NEWS 14 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE March 2025 The Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) initiated a research project to analyse the potential impacts that vitamin and amino acid supply chain disruptions could have on livestock health and food security. This project aims to identify the critical supply thresholds and inclusion rates at which animal health and livestock production would be adversely affected from shortages of key diet nutrients. The research will be completed by Decision Innovation Solutions (DIS), working in collaboration with Lobo Consulting Solutions. “The last few years, feed and ingredient manufacturers have faced a volatile supply chain, amid geopolitical tensions, labor disputes and more. To proactively plan for the future, IFEEDER’s new research project will work to understand where the U.S. industry is vulnerable so that they can look for solutions now before livestock and poultry production or U.S. food security is adversely affected,” said Lara Moody, IFEEDER Executive Director. The study will employ advanced modelling techniques to simulate varying levels of ingredient availability, assessing the downstream effects on livestock and poultry production. Areas of focus include analysing vitamin and amino acid deficiencies' impact on growth rates, feed utilization efficiency, protein output and overall productivity. The research will also consider health indicators such as mortality rates, reproductive success and changes in lean meat yield. Read more>> IFEEDER researches impacts of vitamin and amino acid supply issues The Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI) certified and listed Selko® IntelliBond® Z, C and M within its new, branded feed ingredients database. The listing follows GFLI’s comprehensive internal review of IntelliBond’s technical dossier, including a recently completed LCA defining the carbon footprint for each of its trace mineral products. For feed formulators and nutritionists, the listing of Selko® IntelliBond® Z, C and M in the GFLI database offers assurance that the total carbon values per ton of product listed for IntelliBond Z, C and M have been independently verified to comply with all industry accepted sustainability standards. External verification of a product’s sustainability status is especially important when it comes to ensuring that the product is in full compliance with all environmental statutes. Only then can industry professionals have confidence that the ingredients they select for their formulation have the required positive environmental impact. The verification process utilized by GFLI is designed to ensure that ingredients listed within its proprietary, global database have undergone a rigorous review by industry professionals to ensure that published values are compliant with all environmental statutes. A key part of the GFLI certification process involved a comprehensive review of the Selko IntelliBond LCA for individual IntelliBond products (Z, C and M). The LCA development process involved an extensive review of all raw ingredients, energy consumption, water utilization and recovery, and logistics to arrive at a total amount of CO2eq produced per ton of finished product. Read more>> Selko IntelliBond added to GFLI feed ingredients database
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