Researchers from Kentucky State University and the Aquaculture Research Centre look at the use of soybean and yeast meal as an alternative feed for tilapia.
US corn production is still expected to be a record this year but the current forecast is for historically tight global coarse grain stocks, according to the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.
Interest in the production of Australian red claw has increased over the past few years and the species is commercially cultured in several countries including China, Mexico and Australia. Researchers from Kentucky State University, Aquaculture Research Centre…
Even though lupin seeds are rich in proteins, their use in fish feed has been limited partly because of the bitter taste and lack of knowledge about how high levels of lupin the fish tolerates.
Tight markets and record prices are set to continue in 2011/12, according to Thomas Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.
Deshelled krill meal in salmon feed gave a better growth rate and digestibility of nutrients in salmon compared to whole krill. Deshelling also result in lower content of fluoride and will thereby make krill more suitable in salmon feed.
High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new, less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farming conditions. New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past…
The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight, according to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.
Fishmeal and fish oil have traditionally been the main ingredients in feed for farmed salmon. Today, less is used of these ingredients. To find out how much fish oil and fishmeal goes into the production of farmed fish, Fish In Fish Out (FIFO) is calculated, w…
Commercial Malaysian aquaculture began in the 1980s. In the last five years the aquaculture sector has recorded an annual growth rate of about 10 per cent.
