Feed
The Canadian feed industry as an important link in agricultural food production chain. Livestock and poultry feed producers rely on feed manufacturers supply reliable and consistent, balanced nutrition and feed safety. Food safety not only give priority to Canadian feed industry thing, or a responsibility.
Canadian Feed
Canadian feed industry is a leader in food safety
Canadian feed industry as an important part of the agricultural food production chain. Livestock and poultry feed producers rely on a reliable and consistent supply of feed manufacturers, safety and nutritionally balanced feed. Food security is not just something the Canadian feed industry priority, or a liability.
Canadian feed industry brief
• Canada's annual output of about thirty million tons of feed
• commercial feed industry annual output of about four billion Canadian dollars
• Canada, about 500 feed mills
• The most commonly used in the production of feed grains for - maize, wheat and barley
• The main source of protein for soy and canola oil
• feed livestock and poultry production accounted for the highest costs, according to the different varieties, accounting for about 75% of the total cost
Feed products
Canola meal is the most commonly used animal feed protein sources. There are very good fatty acids, rich in vitamins and minerals needed, palatable and non-toxic. Canadian canola production is steadily growing, the current annual production of about nine million tons. Canadian Association of canola oil in 2015 will be the goal set at fifteen million tons. About half of the canola for export, half in Canada pressed into oil. Most countries import canola crushing into oil, and the remaining canola meal is used for animal feed industry. Canola meal is widely used and transactions, usually sold in bulk or granular sludge.
Canada's corn production is steadily growing, which is attributed to the demand for livestock feed, and fuel ethanol from corn as the raw material (fuel ethanol) industries are growing. Corn distillers grains (Distiller's Dried Grain with Soluble, referred DDGS) is corn, with dry milled (dry milling) byproduct of the production of fuel ethanol, used as animal feed, is a substitute for protein and energy sources.
On Canadian feed, suppliers and investment opportunities, more information, please see:
Agri-Food Trade Service
www.ats.agr.gc.ca