Poultry International - June 2017 - 9
PoultryInternational ❙ 9 Greatest challenge to your company's 2017 feed formulation program and/or feed costs Source: WATT Global Media Antibiotic restrictions Slow-growing broilers 27% Cage-free production 42% 22% Other 8% NUTRITION & FEED SURVEY AT A GLANCE The editors of WATT PoultryUSA, Industria Avicola, Poultry International and Feed International surveyed 364 people producing and using poultry feed worldwide. The survey sought to define the feeding and external trends shaping these businesses during the past 12 months. The survey was conducted in English and Spanish. Participants included: Nutritionists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 percent ■ Consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 percent ■ Veterinarians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 percent ■ General administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 percent ■ Poultry farm owner/grower . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 percent ■ Marketing and sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 percent ■ Live production management . . . . . . . . . . . 8 percent ■ Feed mill/plant operations . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 percent ■ Quality control, purchasing agent, processing management/other . . . . . . . . . 7 percent ■ Most survey respondents cited increasing restrictions on antibiotic use as being the greatest challenge to their feeding programs. ability. Fifty-eight percent identified tight or deteriorating margins as their next major concern. High energy costs related to feed transport and feed mill operations (57 percent) and the cost of feed additives (56 percent) were also noted as major concerns. Antibiotic-free production surges A sizable group of respondents feel the elimination of antibiotics due to regulation or consumer pressure (84 percent) will pose varying degrees of difficulty in 2017. Thirty-five percent of respondents are concerned about how - and if - they will be able to overcome the production losses after removing antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs). Responses from: ■ Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 percent ■ United States/Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 percent ■ Asia/Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 percent ■ Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 percent ■ Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 percent ■ Middle East. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 percent Sectors: Feed manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 percent ■ Consultant/veterinarian/nutritionist . . . . . . 17 percent ■ Broiler production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 percent ■ Manufacturing/distributing feed additives . 10 percent ■ Egg production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 percent ■ Breeder farm/hatchery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 percent ■ Premix manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 percent ■ Turkey/duck production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 percent ■ ❯❯ The importance of implementing a mycotoxin control program: www.WATTAgNet.com/articles/11823 Regarding rising costs, 42 percent of respondents feel antibiotic-free production will be the single greatest challenge to their feeding program. Slow-growing broilers (27 percent) and cage-free egg production (22 percent) also will cause problems, note survey participants. June 2017 ❙ www.WATTAgNet.com ■ ■ Poultry processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 percent Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 percent