Tag aquafeeds

• Feed Sustainability

  August 20, 2018

  Rising use of automatic feeders in shrimp ponds poses new feed requirements

  The increasing use of automatic feeding systems in shrimp ponds has brought attention to the need to improve the physical quality of aquafeeds, because their properties largely affect the performance of these feeders. 

• Investment

  February 12, 2018

  Aquaculture is winning, Rabobank analyst explains

  Aquaculture is the “winning protein,” according to a new Rabobank report that its author, Gorjan Nikolik, said is intended to draw the bank’s agro-industry clients to opportunities in the fish farming business. 

• Feed Sustainability

  February 5, 2018

  Feed Innovation Network: A streamlined aquafeed ingredient evaluation tool

  To position aquaculture for future growth, it needs tools to evaluate a growing spectrum of alternative ingredients and formulated diets designed to optimize fish health and efficient production. 

• Feed Sustainability

  January 29, 2018

  Inside the Cargill Aqua Nutrition aquafeed plant in Scotland

  Formed in 2015, following Cargill’s acquisition of salmon feed specialist EWOS to complement its own warm-water aquaculture feed business, Cargill Aqua Nutrition produces feed for salmon, tilapia and shrimp in 20 countries around the world. 

• Leadership & Innovation

  December 4, 2017

  Aquaculture data-collection app provides cloud coverage

  Aquanetix, launched by two fish biologists, employs cloud technology for electronic data collection, enabling farmers to monitor infrastructure, minimize feed losses and make informed operational business decisions based on real-time reports about their stocks. 

• Feed Sustainability

  October 16, 2017

  Performance of aquafeed ingredients in extrusion cooking

  Aquafeed formulas should perform under an optimal set of processing parameters to achieve desired attributes, maximizing nutritional value and extruder output. 

• Feed Sustainability

  October 4, 2017

  Aquaculture feed producer Evergreen wins F3 Challenge

  The inaugural F3 Challenge sought to drive innovation in the aquafeed sector and reduce aquaculture's reliance on marine ingredients like fishmeal and fish oil. 

• Leadership & Innovation

  September 11, 2017

  Aquafeed ingredient AlgaPrime wins GAA Innovation Award

  A proliferation of alternative feed ingredients has allowed aquaculture to extend the natural resources it depends on. AlgaPrime, packed with the long-chain omega-3 fatty acid DHA, is being recognized as a game-changing innovation for aquaculture feeds. 

• Feed Sustainability

  September 4, 2017

  F3 takes on a new challenge – fish oil alternatives

  Building off the success and excitement of the fish-free aquaculture feed cash-prize contest that concludes this fall, the F3 Challenge has set its sights on a new target: fish oil alternatives. 

• Feed Sustainability

  May 15, 2017

  Is TerraVia Silicon Valley’s answer to sustainable seafood?

  Like so many innovative solutions achieved in digital technology, a potential fix to aquaculture’s existential issue – the sustainability of feeds – was born in Silicon Valley. In a garage, no less.