Breeder production feed cost per tonne (breeder)
Least-cost cost of a breeder production (breeder) template formula, re-solved weekly at Feedsoft benchmark prices by market: history, what drove the change, the current mix and the ingredients close to entering it. In lay. Calcium up for shells, energy held down to control body weight.
Nutrient targets (as fed): ME poultry ≥ 2.8 Mcal/kg, Crude protein ≥ 15.5 %, Lysine ≥ 0.72 %, Methionine + cystine ≥ 0.62 %, Threonine ≥ 0.55 %, Calcium 2.9–3.3 %, Phosphorus (available) 0.38–0.45 %, Sodium 0.16–0.22 %, Crude fiber ≤ 6 %.
Ingredients allowed: Corn grain 0–70%, Soybean meal 48% 0–45%, Wheat 0–30%, Corn DDGS 0–8%, Meat & bone meal 0–5%, Soybean oil 0–6%, Limestone 0–10%, Dicalcium phosphate 0–3%, Salt 0.3–0.45%, DL-Methionine 0–0.6%, L-Lysine HCl 0–0.6%, L-Threonine 0–0.3%, Vitamin premix 0.1%, Trace mineral premix 0.1%, Sunflower meal 0–8%.