Processed Hatchery By-product as an Ingredient in Poultry Rations

Glycerol as a Feed Ingredient in Dairy Rations

The term ‘bio-diesel’ is used to describe the methyl or sometimes ethyl esters produced from oilseed crops. Every 10 gallons of biodiesel produced generates about 7.6 lb of crude glycerol. According to the National Biodiesel Board, the production of biodiesel in the U.S. over the next decade is expected to grow (http:// www.biodiesel.org/). Current annual production is 395 million gallons and p...

Dehydrated poultry waste and urea as feed supplements in layer rations

Economic evaluation of hatchery solid litter processing as poultry feedstuff supplement in Iran

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the profitability of hatchery litter recycling into poultry feedstuff supplement. The data were collected in 2011 in 4 provinces, by direct interviewing of all hatcheries which used the hatchery litter drying machine. Net Present Value (NPV), Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR), and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) methods were applied for this analysis. In the studi...

Soybean as a Feed Ingredient for Livestock and Poultry

The need to meet animal protein demand of ever growing world population, currently at approximately 6.8 billion (US Census Bureau, 2010), is set to increase at an even greater rate as the economies of developing countries improve and their growing affluent populace alter their dietary habits. This means production of soybean, which is used extensively as animal feed, must increase beyond curren...

Variation in Nutrient Utilization by Poultry and Ingredient Composition

Introduction This fact sheet has been developed to support the implementation of the Natural Resources Conservation Service Feed Management 592 Practice Standard. The Feed Management 592 Practice Standard was adopted by NRCS in 2003 as another tool to assist with addressing resource concerns on livestock and poultry operations. Feed management can assist with reducing the import of nutrients to...