ISSUE FOCUS 20 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE September 2022 ible raw materials and feed additives, creating feed solutions that promote optimized bioavailability and use potential of nutrients by the animals, including enzymes, organic trace minerals, amino acids and more. We enhance feed attractability and employ state-of-the-art technologies to manufacture feed optimized for the precise needs of each species, life stage and season, ensuring nutritional requirements are met from hatchery to harvest. Furthermore, functional feeds that contain specialty additives such as probiotics can affect fish and shrimp physiology, so they are better able to overcome health challenges. As another example, our Pichia guilliermondii (PG) inactivated yeast product has been shown to alleviate disease stress through a modulating effect on gut microbiota and immune functions4. Functional feeds deliver better nutrition, which means healthier fish and shrimp and a healthier production environment. Is it possible to be competitive at the same time while revising nutrition and production for efficiencies? What is the way to both successfully produce and be commercially competitive? In order to ensure animals are growing in the best ways, favorable conditions are needed. Stressed animals can become sick animals. So to avoid losses and improve growth rates, aqua species should be grown in optimal conditions. As such, nutrition that is calibrated to the animal’s precise needs means more efficient production with fewer inputs. Moreover, fish meal and animal protein prices are continually rising, and the high levels needed for aquaculture feeds are unsustainable over the long term. Substituting them with other raw materials and alternative protein sources such as insect or plant-based proteins can directly impact cost efficacy of the farm. Although sustainable aquaculture production requires several measures to make a lasting impact, nutritional solutions can support farmers in developing more sustainable ways to provide high-quality food for the world. What nutritional solutions does ADM offer for the aquaculture industry? What is the impact of these solutions on aquaculture farms? ADM solutions are designed to make aquaculture more effective across species and regions. We are achieving this goal by developing precise feed formulations that support fish and shrimp growth within the complex reality of global aquaculture operations. The primary focus of our innovative solutions is the understanding that growing healthy animals requires the best conditions at early life stages. The nutritional effect in early life will very much determine future growth process and performance. ADM has a high-quality portfolio of hatchery and nursery feeds to improve animal performance throughout the life cycle. On top of that, ADM’s feed additives and functional feeds support the diverse conditions of aquaculture farms in specific regions. Our solutions are designed to answer requirements in different contexts to give farmers the optionality to adapt feeds based on seasonality, vaccinations, health challenges and more. For example, our Life Defense feed line features functional ingredients with synergic effects to support fish and shrimp faced with production challenges. We also offer high-quality yeasts as sources of palatable crude protein. PROPLEX® (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) supplies highly digestible amino acids with an excellent amino acid profile. AquaTrax (Pichia guilliermondii) has a unique morphology and structure to deliver enhanced physiological support for greater productivity. Additionally, our B-Traxim 2C range of organic trace minerals has a patented crystalline and polymer structure in micro-sized particles, which is a more digestible source of trace minerals than those in inorganic form. Our global network of research and development experts continuously pursues new, innovative solutions to support a more efficient, sustainable aquaculture industry. 1United Nations 2ht tps : / /www.news c i ent i s t . com/ar t i c l e /2290082global-demand-for-fish-expected-to-almost-doubleby-2050/ 3World Health Organization (WHO) 4ADM Pancosma internal research
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