Webinar on demand: Volatility – Challenges in animal feeding

The period that we are currently going through is particularly challenging because of the high prices of raw materials but also their availability. The use of less common raw materials, available and potentially less expensive, can be an alternative to traditional protein and energy sources. However, challenges are as numerous as the variety of raw materials that are available in the market. Adisseo proposed a 3-step vision on the topic.

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The line-up of speakers were:

1. Pierre-Andre Geraert, director Innovation Marketing at Adisseo, gave us an insightful introduction with a quick overview of global animal feed market – trade from West to East, he also mentioned that soybean meal and its importance, with 3 countries contributing to 80% of the worldwide production – United States, Brazil and Argentina. He also touched on the effects of the war, sunflower and rapeseed being drastically affected by the Russia/ Ukraine war and said the impact of the war will definitely affect the availability of cereals. Furthermore, in his introduction he also talked about feed variability – anticipating, monitoring and controlling this aspect.

2. Dr Bing Guo, technical manager for Asia Pacific at Adisseo, dived into ‘The nutritionist view.’

• Trend on using alternative ingredients
• Characteristic of common alternative ingredients
• Approach to optimise the use of alternative ingredients

3. El Medhi Elouhali, the Global Solution Application Manager at Adisseo, presented on ‘The plant manager view’.

• Constraints of economic and trading feedstuffs
• Logistics difficulties
• Storage and handling constraints
• Different production process challenges
• Assessment of the profitability of the alternative feed material

4. Dr John Dunne, technical sales manager for the United Kingdom, Ireland and Scandinavia at Adisseo, discussed ‘The animal production view’.

• Nutrition can only begin when feed is eaten
• Storage impact on feed quality
• Mycotoxin management perspectives when using alternative ingredients

On demand: Watch the webinar on Volatility – Challenges in animal feeding here