of xenobiotics. They are a superfamily of hemoproteins that aid in the oxidation of various substrates such as steroids, eicosanoids, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, pollutants, and carcinogens. Cytochrome P450s plays an important role in the formation of carcinogenic and mutagenic electrophilic intermediates from naturallyoccurring dietary compounds, AFB1 is not toxic, but requires metabolic conversion to the reactive and electrophilic exo-AFBO by P450s to exert its toxicity.

This electrophilic metabolite reacts with cellular nucleophiles and can induce mutations by alkylating DNA, principally at the N7 position of guanine forming

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the 8,9-dihydro- 8-(N7-guanyl)-9hydroxy-AFB1. In addition, AFBO can bind to proteins and other critical cellular nucleophiles.

AFB1 metabolism in poultry:

Poultry liver P450s are especially efficient toward AFB1 bioactivation.

When comparing livers obtained from 9, 45, and 61 day-old turkeys, microsomes from younger were more active toward AFB1 bioactivation than that from older birds and that's why young ones are more prone to the toxicity.

Hepatic mixed-function oxydase system biotransforms AFB1 and generates an aflatoxin metabolite or reactive epoxide. This intermediate molecule is inactivated by conjugation with reduced glutathione (ĂŁ-glutamil-cysteinyl-glycine, GSH).

This reaction is catalyzed by glutathione-S-transferase (GST) to form a molecule that is eliminated as mercapturic acid-AFB1 (8,9-dihidro8-9-(S-cysteinyl-(N-acetyl))-9hydroxy aflatoxin B1) or Nacetylcysteine (NAC) bound to AFB1.

When birds eat AFB1, it is absorbed by the intestine and distributed by the bloodstream throughout the body; approximately 90% AFB1 is removed through bile and renal secretion. In laying hens and broiler chickens, aflatoxin clearance times are 24 h for muscle and 8 d for eggs.

For these reasons, intensive research has been pursued to develop costeffective and safe procedures and agents that reduce the deleterious effects of AFB1.

dose can prevent the harmful effects of aflatoxins already present in the circulation or in feed, of these compounds, methione, cystine, NAC, Selenium, Vitamin E have been already used with great efficacy while some more effective compounds can be used.

Aflatoxin B1 is the most common aflatoxin affecting poultry industry worldwide, toxin binders have been used to bind the toxin in feed but once the toxin is inside the gut or in the circulation these toxin binders donot work, recent advances in research on aflatoxins focuses on the methods to eliminate the toxin by either binding with it or not letting the procarcinogen(AFB1) moiety to change in to active moiety that is exo-AFB1-8,9-epoxide (AFBO). And there are such compounds available which when given in the appropriate

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Alltech to set up the third Analytics lab outside the US Lab

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Alltech, a global leader in animal nutrition, will establish an Analytical Services Laboratory in India, Mark Lyons, president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) said.

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It will be the third lab outside the US for the Kentucky-headquartered company and will be located in Pune, where Alltech opened its organic trace mineral manufacturing plant, with a production capacity of 25,000 tonnes per annum in October 2018.

The Analytical Services Lab will be the most advanced facility and have a significant role in overall testing and quality aspects, Mark Lyons told BusinessLine in Hyderabad, where he was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Poultry Association.

Alltech India started operations in 2001 in Bengaluru and serves poultry, dairy and aqua feed mills and farmers to improve their efficiency and profitability. “India operations will be grown rapidly in the coming years with possible diversification into aquaculture, brewing and other related needs of the growing dairy and poultry farmers and sustainability�, Mark said.

Alltech, with revenues of over $3 billion is diversified into crop science, beverages and sustainability issues too. The company wants to expand its presence in South Asia. It has significant presence in America's and Europe with nearly 20 acquisitions done in the last 5-6 years, Mark said.

At present, Alltech has Labs in US, China and the third set up for Europe in Ireland last year. The focus is on helping farmers and producers in the identification and management of the risks associated with mycotoxins, which are a major threat in farm produce.

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JANUARY 2020

MARCH 2020

WMFmeetsASIA (The World Mycotoxin Forum) Date: 13-15 January 2020 Venue: Hotel Nikko, Bangkok Email: WMFmeetsAsia@btcgroup.nl Web: www.wmfmeetsasia.org

International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) Date: 28-30 January 2020 Venue: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia USA Email: info@ippexpo.org Web: www.ippexpo.org

FEBRUARY 2020 Kolkata International Poultry Fair Date: 12-14 February 2020 Venue: Eco Park, Kolkata Email: wbpoultryfederation@yahoo.in

VIV MEA 2020 Date: 9-11 March 2020 Venue: Abu-Dhabi National Exhibition Center Adnec Email: viv.mea@vnuexhibitions.com Web: www.vivmea.nl

ILDEX Vietnam Date: 18-20 March 2020 Venue: SECC, HCM, Vietnam Email: manuel.madani@vnuexhibitions.com Web: www.ildex-vietnam.com

VICTAM Asia and VIV Health & Nutrition Asia Date: 24-26 March 2020 Venue: Bangkok International trade and Exhibition Center (BITEC), Bangkok, Thailand Email: panadda@vnuexhibitionsap.com Web: www.victamasia.com

MAY 2020

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VIV Meat & Poultry Russia Date: 9-11 March 2020 Venue: Crocus Expo International Exhibition Center, Moscow, Russia Email: info@meatindustry.ru Web: www.meatindustry.ru

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