63RD FEFAC PUBLIC GENERAL
ASSEMBLY On 20-21 June 2018, the 63rd
FEFAC
Public General Assembly took place in Lyon, France. During the symposium on the role of animal nutrition in animal health management, Wolfgang Trunk (DG SANTE) presented the legislator perspective aiming at providing an appropriate legal framework that stimulates the development of innovative feed solutions in support of the welfare of healthy animals. Professor Leo den Hartog (Nutreco) illustrated the progress of advanced animal nutrition science and its role in optimal health management. Paul Lopez, AVEC President, highlighted the European poultry sector’s investments in increased animal health and welfare focusing on the need for closer cooperation with the feed sector to create more synergies in achieving further improvement for biosecurity at farm level. Laurent Larivière, from the French Ministry of Agriculture & Food, highlighted the inclusion of animal nutrition in the newest version of the national AMR action plan in France (Ecoantibio2 2017-2021) as an important part of the implementation of the One-Health approach to strengthen resilience and biosecurity of livestock farms. FEFAC President Nick Major welcomed
the willingness of all partners ranging from regulators, policy makers, farmers, the poultry sector and producers of veterinary medicine & feed additives in a joint setting to discuss the potential of animal nutrition in the context of a holistic sector approach to improve animal health & welfare management at farm level. “Recognition of the animal nutritionists’ contribution to support the livestock farmer in developing integrated animal health & welfare management plans is a key tool”, he said. The reflection day on the future European
Protein Plan saw Jens Schaps, Director for Agricultural Markets & Observatories from the European Commission (DG AGRI), outline the objective of the future European Protein Plan to improve conditions for crop farmers to include protein crops in their crop rotations, while exploring their market potential for the feed and food sector. Jean-Michel Aspar, COCERAL, provided the trade perspective on the importance of keeping open EU market access to imported vegetable protein sources, while Javier Valle, Copa-Cogeca, pointed to the need for a plan that secures long-term support for plant protein production in terms of investment, innovation & research throughout the value chain. FEFAC President Nick Major: “It was
good to hear that the European Commission appreciates the contribution of the European compound feed industry in the ongoing market study and stakeholder consultation process on the EU protein plan. We will continue to highlight the animal nutrition demand for high quality and competitive EU vegetable protein sources in the months leading up to the publication of the final EU market report on the EU Protein Plan for November 2018
ABN UNVEILS EXCITING POULTRY
BUSINESS OFFERING Total Farm Performance, an innovative new offering for the UK poultry industry, has been launched to the market by the technical experts at ABN to unlock business potential across the supply chain. Developed as an independent service
to the company’s core pig and poultry feed business, Total Farm Performance has been designed to support the entire supply chain, from small independent broiler farms to large-scale integrators. It drives efficiencies by utilising cutting edge technology, farming expertise and advanced data analytics to increase visibility and insight of a business’ operations, improving bird performance and welfare, and ultimately driving financial results. Total Farm Performance consists of three
key service areas which can be deployed in conjunction with each other or separately to meet the exact requirement of each poultry business. These are: inFarm
• •
technical service that takes a practical whole farm approach to optimise bird performance and increase financial gain for producers; inFocus
– a secure data capture and •
insight service that uses the latest technology to put real-time data at a customer’s fingertips to guide daily decisions and actions; inDepth
– a specialist bespoke data
analysis service that helps to drive evidence-based decision making to improve efficiency and profitability across the supply chain.
The service has been developed by ABN
following the success of its initial on farm offering, incorporating additional services to help the poultry industry stay ahead of the game. Tom Glen, Commercial Lead for Total
Farm Performance, said: “We believe we are in a unique position to deliver this service because we have first-hand experience of working with farming systems across the supply chain. We understand the complex challenges facing the industry and over time, have created this unique offering to give unrivalled support to poultry producers and processors in meeting these challenges and providing real, measurable value. “The broiler industry is one of small margins where little adjustments and improvements in management can have big pay offs. By using data to focus and inform daily actions, poultry businesses can unlock untapped potential and will be better armed to meet a host of requirements, including performance, supply chain accountability, welfare requirements and industry legislative standards. “We have completed a successful trial of
the service, which resulted in a 9p margin over feed and chick improvement. If you were to scale that up to a larger broiler farm producing one million birds per year, the outcome could
equate to around £90k in extra margin. So, you can see the impact that our service could have on the industry.” The Total Farm Performance Team,
which is headed up by Lucy Tovey, includes Tom Glen, Kieron Daniels, Poultry Performance Specialist, and Shona Crawford- Smith, Commercial Analyst. The team works as a trusted partner and an extension of its customers’ businesses. Each partner receives a bespoke service which is tailored to their individual requirements. Matt Stephenson, an independent broiler
– a dedicated on-farm
chicken farmer, who was one of the first to trial Total Farm Performance, said: “I would recommend Total Farm Performance not just for new entrants into the market but for existing farmers too. It helps you benchmark your business and look more closely at the different aspects which you might not think are important, but which actually have a greater effect than you realise.”
GLOBAL WINNERS OF ALLTECH
YOUNG SCIENTIST PROGRAM Now in its 13th year, the Alltech Young Scientist program returned to reward university students for their innovative scientific research. The world’s largest agriscience program of its kind culminated at ONE18, where eight finalists, four graduate students and four undergraduate students, presented their research to a panel of international judges. The undergraduate winner of $5,000
and a fully funded Ph.D. program at the university of her choice is Leesa-Joy Flanagan, representing the University of Adelaide in Australia. Her work focused on the effects of different sources of undegradable dietary protein on lamb growth, daily weight gain and voluntary feed intake. The graduate winner of $10,000 and a
fully funded postdoctoral position is Saheed Salami, representing the University of Catania in Italy. His research investigated cardoon meal as a novel feed and its effect on lamb performance, rumen function and meat quality.
The newly added Impact Award
recognized a project with the potential to make a significant impact on agriculture. The winner of the $1,000 prize is Moisés Poli from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil. His research focused on Pacific white shrimp and Nile tilapia integration in a biofloc system under different fish stocking densities. “We reviewed projects representing
86 universities,” said Dr. Karl Dawson, vice president and chief scientific officer at Alltech. “These young scientists demonstrate that the future of scientific discovery is bright.”
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