Ioannis MavromichalisIoannis Mavromichalis, Ph.D., is an animal nutrition industry consultant. To contact Mavromichalis, email [email protected].From the Author - Page 36Animal Nutrition ViewsThe future of mega farms in modern societyIs there a future for mega farms in our modern society? This is a question that keeps puzzling many layers of our societies, especially those of the more developed world.Animal Nutrition ViewsThe real secret of feeding farm animals in summerWe have discussed numerous times how best to feed animals during summer heat waves. In reality, we have been discussing only two aspects this problem: reformulation and additives.Animal Nutrition ViewsWeather, ASF, trade will immediately affect global feed industryAbnormal weather events, the spread of African swine fever and trade tensions will have an effect on global cereals and soy prices.Animal NutritionModern dairy cows deserve modern vitamin nutritionModern dairy production practices require a more intense approach to daily nutrition for animals that are often kept indoors producing milk yields that can reach 50 liters per day.Business & MarketsMarketing nutrition through your own local officesSo, you want to find out what are the cons and pros of having your own people working out of your own facilities (usually an office and a warehouse, if even that at the beginning). Here is a brief list coming out of my own experiences with similar exercises – not all of them successful, even remotely.SwinePiglet welfare is compromised by feed regulationsLegislators have decided to ban feeding growth-promoting antibiotics to all pigs, and they are trying to reduce even therapeutic use in order to protect human health.Animal Nutrition ViewsESPN 2019: First impressions, part 2, the programThe style of 2017’s European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition (ESPN) was followed to the letter in 2019, to my disappointment.Animal Nutrition ViewsESPN 2019: First impressions, part 1, the venueIn 2017, when I participated at the European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition (ESPN) in Tarragona, Spain, I complained about several things, but this year, after having spent a great week at ESPN in Gdansk, Poland, I have nothing but praise to heap on the organizers.Animal Nutrition ViewsLet us ban everything that causes climate change, for a changeThat ruminants belch and produce methane that changes the climate on a global scale is a stretch for me, but if that holds true and we are in the path of curtailing beef production, may I suggest we ban tourism as well because such activity increases carbon dioxide production.Animal Nutrition ViewsIf everything is going to ‘taste like chicken,’ why pay more?Now that ASF is going to raise the price of pork meat, will consumers accept that or go for equally tasty chicken?Business & MarketsMarketing nutrition through local distributorsMarketing products through the right local distributor can be a short-term blessing and a long-term predicament.Animal Feed ManufacturingSimple concepts at the basis of pig feed formulationIt is not enough to have a feed formulation computer program and someone to operate it. It is not enough even to have the latest feed specification figures and the most updated ingredient nutrient matrix. All these are a prerequisite to having someone experienced enough to put everything together if a wholesome, healthy and profitable feed is to be mixed, manufactured, transported, stored and eventually fed to animals.Previous PagePage 36 of 77Next Page
