http://www.allaboutfeed.net/New-Proteins/Articles/2017/3/AgriProtein-to-build-20-fly-farms-in-US-and-Canada-112738E/ AgriProtein has set up camp in North America with the aim of building 20 fly farms in the US and Canada in pursuit of its global targets of 100 fly farms by 2024 and 200 by 2027. The world's biggest fly-farmer and first commercial-scale insect meal producer, AgriProtein is...
Using wild insects to feed Kenyan poultry and fish
http://www.allaboutfeed.net/New-Proteins/Articles/2017/3/Using-wild-insects-to-feed-Kenyan-poultry-and-fish-112811E/ A new study looked at possibilities to attract the Black Soldier Fly to the Bondo area of Western Kenya, and to develop appropriate methods for larvae farming for utilisation as poultry feed and fish feed in smallholder farming systems in Kenya. Small scale poultry and fish farmers in Africa...
First insect farm in Saudi Arabia
http://www.allaboutfeed.net/New-Proteins/Articles/2017/3/First-insect-farm-in-Saudi-Arabia-109654E/ Insect producer AgriProtein has signed a deal with Saudi technology hub Sajt to build a commercial-scale production of insect-based animal feed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Sajt will use AgriProtein’s factory blueprint to build the first of three fly farms in Saudi Arabia, boosting food security and supporting...
Canadian approval for insects in salmon feed
http://www.allaboutfeed.net/New-Proteins/Articles/2017/2/Canadian-approval-for-insects-in-salmon-feed-99434E/ Enterra Feed Corporation has received approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to sell its Whole Dried Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a feed ingredient for salmonids, including farmed salmon, trout and arctic char. With this approval, the company is now the first to market and sell this...
Bühler and Protix to boost industrial insect production
16 january 2017 Source: De Molenaar Bühler and Protix have founded the joint venture Bühler Insect Technology Solutions. This joint venture will develop scalable, industrial solutions for the rearing, and processing of insects to provide protein primarily for animal feed and food. China Bühler Insect Technology Solutions is located in...
Insect meal allowance expected in 2020
http://www.allaboutfeed.net/New-Proteins/Articles/2016/12/Insect-meal-allowance-expected-in-2020-68992E/ Insect meal is expected to be allowed in livestock feed by 2020. This is the prediction of Dutch bank ABN Amro in its recent publication about the opportunities and limitations of insects for food, feed and pet food. The report (in Dutch) gives a clear outline of the current...
Insect Breeding Innovator Ynsect Raises $15.2m to Help Build a Sustainable Global Food System
Source: http://www.ynsect.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Ynsectrelease_Fundraising-142ME.pdf Latest round brings total raised to $37m. News comes as EU authorizes use of insect proteins in fish feed. Ynsect uses robotics and A.I.-enhanced vertical farming tech. Insect protein essential to feed growing global population. Paris and London, 15th December 2016 – Ynsect – the global leader in...
Intrexon, Darling Ingredients to form joint venture
Intrexon will acquire the business of EnviroFlight, 29 February 2016. Source: WATTAgNet.com. Intrexon Corp., a leader in synthetic biology, has agreed to acquire the business of EnviroFlight L.L.C. and form a joint venture with Darling Ingredients Inc., the world’s largest publicly traded developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from...