Pullet starter feed cost per tonne (pullet)
Least-cost cost of a pullet starter (pullet) 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. Weeks 0–6. Frame and appetite; calcium stays low on purpose.
Nutrient targets (as fed): ME poultry ≥ 2.9 Mcal/kg, Crude protein ≥ 20 %, Lysine ≥ 1.1 %, Methionine + cystine ≥ 0.83 %, Threonine ≥ 0.72 %, Calcium 0.95–1.1 %, Phosphorus (available) 0.42–0.5 %, Sodium 0.16–0.23 %, Crude fiber ≤ 4.5 %.
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 0–3%, 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%.