Know your fibres to maximise benefits

The addition of fibre in animal diets is important for a range of functions including gut health. More cost-effective and accurate total dietary fibre analysis is now possible due to the emergence of NIR technology. This will help to formulate better diets, with a focus on the right type of feed ingredients and fibre. Feed and other input costs, such as transport and energy, are expected to stay high for animal production for the foreseeable future and that’s without considering the availab