WATT PoultryUSA - June 2011

»WATT NUTRITION AND FEEDING SURVEY
or contains no hormones, no antibiotics/
drugs, no animal by-products, among
other claims. However, almost no one ties
this to quality, such as HACCP or ISO, or
the use of other enriching nutrients, such
as omega 3.

Investment outlook for 2011

50 40 30 20 10

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Replacement/upgrading of feed milling facilities/

equipment

Expansion of feed milling facilities/equipment

Replacement/upgrading of poultry/egg production facilities/equipment

Sustainability

More than half of respondents (52.4%) say their company has a written sustainability strategy, which includes nutrition and/or feeding.

Expansion of poultry/

egg production facilities/equipment

Companies are planning investments in equipment and facilities, particularly replacement and upgrades to feed milling equipment.

Production and
investment

More than half of respondents (51.4%) predict worldwide feed production volume to increase from 2010 ;gures, while a third ( 31.3%) thinks volume will stay the same. Only 17.3% believes it will decrease. Pretty much the same ;gures were obtained for the poultry/egg production volume, with 50%, 35.9% and

14.1%, respectively. However, in terms of poultry production, the U.S. is less optimistic, with 30.8% forecasting an increase in volume in 2011, compared to 57.4% in the rest of the world.

To support these increases, companies are planning corresponding investments in feed equipment and facilities, particularly replacement and upgrades to feed milling equipment. The same is also observed for poultry production facilities and equipment. In the U.S., three-quarters of the respondents believe investments will be in replacement/ upgrading feed milling facilities and equipment, compared to 41.7% in the rest of the world. ■

Benjamin Ruiz, Mark Clements and Gary Thornton are the editors of Industria Avicola, Poultry International and WATT PoultryUSA, respectively. Data compilation and statistical analysis by Research Director Joyce Neth and Research Associate Julia Caruso.