|
17.5% | |
| Coarse meal for poultry and pellets for pigs. |
|
44.3% | |
| Coarse meal for layers, pellets for broilers, soup for pigs. |
|
38.1% | |
| Always pellets, because this form provides more options to calculate a ration. |
From: 20 NOV 2007
To: 27 NOV 2007
|
50.0% | |
| This will only become worse in the future and will justify the use of production enhancers (BST, PST) in animals. |
|
27.6% | |
| It is a temporary problem; new harvests will bring new (lower) prices. |
|
22.4% | |
| It won’t be a problem, since shortages are not the cause of higher food prices, sentiments and speculators are. |
From: 13 NOV 2007
To: 20 NOV 2007
|
27.1% | |
| News |
|
45.8% | |
| Technical articles |
|
8.3% | |
| Blogs/personal opinions |
|
2.1% | |
| Dossiers about certain (hot) topics |
|
16.7% | |
| Everything |
From: 06 NOV 2007
To: 13 NOV 2007
|
79.0% | |
| Every day, I can't do my job properly without internet or internet based applications |
|
18.5% | |
| At least once a week. I only need to read the main news stories |
|
2.4% | |
| I never use internet for work, I only read magazines and newspapers to retrieve information and to stay updated |
From: 30 OCT 2007
To: 06 NOV 2007
|
20.4% | |
| We are already at a very good level. By decreasing the FCR even more, pig health and welfare may be compromised |
|
38.9% | |
| By using more balanced diets, we can certainly decrease the feed conversion rate by at least 10% |
|
40.7% | |
| It is difficult to predict, but we can certainly make the pigs even more efficient in the future! |
From: 23 OCT 2007
To: 30 OCT 2007
|
35.4% | |
| The US is slowly following what is already policy in Europe. |
|
33.3% | |
| Total volume increased, so there is no sign of reducing the use of antibiotics. |
|
31.2% | |
| Increase of antibiotic use follows the increase in meat production. |
From: 16 OCT 2007
To: 23 OCT 2007
|
18.6% | |
| That is logical, these processing plants smell. |
|
32.6% | |
| If renderers increase capacity they should also invest in improving the process, thus reducing the smell. |
|
48.8% | |
| People do not realise that rendering is a valuable business and recycles a lot of protein. |
From: 09 OCT 2007
To: 16 OCT 2007
|
26.2% | |
| Subsidies are necessary to get this industry off the ground and make us less dependent on mineral oil. |
|
16.7% | |
| These high food costs are only temporarily, the market will stabilise when new harvests replenish stocks. |
|
57.1% | |
| It is better to subsidise non-food sources (e.g. sugarcane) to make biofuels. |
From: 02 OCT 2007
To: 09 OCT 2007
|
7.1% | |
| I disagree, accidents happen and it is often the fault of the employees themselves |
|
44.6% | |
| I agree, working with chemicals, dust and machinery needs stricter safety rules for employees than are currently applied |
|
48.2% | |
| I don’t know, it depends on the company. Some companies have excellent safety facilities and some don’t |
From: 18 SEP 2007
To: 02 OCT 2007
|
50.0% | |
| I agree, when the grain prices stabilise in the future, the food prices will remain high |
|
11.3% | |
| I disagree, the food price increase is needed to survive and consumers have to pay for that |
|
38.7% | |
| It is all right for them to do so, as long as price increases and decreases are passed through the food chain accordingly. |
From: 11 SEP 2007
To: 18 SEP 2007
