I have sat through meetings where feed conversion had deteriorated, and every department had a reasonable explanation. Nutrition pointed to ingredient variability. Procurement confirmed that all ingredients met purchasing specifications. The feed mill produced acceptable laboratory results, production blamed summer conditions, and processing reported greater weight variation. Everybody had data. Nobody owned the complete result.
This is a structural problem in many integrated poultry companies. The nutritionist is often measured against feed cost per ton. Procurement is rewarded for purchasing savings, the feed mill for throughput and manufacturing cost, live production for flock performance, and processing for yield and line efficiency. Each department can meet its own target while the company loses money overall.
