WATT PoultryUSA - April 2010

»SUSTAINABILITY for cost, it is estimated that solar power will be able to match peak-hour pricing of coal and natural gas by 2020 without subsidies. It won’t be long before the South cools itself in the afternoon with the blistering heat of sun falling on 21st century broiler houses.

2. Produce hot air, hot water and
biodiesel

Before solar cells become feasible, broiler house roofs are likely to be used to produce heat for brooding. Gas use in poultry houses will be reduced in the next 20 years as engineers ;gure out how to transfer solar heat from the roof to the ;oor.

Poultry processing plants use considerable amounts of energy for heating water, cooling water and running electric motors. The roofs of processing plants are likely to also become the site of hot water production and eventually solar electric generation.

Another resource is poultry fat to produce biodiesel. Although this process is getting started in ;ts and starts, it appears to be likely to have a long-term success.

FEED FORMULATION CONSTRAINTS

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LYSINE USE

MIN

THREONINE USE

Relax your constraints and stop squeezing profitability. Allow your formulation software to minimize diet costs through the optimal use of L-Lysine and L-Threonine.

To learn more about the effective utilization of Ajinomoto amino acids in your feed, contact us for assistance on setting up your formulations, and for additional data on their economic advantages.

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3. Continue to improve feed
conversion and yield

The chicken industry is the most sustainable meat industry thanks in part to an amazing improvement in genetics ( combined with good farm management) over the last 80 years. The modern bird is a productive wonder and productivity continues to improve. In 1925 it took 112 days to get a 2 pound chicken with a feed conversion of 4. 7 to 1. By 2045 it will take 40 days to get a 7 pound chicken with a feed conversion of 1. 5 to 1. Similar improvements have taken place in turkey production.

4. Produce more poultry in
grain-surplus countries

Producing more poultry in grain surplus countries improves sustainability. Countries short of water “import” water by importing chicken meat from countries with surplus grain. Looking at the countries that export the most corn and wheat combined per capita provides a good list of the 14 most favored countries around the world for chicken production thanks to grain surpluses.

5. Produce more poultry

Finally, since poultry is the most sustainable meat, the more poultry produced, the more sustainable the consumption of meat becomes. When poultry substitutes for other meats, less grain and water are needed and total sustainability is improved. Eat more poultry, save the planet! ■