Livestock production

As you know, feed is the main cost for livestock production. As the pressure on selling prices continues, so does the pressure on production costs. At the same time, health and quality standards are high. Balancing diet specifications for all species may be quite challenging... 

How can you easily reach better performance and more profit at a lower cost? How to increase feed efficiency without adding complexity? We asked nutritionist Mauro di Benedetto.

When we meet Mauro di Benedetto, nutritionist at Kemin, he has just returned from South Africa where he visited breeding farms that are increasing their performance with new feeding programmes. 

According to him, improving feed digestibility is key to optimize feed conversion and efficiency. Why? Underlying are three tendencies that have a great impact on the industry, according to him: 

“First of all, improving feed digestibility reduces the nutrients available for harmful gut microbiota growth. In this context you also need to see the reduction of the use of antibiotics in animal production. Secondly, we can increase the amount of agricultural by-products in the feed, e.g. more corn by-products and less wheat, to bypass the ‘consumption competition’ among humans and animals. There’s also a link with the concept of circular economy. Finally, but not less important, we also have seen a dramatic increase in performance based on genetics. All of this requires an optimization of feed digestion as a support.”

A very flexible tool 

LYSOFORTE EXTEND - one nutritional tool for all production stages and conditions - is also flexible and convenient in other ways. Logistically, it’s easy to store and to apply. There’s a dry version and a liquid version. The standard dose is 250 to 500 g per ton of feed for the dry version, and 175 to 350 g per ton for the liquid.

The many benefits offered by LYSOFORTE EXTEND - and the main reasons why it is used to increase both performance and profitability in the livestock industry - can be summarized in three key benefits.   

di Benedetto: “As a feed additive, LYSOFORTE EXTEND is a very flexible tool:

• To make your process more profitable, either by improving animal performance or reformulating the feed at lower cost.
• To enhance the digestion and gastro-intestinal absorption of all nutrients. By doing so, it helps to preserve the good status of intestinal microbiome. The use of antibiotics can be further reduced. 
• To improve the nutrient absorption and decrease the consumption of resources and harmful emissions from animal production, which alleviates the carbon footprint.”  

Doesn’t LYSOFORTE EXTEND add cost? 

Cutting costs by adding a feed additive: how is that possible? 

“Mainly in two different ways. On top: you can start adding it to the existing feed and count on a great Return on Investment. On top addition improves the performance of your diets. As a commercial feed mill, this increases your competitiveness in the feed market. As an integrated company, this boosts the quality and performance of your animals. 

Or you can go for a re-formulation: with LYSOFORTE EXTEND, you can switch to less expensive feed counting on, at least, same performances. That means: immediate profitability.”

In other words: LYSOFORTE EXTEND means more profit, even with the added cost of the additive. 

Do you want to know more about LYSOFORTE EXTEND? 

Have a look at our website and don’t hesitate to contact our technical experts with your questions!