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Week 44 · 22–28 Oct 2026 · Food & nutritionFood & nutrition, this week
What the farming and nutrition podcasts we follow said this week about food & nutrition: 1 story leans strongly to it, led by “Grape pomace silage boosts feed quality”. What was said, why it matters, and where to listen.
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Grape pomace silage boosts feed quality
This experimental study, published in Antioxidants (2026), compared two ruminant silages made from wheat straw, cheese-whey and molasses mixed with either grape pomace or olive mill wastewater. The grape pomace silage came out ahead over 150 days of ensiling, showing higher crude protein, a more favourable fatty-acid profile, more bioactive phenolics and better pH stability.
Why it matters. For livestock farmers, it points to a practical way to turn a grape-processing by-product into a better-quality, functional feed ingredient, though this is a single experimental trial and would need validation in real farm feeding systems before drawing firm conclusions about animal or consumer health outcomes.
Read: Antioxidants (MDPI)
Also in this edition
- Winter feeding and silage management
- Energy costs and food inflation
- Pest management and climate
- Rural economy outlook
- Sheep sector talent and productivity
- Women in male-dominated sectors
- Climate change and farm resilience
- Recruiting new talent in farming
- Youth entry into agriculture
- UK dairy exports to Mexico
Food & nutrition in earlier weeks
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