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Ag Future focuses on the challenges and opportunities that exist within the agricultural sector. Join us as farmers, entrepreneurs and other agri-food industry leaders, both on and off the farm, discuss some of the most significant issues facing our planet and how they are working together for a better tomorrow.
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Thursday Feb 16, 2017
Thursday Feb 16, 2017
We talked to Becky Timmons, director of applications research at Alltech, about the importance of fish oil and the need to find substitutes. About a million tons of fish oil are produced each year. Most of it is used to make feed for fish farms but a growing segment is consumed as dietary supplements. Since there is a shortage of fish oil, producers are forced to use substitutes like soybean meal and soy oil. That means there is less DHA omega-3 in farm-raised fish.