Cost of in feed Vit to spiral

[llamedos]

Reasons for the increase include China significantly scaling back its production of vitamins A and E in an effort to reduce factory emissions, and a large fire at the BASF plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

This plant is one of the world’s primary suppliers of vitamins and colourants and it is not expected to be up and running again until April at the earliest, putting unprecedented demand on the rest of the world’s supply.

Both Martin Humphrey of Humphrey Feeds and Russell Crang of Crediton Milling have warned The Ranger of spiralling vitamin costs.

"The cost of vitamin A has risen from €20 a kilo to €350 a kilo," said Martin Humphrey. Although a small part of feed ingredients, the size of the increase is likely to add to feed costs for some time.

https://www.theranger.co.uk/News/Large-fire-at-German-vitamin-plant-trigg-_26357.html

 

[Adam@Rumen]

@Kevtherev

 

[Kevtherev]

The German company has secured a plant in Brazil industry news is telling people.How Long until production filters through to Europe is not known.
There are other sources of vitamins globally one being plant sources.

 

[Adam@Rumen]

It's Citral, the chemical used to manufacture vitamins, which is the problem. They Citral to mos tht eother producers of vitamins, hence the problems.

BASF has had a plant in Brazil for years? They need Citral to run it...

No one is able to increase their vitamin production so the market has big problems. You are wrong to think this won't affect your mineral prices in the coming months.

 

[Bury the Trash]

lucerne grazed and hay is good for Vit E but not sure about it being silaged

 

[Kevtherev]

Mineral prices will be affected yes but I doubt the £80 ton increase some have quoted.

 

[Adam@Rumen]

Mineral prices will be affected yes but I doubt the £80 ton increase some have quoted.

Why do you doubt it?

Top specs with the highest levels will be up £200/T

 

[llamedos]

Do DSM not produce Vits?

looks like a heck of a job getting Citral up and running https://industries.basf.com/assets/...nt/Update on FM Citral Value Chain_Dec 15.pdf

 

[llamedos]

Project end of march at the earliest to re start the plant with a downstream for Vit production at + 3 months at least.

 

[Adam@Rumen]

Do DSM not produce Vits?

They do - I spoke to them in November and they said they had no plans (or perhaps they were working at max capacity?) to increase their current production level.

I don't know whether they require the BASF Citral for manufacture, others certainly do.

 

[Bury the Trash]

a healthy plant breeding institution might help
http://www.allaboutfeed.net/Raw-Mat...ising-the-vitamin-E-content-in-maize-207555E/

 

[GTB]

Why can't we buy feed without the minerals for the time being if it's such an issue?

 

[Bury the Trash]

i can manage with boluses. but will they go up as well.

 

[llamedos]

Why can't we buy feed without the minerals for the time being if it's such an issue?

I dont think we can make forage here well enough in most years to provide sufficient A & E dont know much about nutrition to speak authoritatively , but enough to know lack of would soon manifest it's self.
We would be seeing poor conception rates, lack of thrift, poor eyesight/lack of sight more pink eye, respiratory diseases, poor quality colostrum.

 

[GTB]

I dont think we can make forage here well enough in most years to provide sufficient A & E dont know much about nutrition to speak authoritatively , but enough to know lack of would soon manifest it's self.
We would be seeing poor conception rates, lack of thrift, poor eyesight/lack of sight more pink eye, respiratory diseases, poor quality colostrum.

I agree but surely, if it comes to it, a feed without vits and mins is better than no feed?

 

[Kevtherev]

Also depends what vitamins/minerals your forage is short of.
Get some rock salt @neilo

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Anyone spread grasstrack on their fields

 

[llamedos]

Also depends what vitamins/minerals your forage is short of.
Get some rock salt @neilo

Good enough reason to have it tested.

 

[Kevtherev]

Good enough reason to have it tested.

Exactly what a lot of farmers do and have a mineral made to spec.

 

[Kevtherev]

Anyone spread grasstrack on their fields

I did spread some over 20 years ago for a customer but I’ve not seen any since.