Tilapia grow-out feed cost per tonne (tilapia)
Least-cost cost of a tilapia grow-out (tilapia) 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. Floating pellet, 32% protein. Plant-heavy, as tilapia diets are.
Nutrient targets (as fed): DE fish ≥ 3 Mcal/kg, Crude protein ≥ 32 %, Lysine ≥ 1.55 %, Methionine + cystine ≥ 1 %, Threonine ≥ 1.1 %, Arginine ≥ 1.3 %, Calcium 0.6–1.4 %, Phosphorus (available) ≥ 0.45 %, Crude fiber ≤ 6 %, Ether extract (fat) 4–9 %.
Ingredients allowed: Soybean meal 48% 10–45%, Corn grain 0–25%, Wheat 0–20%, Wheat middlings 0–15%, Rice bran (full fat) 0–15%, Cottonseed meal 41% 0–10%, Corn gluten meal 60% 0–10%, Soy protein concentrate 0–10%, Fish meal 62% 0–12%, Poultry by-product meal 0–10%, Soybean oil 0–4%, Fish oil 0–2%, Dicalcium phosphate 0–2.5%, Limestone 0–1%, Salt 0.1–0.3%, DL-Methionine 0–0.4%, L-Lysine HCl 0–0.4%, Vitamin premix 0.2%, Trace mineral premix 0.2%.