Win-win nutrition: Balancing additives, cost and producer profitability

Is it always better to add one more feed additive for a bit of extra revenue? Not always, says nutrition and health expert Dr Casey Bradley. Best is to look at “cost of gain,” should the extra additive in the end not pay off for pork producers, then a more disciplined approach is wise. We often compare our current nutrition programmes to a diet with a new feed additive layered on top. This thought struck me during a recent trip to Bangladesh, where feed mills dominate rather than integrat