Feed Insights
Practical articles on feed ingredient sourcing, specifications and formulation.
Peanut Meal vs Soybean Meal: Why Aflatoxin Testing Changes the Real Comparison
Peanut meal is often cheaper than soybean meal per tonne, but the comparison is incomplete without accounting for aflatoxin risk and testing.
The Real Cost of Importing Feed Ingredients from China: FOB, CIF and What Buyers Miss
A quoted price is rarely the landed cost. Here is what FOB and CIF actually cover, and the three cost categories that sit outside both.
Fermented Soybean Meal vs Regular Soybean Meal: What Changes and Why It Matters for Piglet Diets
Fermentation degrades antinutritional factors and raises digestibility by 20 to 30 percent. Here is what actually changes, and when the difference matters.
How to Read a Feed Ingredient Specification Sheet: 7 Numbers That Actually Matter
Crude protein is only one of seven numbers worth checking on a feed ingredient specification sheet before you order. Here is what each one actually tells you.
Fish Meal Alternatives for Aquaculture and Livestock: Comparing Three Protein Sources
Pea slurry powder, hydrolyzed feather meal and chicken liver powder each replace part of a fish meal budget differently. Here is how to choose between them.
DL-methionine or liquid MHA: the comparison most buyers get wrong
Liquid MHA is cheaper per tonne. Whether it is cheaper per unit of delivered methionine is a different question, and it is the only one that matters.
FOB or CIF: which to ask for on your first feed ingredient container
CIF looks simpler because it is one number. That is exactly why it is worth understanding what sits inside it.
How to read a soybean meal certificate of analysis
Crude protein is the number everyone quotes. Urease activity and lysine are the numbers that tell you whether the meal will actually perform.
The documents you need to import feed ingredients, and the ones that hold containers at port
A container rarely gets stuck because of the cargo. It gets stuck because one certificate is missing, wrong, or issued against the wrong limit.
Tell us the product, the tonnage and the port
Send those three things and we come back with a delivered price, a full specification and a recent certificate of analysis. Usually the same working day.