Optimising nutrient density in a volatile market

The profitability of broiler production, expressed in its simplest form, is the value of the end product minus the input costs to produce that product. Of the input costs, feed is the major component. The ultimate challenge is to reduce input cost to a minimum, without compromising biological performance and profitability. A modelling approach can help to better calculate optimum diets. By Dick Ziggers Breeding companies use very sophisticated programs to select the best bird for future perfor