Poultry International

industry investment,
Figure 2: In the next three years,
my company’s use of enzymes will

Stay the same as in the past three years

32.6%

Decrease from the past three years

62.2%

Increase from the past three years

5.2%

Survey responses came from a cross section of positions in the industry, including:

✷ Consulting nutritionists...... 32.2%

✷ Administrators .................... 17.8%

✷ Consultants/R&D.................. 3.8%

✷ Poultry farm owners/ growers.................................... 2.1%

✷ Live production managers ... 9.2%

✷ Veterinarians.......................... 4.0%

✷ Feed mill operators, quality control, processing managers and purchasing agents.

WATT poultry nutrition
survey participants

Two-thirds of respondents (62.2%) say that enzyme usage will increase over the next three years.

Figure 3: What is your feed formulation objective?
3.5% 5.9%
7.6%
45.3%
37.6%

Formulate for least cost per ton of finished feed Formulate for least cost per live pound of poultry Formulate for least cost per ready-to-check pound of poultry Formulate for least cost per pound of further-processed poultry Other objective (please specify)

Participating sectors were:

✷ Feed manufacturers ............26%

✷ Consultants/veterinarians/ nutritionists.......................... 17.3%

✷ Broiler producers .................. 15%

✷ Egg producers....................... 2.1%

✷ Manufacturers/producers of feed additives........................ 8.1%

✷ Breeder farmers/hatchery..... 5.2%

✷ Poultry processors and feed/pre-mix manufacturers............ 4.0% each

✷ Turkey/duck producers, egg packers/processors, egg products manufacturers and poultry products marketers.

The main objective of formulation continues to be the least cost per ton of finished feed.

Major challenges in
nutrition and feeding

Economics and financial issues were identified as among the top five challenges. Once again, “cost of grains/volatility in grain prices” was ranked as the most important concern in all world regions, followed by “energy costs, including transportation and milling.” “Quality of grains,

including mycotoxins and other anti-nutritional factors” was rated third, followed by the “cost of micro-ingredients or feed additives” and “food/feed safety and/or supply chain risk” tied as the third most significant challenges. Respondents ranked “capital for expansion/ replacement of production facilities” as the fifth most important challenge facing their operations.