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Formulation & Nutrition

Business is a team process, but it rarely happens

Marketing is often an alien entity in many large firms that rarely connects with the sales and technical departments. At least, this is my observation in the animal nutrition and health industries.

September 21, 2016

Poultry

7 tips to replace wheat for corn in broiler formulas

All indications point to a bumper cereal crop this year. As it happens, in all cases of such abundance, ample quantities of soft and hard wheat will overflow to the animal feed industry.

September 21, 2016

Animal Nutrition Views

Misinformation is the enemy of animal feed additives

Once upon a time, antibiotics reigned. They were inexpensive and efficient. Everybody used them, and animals thrived.

September 13, 2016

Poultry

Why sugar beet pulp is an undervalued livestock feed

Sugar beet pulp is an agro-industrial by-product very well-known in Europe. However, this ingredient, with its many variations, has not received the attention it deserves and remains largely a well-kept secret for many successful formulas.

September 12, 2016

Animal Nutrition Views

Thinking ahead: The future of animal feed additives

If we were to stop for a minute and think about the future — when it comes to animal feed additives, that is — we can discern four possible scenarios.

September 7, 2016

Poultry

How processing, variety affect rapeseed nutrient content

Recent studies show the rapeseed variety and processing methods have a significant effect on nutrient content.

September 7, 2016

Poultry

Animal feed formulation principles: A crash course

I recall a time when feed formulation, for me, was a world full of wonderment and perplexity. I was an undergraduate in animal science, and I was hopelessly trying to find books about how to formulate programs.

September 6, 2016

Animal Nutrition Views

Could vitamin-enriched eggs enhance our health, profits?

Why not capitalize on something that is immensely easier and takes no great expense to do? How about vitamin-rich eggs?

August 30, 2016

Poultry

US program creates animal feed ingredient database

The National Animal Nutrition Program (NANP) has created an online animal feed ingredient database that brings together information from various resources in one place to be used by researchers, educators, policymakers, animal feed manufacturers and others.

August 29, 2016

Poultry

12 animal feed strategies to combat high cereal prices

High prices for common cereals have come and gone since ancient times. The only assurance we have is that these cycles will continue, and what better times to consider measures against them now that prices appear to be normal.

August 29, 2016

Feed Additives

Are probiotics as safe and effective as we think?

Authors of a new report published by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warn that animal feed manufacturers and farmers should be aware that probiotic animal feed additives may not be quite as safe and/or effective as some people believe.

August 23, 2016

Feed Production by Region

Lecithin products safe as animal feed additives

Lecithins are safe and effective as additives to human food and animal feeds, according to a new review by the European Food Safety Authority.

August 23, 2016