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by Inge Heinzl, <\/strong>Editor,\u00a0 Marisabel Caballero, <\/strong>Global Technical Manager Poultry, and <\/span>Ajay Bhoyar, <\/strong>Global Technical Manager Poultry, EW Nutrition<\/span><\/p>\n

In the last few months, the prices for feed grains and oilseeds such as soybeans have been climbing to multi-year heights. In part, this can be explained by high corn purchases by China and increasing export duties in Russia. The most significant cause, however, are weather events in producing countries: Just in the last year, droughts in the USA, Canada, and France raised the price of wheat by 40 %, the worst La Ni\u00f1a<\/em> climate event in 91 years and the drought in China\u2019s biggest corn-growing area made corn about 100\u00a0% more expensive, and soybeans carry a 40 % higher price tag because of dry conditions in Argentina.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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These events are a stark reminder that for global agriculture climate change impacts are already a reality. High feed costs are an enormous challenge for the whole agricultural sector and sustainable strategies need to be adopted to enable a more efficient use of resources, both in the short and long term. This article explores possibilities to cope with the current situation. Through understanding the positions of farmers, integrators and feed millers and using targeted feed additive solutions, we can achieve a responsible use of resources that makes animal production more resilient to feed price increases.<\/p>\n

Feed cost issues? Always start with this<\/h1>\n

The first question producers need to ask themselves is always if there is any step in the production process that could be done more effectively. Similar to biosecurity programs<\/a><\/span>, the basic steps seem self-evident, but to consistently implement them in the complex on-farm reality requires regular checks.<\/p>\n

Feeding as \u201cexactly\u201d as possible<\/h2>\n

In case of high prices, the feed raw materials should be used as responsibly as possible:<\/p>\n