ADM Launches New Specialty Feed Additive Anco® AC for Canadian Producers

Dec 05, 2017

ADM Animal Nutrition™, a division of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), announced today that it will be introducing Anco® AC, a new specialty feed additive for Canadian swine, poultry and dairy producers.

Developed in partnership with Austria-based Anco Animal Nutrition Competence GmbH, Anco AC is an anti-caking agent and yeast primary used in all phases of production across multiple species. It is designed to allow animals to deal more efficiently with nutritional stressors in their feed.

“The pressure for efficient animal production continues to motivate our team to find the best nutritional solutions for our customers,” said Maurice Champagne, regional business manager for ADM Animal Nutrition in Canada. “Anco AC is one such solution, providing a cost-effective way for producers to enhance the overall well-being of their animals and maintain consistent and profitable production.”

ADM, which has an equity investment in Anco Animal Nutrition Competence GmbH, provides customers with access to a variety of Anco specialty feed products, including Anco AC. Currently, ADM offers Anco products to customers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with more geographies to be introduced in the near future.

Source : ADM Animal Nutrition

Video: WARNING! Rough Start To Breeding Season!!

WARNING! Sheep Breeding Season Begins With A Bang! Breeding season is officially underway at Ewetopia Farms, but it didn’t exactly start the way we planned!

This vlog begins with us sorting through our rams to find the perfect match for a customer’s breeding program. What should have been routine quickly turned dangerous when one of our more nervous rams panicked. In seconds, Arnie’s knee was injured, and then I was slammed hard onto the concrete floor — both of us taken down by one ram!

Thankfully, it was just bruises, but it’s a reminder of how unpredictable and powerful mature rams can be. Once we recovered, it was time to get back to the real work — the start of breeding season.

We sorted the ewes into four breeding groups (two Suffolk and two Dorset), checking parentage as they ran through the chute, deworming those that needed it, and setting aside thinner ewes for session two of breeding season in a month’s time.This staggered approach keeps lambing organized and prevents overcrowding in the barns.

From rogue rams to the excitement of new breeding groups, this episode is full of action. Stay tuned for the next vlog, where we’ll share how we chose the rams for each group!