Nutritional Advice
For advice on animal feed mixes for feeding Poultry, Pigs and other species I have many years of experience. I maintain my knowledge by subscribing to journals and agricultural magazines. Attendance at Seminars Conferences and Symposiums play an important roll in obtaining the latest available research results. Complete details are provided to clients wishing to update their feed mixes including the latest technical information available.
Feed Costing's
Once the diet specification is decided the client is required to provide his latest ingredient costs or future estimates of cost and any other ingredient he may wish to examine for possible use within the formulation. These ingredients, for examination, are labeled with a higher cost than their market value to ensure that they don’t enter the formulation. In return the computer program calculates an opportunity cost at the margin of inclusion with no cost benefit to the formulation and indicates its inclusion level at this opportunity cost. Advice is then provided if the ingredient is worth considering and can be obtained at a lower price than the opportunity cost indicated. There are constraints within the formulation applied to both ingredients and nutrients based on current knowledge. These constraints come at a cost. The computer program calculates the cost savings which can be made if minor relaxations are applied to the specification originally required.
Also included are various enzymes in proportions that improve the efficiency of production and reduce feed costs. A fee for this advice is based on each formulation provided and includes follow up discussions.
Newsletters
A regular newsletter is circulated to all my clients that utilize my nutritional services as part of my ongoing service to them. View the example newsletter here.