Inside the feed supply chain: How nutrient shortages are impacting U.S. protein sector

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of nutrient shortages on the U.S. protein sector with insights from industry experts.

The proper nutrients can make a big difference but what happens when they aren't available or are priced out of the diet formulation? We sit down with IFEEDER’s Lara Moody and Dr. Yuan-Tia Hung to unpack new species-level reports that reveal how disruptions in feed-grade vitamins and amino acids ripple through broilers, layers, turkeys, and swine operations. The conversation connects precise on-farm impacts—like average daily gain cut in half when lysine runs short and broiler meat yiel...

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Guests: Lara Moody, Dr. Yuan-Tia Hung

Topics covered

• feed supply chain
• nutrient shortages
• U.S. protein sector
• feed-grade vitamins
• amino acids
• animal nutrition

Keywords

• nutrients
• diet formulation
• broilers
• layers
• turkeys
• swine
• lysine
• average daily gain

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Organizations: IFEEDER

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