The type of food products that are developed and manufactured for the consumption of poultry, swine, ruminants, and aquatic animals among others are called as animal feed. This feed is generally produced through blending products with high nutritional content such as hay, sprouted grains, silage, straw, oils, and legumes.
A careful selection and blending of ingredients is done to produce modern feeds that present highly nutritional diets. Such feed or diet plays role in maintaining the health of the animals as well as enhance the quality of end products such as milk, meat, or eggs.
Well, feeding more animals for the mounting demands of global meat, milk and egg while saving the planet‘s resources and environment is becoming challenging for the feed industry and for farmers.
Importance of animal feed:
In no doubt, proper nutrition in livestock (poultry, ruminants, aqua, swine, etc.) production is very important as food is vital in determining livestock’s overall health and yield performance. The success of any farm, be it dairy, poultry, or fish, highly depends on how you feed, handle, and care for your animals.
Moreover, animals are greatly sensitive to what they consume and how they consume. So, it is always essential to provide livestock animals with every bit of fundamental nutrient that to in the right quantity.
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- Animal feed overcomes malnutrition, deficiencies, and diseases:
There are several nutrition-related illnesses that have an effect on livestock animals. Most of these infections are caused due to malnutrition or due to deficiency of minerals and vitamins. So, enriching livestock feeds with high-value supplements such as B12 supplements and salt-based additives including various micro and macro minerals is very important.
- The perfect feed advances breeding:
The pattern of feeding, the nutritional value of feeds as well as the quality and quantity of rations greatly affect an animal’s reproductive health and helps improve breeding.
- Boost yields:
Appropriate nutrition encourages good health in farm animals resulting in superior productivity. If the cattle and poultry are healthy and well-fed then it will produce more milk, meat, and eggs. A rich diet not only perks up yields but also enhances the quality of livestock production.
Thus, feed is the most important element of animal production irrespective of species and production system wholly on economic point of view. Animal feed accounts for up to 70% of the total cost of animal farming. So, the feed should be available in a sustained manner, with a desired type and quantity as it decidedly influences the livestock production system.
Types of animal feed:
Animal feeds are mainly classified into two types as follows:
- Concentrates: These are high in energy value, including fat, cereal grains and their by-products such as barley, oats, corn, rye, wheat, and high-protein oil meals or cakes such as soybean, cottonseed, canola, peanut, and by-products from processing of sugar beets, sugarcane, animals, and fish.
- Roughages: It includes pasture grasses, silage, hays, root crops, straw, and stover (cornstalks).
Besides, depending on their nutritional significance, animal feed is divided as acidifiers, probiotics, antioxidants, enzyme, amino acids, antibiotics, vitamins, minerals, etc. which can be present into pellets, crumbles, and mash form.
The role of specific supplements in animal feed:
Vitamins
- Improved resistance of animals to infectious diseases
- Low sensitivity to stress
- Promotion of cows’ reproductive activity
- Prevention of pathological changes in the skin and mucous membranes, poor feed utilization, diarrhea, and hormonal or nervous disorders
- Better membrane protection that benefits udder health and thus improves milk cell count
- Promotion of growth and development of animals
- Stimulation of the formation of essential bodily substances
Phosphorous
- Increases production
- Improves growth
- Enhances fertility
- Improves skeletal development
Market analysis of global animal feed market:
Data Bridge Market Research examines that the global animal feed market is growing at a CAGR of 3.4% in the forecast period of 2021 to 2028.
The demand for animal-based products is increasing day by day among humans and that acts as a market driver for the animal feed market. The rising focus on animal health and increasing momentum of proponents of natural growth will also drive animal feed market growth. Cattle farming industry is also on the rise that is likely to result in better animal feed demand. Consumers are getting more aware of the benefits associated with the use of feed additives as it diminishes disease and this supports the need of the animal feed market.
Besides, the increasing popularity of meat and meat related products, high investments in research and development (R&D) for advancing food fortification processes and increase in the health problems in animals will create new opportunities for animal feed market.
However, the instability in the high price of raw materials as well as the labelling of fat and oil products may obstruct the animal feed market. The safety issues may also hinder the growth of the animal feed market during the forecast period of 2021 to 2028. In addition, the high capital investments in extraction will challenge the market growth.
Another challenge could be the production in sustainable or eco-friendly way as it plays an increasingly important role for consumers. A digital solution can be developed to minimize the environmental impact of animal protein with an emphasis on animal feed production.
Conclusion:
Quality and quantity of animal food is vital in determining livestock’s overall health and yield performance. Hence, there will be growth in the global animal feed market.
