Phosphates – it’s all in the chemistry

At Tessenderlo’s phosphate plant in Ham, in northern Belgium, phosphate rock is turned into a very pure dihydrated crystalline dicalcium phosphate. This isn’t the only method the group uses to make feed phosphates. Intimate knowledge of all available phosphates, claim the company’s experts, is the secret to good phosphorus nutrition for all species of livestock. Animal nutrition does not work in a vacuum. Everything that goes into successful feeding, be it formulation, the qu