NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE February 2023 71 REGULATION The trend to reduce medication in feed, and in particular anti-biotics will continue. Europe banned the pharmacological use of Zinc Oxide mid-2022 and we will see farmers finetuning their diet composition in 2023. “These regulatory trends create opportunities for suppliers of natural solutions like Hamlet Protein,” indicated Visser. CONSUMER BEHAVIOR Cost of living pressure will have consumers rethink their diets and may impact the type and amount of animal protein they consume. Typically, that will favor poultry and pork consumption over beef. As inflation has accelerated the cost of alternative protein sources and plant-based meat substitutes, we expect the demand for these products to be down in 2023. GEOGRAPHIES & SPECIES OUTLOOK “Animal protein production trends vary across geographies. In general terms we expect a downward trend in Europe and improved market conditions in South East Asia. On a species level we expect growth in poultry and aquaculture, a slight decline in beef and a somewhat stronger decline in pork.” “The reduction in pork will be mainly driven by Europe where the decline in pig numbers will continue. On the other hand, we expect China pork demand to increase as Covid restrictions will further ease, generating opportunities for exporting countries,” said Erik Visser. Read more>> Farmers Business Network (FBN), the global AgTech platform and farmer-to-farmer network announced FBN Livestock has partnered with Boveta Nutrition to deliver a proprietary feeding system for beef cattle that improves feed efficiency and carcass yield while reducing methane gas emissions and wet waste. “With our optimized feeding algorithms, producers get more planned beef production from less feed, meaning a reduction in costs and an increase in profit potential,” said Rod Jones, co-founder and chairman of Boveta Nutrition. “In addition, beef cattle that follow the Boveta diet see a reduction in methane gas production.” Boveta Nutrition’s optimized feed formulation ensures nutrients are being delivered more precisely so cattle consume less feed yet maintain, or even increase, their gain or milk production. Ben Row, farm manager at Talcott Land and Cattle outside of Lincoln, Nebraska, participated in an FBN-managed independent study of the Amino balancing program. “Our cost of gain is around $0.71 now. We were at about $1.20 before so that’s a big drop. Plus, the health of the cattle and their overall performance has gone up greatly,” said Row. “Everything is growing better because it’s the right nutrition to grow them the right way.” “Amino acid balancing has been a standard nutritional practice in the swine and poultry industries to drive margin and animal growth but we haven't been able to solve the riddle with beef cattle until now,” said Dr. Monty Kerley, FBN’s Senior Ruminant Nutritionist. “After decades, we finally believe we’re able to deliver this solution to beef producers and its unique potential to decrease feed costs while maintaining optimal growth.” Read more>> FBN and Boveta partnership improves feed efficiency and carcass yield, reduces methane
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