O&T Farms offers superior feed ingredients through our innovative dry extrusion technology and research and development program.
(O&T Farms booth at the International Farmers Summit, Phillipines)
Feb 2020
As a global leader in land-based Omega-3 livestock ingredients, O&T Farms participated in the International Farmers Summit Feb.12-14, 2020 in Pasay City, Philippines. The International Farmers Summit, the largest agrifood exhibition and forum in Asia, gathered farmers, breeders, food processors, and suppliers from across the world. Our associates from The Camden Trading Group and BMC presented the linPRO branded products at The Farmers Summit.
This year, O&T Farms brought linPRO-24, the custom formulated Omega-3 animal feed ingredient developed especially for layers and poultry, to the exhibition. LinPRO-24, made from a blend of full-fat flaxseed, pulses, and canola under O&T Farms’ patented dry-extrusion process, is highly digestible and palatable. The significant level of Omega-3 contained in linPRO-24 supports livestock health and the enrichment of functional food products (eggs and chicken).
Knowing Asia has the largest population of the world’s continents, accounting for 20% of total global food and agriculture exports and 31% of total food and agriculture imports, O&T Farms has actively attended the Asian agriculture and food exhibitions, including the International Farmers Summit, VIV China, and VIV Asia, and we stay connected with local businesses in the region. The company commits to providing the nutritionally better Omega-3 solution across the world.
(O&T Farms team at 2020 IPPE)
Jan 2020
O&T Farms continously attended IPPE (International Production & Processing Expo) Jan 28-30, in Atlanta, GA, USA. IPPE is the world’s largest annual poultry, meat, and feed industry event. This year, IPPE attracted more than 32,000 attendees and 1,376 exhibitors from all over the world.
As a proven leader in poultry nutrition, O&T Farms brought Developmental Programming research results to IPPE. The epigenetic research, partenered with University of Guelph research team since 2017, has domonstrated the maternal feeding of linPRO, a land-based and dry-extruded Omega-3 animal feed ingredient, can significantly lead the skeletal development in pullets and improve progeny breast meat yield.
Apart from R&D, O&T Farms has been also dedicated to working collaboratively with feed and food companies in more than twenty countries to improve animal nutrition, human health, and operation efficiency. Our mission is to be the preferred provider of nutritionally better land-based Omega-3 animal feed ingredient across the world.
2019 ABEX (Achieve Business Excellence) Awards Ceremony happened on October 19, 2019 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. O&T Farms was honored with the ABEX (Achieve Business Excellence) Hall of Fame award for its outstanding contributions to the economic development of Saskatchewan.
Tim Wiens, the president of O&T Farms, said this award means so much to the entire company because it is the recognition of O&T Farms’ hard work and the vision of becoming the leading nutritionally better Omega-3 solution provider across the world.
The Saskatchewan Business Hall of Fame was established in 1990 to recognize businesses that have demonstrated excellence over an extended period of time, contributing to the province. O&T Farms based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada has gone from the one of the largest egg producers in Canada to the global leader of land-based Omega-3 livestock ingredeints. The company manufactures highly digestible and stable Omega-3 feed ingredients under the name LinPRO, blending flaxseed, canola, and pulses in a patented dry-extrusion process.
LinPRO is both non-GMO and can be organic certified, and is the leading specialty feed ingredient for nutritionally better Omega-3 functional food in the world. With the capacity to annually ship upwards of 110,000 tonnes of their patented, trademarked, and value-added feed ingredient, linPRO to international customers and partners, O&T Farms is selling Saskatchewan worldwide.
The transition period represents the most critical stage of a dairy cow’s production cycle. The cow undergoes extreme metabolic and physiological changes which increase the risk of production and reproductive failure later-on. There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that increasing availability of dietary omega-3 fatty acids can have a profound impact on mammalian immune and reproductive systems; therefore, omega-3 fatty acids may play an essential role in ensuring long-term productive success within the dairy industry.
Reproductive failure is a predominant reason for culling on North American dairy farms representing nearly 30% of herd culls1 . This represents a significant economic loss within the industry and influences herd sustainability, especially in incidence where reproductive failure occurs during a cow’s first lactation. Omega-3 fatty acids have been suggested to improve reproductive processes in dairy cattle and offer a potential dietary solution to the problem. The commercial feed ingredient known as linPRO-R is rich in these fatty acids and, therefore, may support a well-rounded reproductive management program on-farm.
Researchers at Penn State University -led by Dr. Troy Ott- are conducting a large-scale commercial research project to evaluate the effects of feeding linPRO-R to transition dairy cattle on subsequent reproductive performance. Preliminary results from this research were presented in at the 2019 annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association2. The data showed that, even in a high-performing herd, feeding linPRO-R three weeks prior to calving improved 1st service conception rates of primiparous cows by more than 10% when compared to a control group.
“Seeing such a reproductive response in a herd that already had exceptional conception rates was unexpected”, says Ott. “It would be interesting to see what level of response might be attained in a herd experiencing poor or average reproductive success.”
In addition to reproductive failure, chronic inflammation after calving represents another significant source of economic loss on-farm, due to increased risk of involuntary culling and associated reductions in milk production. In particular, mastitis represents the costliest inflammatory disease within the dairy industry, today. Dietary omega-3 fatty acids have been identified as regulating inflammatory immune responses in mammals3; therefore, it was hypothesized that feeding linPRO-R may induce an anti-inflammatory in dairy cattle when fed to transition dairy cattle.
Earlier work conducted presented by Penn State researchers at the 2017 American Dairy Science Association Meetings reported a reduction in inflammatory markers when dairy cattle were fed linPRO-R post-partum4. Currently, Dr. Ott is examining the effects of feeding linPRO-R on the immune function in transition dairy cows raised in a commercial settings.
“Our ongoing research is trying to determine if feeding a diet containing omega-3 fatty acids promotes changes in immune function that are beneficial to cow health and whether this contributes to improve reproductive performance and milk production”, says Ott.
The benefits of improving dietary availability of omega-3 fatty acids for dairy cattle continue to unfold through high-caliber research initiatives such as those being conducted by Penn State University. The data generated on linPRO-R- especially data from commercial trials- continue to help producers and their nutritionists formulate practical feeding strategies that will support long-term production and economic success on-farm.
Janna Moats, MSc, PAg
Technical Services Manager
O&T Farms brought linPRO, its dry-extruded plant-based Omega-3 animal feed ingredients to the 2019 Saskatchewan Asia Trade Conference on July 11th, 2019 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
This year’s conference focused on the trade opportunities between Asia and Canada, as well as giving updates on Canadian agricultural commodities. The conference also offered a unique opportunity for Saskatchewan exporters to connect with trading partners and potential buyers from Asia.
O&T Farms, as a platinum member of Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership (Step), connected with 89 approved buyer representatives from Vietnam, China, Japan, and Philippines during the Business to Business (B2B) matching meetings. In March this year, O&T Farms also participated in VIV Asia in Bangkok, Thailand and connected with hundreds of Asian agricultural businesses. With an understanding of international trade, O&T Farms spread the Omega-3 news to the Asian market.
