Turkey starter feed cost per tonne (turkey)
Least-cost cost of a turkey starter (turkey) 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 0–4. The highest protein specification in the book.
Nutrient targets (as fed): ME poultry ≥ 2.85 Mcal/kg, Crude protein ≥ 28 %, Lysine ≥ 1.75 %, Methionine + cystine ≥ 1.1 %, Threonine ≥ 1.05 %, Calcium 1.2–1.4 %, Phosphorus (available) 0.6–0.72 %, Sodium 0.15–0.22 %, Crude fiber ≤ 4 %.
Ingredients allowed: Corn grain 0–70%, Soybean meal 48% 0–55%, Wheat 0–30%, Corn DDGS 0–8%, Meat & bone meal 0–5%, Soybean oil 0–7%, Limestone 0–4%, Dicalcium phosphate 0–4%, 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%, Fish meal 62% 0–5%, Poultry by-product meal 0–6%.