A comprehensive new soy feed resource designed to help soybean, livestock, and poultry farmers adopt value-adding practices has been released by Grain Farmers of Ontario and Soy 20/20.
The availability of new and different types of soy feed options spurred the development of the guide, designed to help farmers and soy feed industry stakeholders more thoroughly understand the various domestically produced soy feed products.
Developed in conjunction with the Canadian International Grains Institute, the guide is designed to encourage value-adding practices through cost reduction (on-farm feed production) and revenue generation (sale of soy oil and meal rather than exclusively whole beans), as well as support the growth of other new soy uses from feed to food to industrial. It also provides information required for soy animal feed producers to optimize the quality of their product.
The Soy Feed Industry Guide is available in printed format by contacting Grain Farmers of Ontario and electronically at www.cigi.ca/feed.htm. It will be updated on an ongoing basis.
This project was funded in part by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Adaptation Council and by Grain Farmers of Ontario and Soy 20/20.
Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) is the province’s newest and largest commodity organization, representing Ontario’s 28,000 corn, soybean, and wheat farmers. Canadian International Grains Institute (CIGI) is a non-profit market development organization with a vision to be the recognized leader specializing in offering continuous advances in Canadian field crop products to the world. Soy 20/20 brings together government, academic and industry partners to stimulate and seize new global bioscience opportunities for Canadian soybeans.
