»WATT NUTRITION AND FEEDING SURVEY
ability” and “Access to world markets/
exchange rate ;uctuations.”
Challenges of lesser importance
The three challenges ranked as less
important by all world regions were
“Elimination of antibiotics for feeds due
to regulation or consumer pressure,”
“Environmental concerns and/or sustain-
Use of enzymes increasing
“In the next three years, my company’s use of enzyme will”
Stay the same as in the past
three years 32.6%
Decrease from the past three
years 5.2%
Increase from the past three
years 62.2%
Composition of rations
Worldwide, the upward trend in the use
of alternative feed ingredients, including
DDGS and enzymes, continues, according
to survey responses.
While 42.5% of respondents said “none
is used now or in the past three years,” 38.6%
indicated their use alternative ingredients had
increased. Twenty-four percent said usage
had “increased somewhat over the past three
years” and 18.2% said usage had “increased
signi;cantly over the past three years.” Also,
18.8% said usage stayed the same over the
Two-thirds of respondents (62.2%)
say that enzyme usage will increase
over the next three years.
WATT poultry nutrition
survey participants
Formulate for least cost per ton of finished feed 45.3% Formulate for least cost per live pound of poultry 37.6% Formulate for least cost per eady-to-check pound of poultry 7.6% Formulate for least cost per pound of further-processed poultry 3.5% Other objective (please specify) 5.9%
Feed formulation objectives
What is your feed formulation objective?
The main objective of formulation continues to
be the least cost per ton of finished feed.
Feed production volume
“In 2011, my company’s feed production volume will”
Stay the same as in 2010 31.3%
Decrease from 2010 17.3%
Increase from 2010 51.4%
Feed production volume is predicted
to increase from 2010 figures by
more than half of respondents.
