Schothorst Feed Research and BESTMIX make solid feedstuff evaluation easier
Feed mills in more than 25 countries are making use of the expertise of Schothorst Feed Research. Their feed production equals about 8% of the global production of animal feed. Schothorst Feed Research focusses on extending its Advanced Feed Package in Western Europe and South East Asia.
"A solid feedstuff evaluation is critical for any feed formulation department. That’s why we built the MySFR Connector in BESTMIX feed formulation software. The MySFR Connector allows an easy access to the Schothorst Advanced Feed Package, making sure your nutritional department always makes use of the latest SFR knowledge and expertise”, says Lynn Verstrepen, Head of Product Management at BESTMIX.
Optimal feed production starts with a solid nutritional evaluation system. Profits, production results and animal health strongly depend on the accuracy of the feedstuff evaluation system. The feed industry always tries to find a balance between the raw materials nutrient supply and the nutrient need of highly productive animals. This balance is constantly effected by developments in feed production and livestock farming, like feed technology, animal health, raw material quality and legislation.
The Advanced Feed Package of Schothorst Feed Research supplies all information that is needed for feed optimisation, like feedstuff tables, nutrient recommendations, consultancy, research and access to nutritional information on the website.
Introducing the MySFR connector in BESTMIX Feed Formulation
Jannes Doppenberg, pig nutritionist/consultant at Schothorst Feed Research: “MySFR enables nutritionists participating in the Advanced Feed Package to directly recalculate the nutritional value of a feedstuff based on actual chemical (NIR) analyses and to (re)formulate compound feeds. As Schothorst Feed Research continuously performs digestibility studies with the target livestock animals and develops new nutritional parameters, the underlying digestibility coefficients are updated regularly and nutritionists can directly implement the latest research results in their feed formulations and feeding programs. This leads to consistent and predictable performance in practice.”
SFR customers using BESTMIX feed optimisation software now have the possibility to incorporate the SFR webservice in their own equation sets. All they need is a working Equation Manager and a subscription to the MySFR extension. As the use of the webservice is embedded in the Equation Manager, it is available in all parts of BESTMIX. Apart from normal feedstuff calculations, this function is also available in Nutrient Control, Multiblend lots, Pool Contracts, etc.
Our entire nutritional department is built on the expertise of Schothorst Feed Research. The MySFR connector provided by BESTMIX Software is an easy gate to all nutritional info we need for optimising our feeds.
Personalisation
See the current personalisation segmentation scoring or apply a manual segmentation to test