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Weekly Overview: More Sustainable Feeds - Back to the Future?

2014-10-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - With soybean stocks in the US reported in the last week to be much lower than analysts expected and global demand still rising, it comes as no surprise that scientists are again exploring other protein sources for pig feeds. One of these is bacteria grown on methane - a reminder to some of us with long memories of the days when we were promised a plentiful supply of cheap protein by oil companies in the 1970s.

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