Balchem Animal Nutrition & Health‘s European seminar series, held in the United Kingdom and Italy, was attended by more than 300 participants from 19 countries. The sessions highlighted insights from leading experts and facilitated “Real Science Exchange” conversations, underlining the increasing role of precision amino acid nutrition in contemporary dairy production.
Balchem Animal Nutrition & Health successfully concluded its European seminar series in the United Kingdom and Italy in September 2025, welcoming more than 300 participants from 19 countries across Europe and the Middle East. The exclusive events featured top international speakers and lively peer-to-peer discussions under the “Real Science Exchange” concept, confirming the growing momentum behind precision amino acid nutrition in dairy systems.
Keynote presentations featured Dr. Mike Van Amburgh (Cornell University), who emphasized the pivotal role of amino acids in energy efficiency, milk fat yield, and energy-corrected milk (ECM), while stressing the importance of model-based ration formulation such as CNCPS.
Dr. Usman Arshad (ETH Zürich) presented a meta-analysis showing that lysine supplementation in early lactation increased milk yield by 1.5 kg/day, and that supplementation over >70 days raised milk fat yield by ~100 g/day.
Balchem experts Dr. Sion Richards and Dr. Stefano Vandoni shared field data using AminoShure™-XM (methionine) and AminoShure™-L (lysine), confirming consistent improvements in milk yield, efficiency, and ECM. They also emphasized the importance of balancing all essential amino acids—not only methionine—and presented bioavailability and stability results for Balchem’s rumen-protected amino acid solutions.
The seminars also included a preview of AminoShure™-XL, Balchem’s nextgeneration rumen-protected lysine, set to launch in Europe and the Middle East in early 2026. Balchem experts state that with more than a decade of research, and leveraging the company’s X encapsulation technology, AminoShure™-XL offers higher metabolizable lysine content, ensuring a consistent, reliable, and cost-effective source of lysine—helping reduce ration costs and variability while improving cow productivity.
Balchem has unveiled that it will release the recordings of the presentations and the Real Science Exchange Podcast on its website.
