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<blockquote data-quote="ollie989898" data-source="post: 9001124" data-attributes="member: 54866"><p>There are sizeable variances in loads of raw materials. Were you going to offer to pay more if the materials were actually coming back 2% over in terms of crude protein?</p><p></p><p>I used to regularly sample multiple raw materials and send them off monthly (I had to regularly sample materials and send them for salmonella monitoring purposes so it made sense to have them tested for other things also) to get their crude protein contents back. They would be all over the place. I remember rapemeal, in particular seemed to vary happily around 33-36% for no reason whatsoever.</p><p></p><p>The key difference in any raw material is its <em>digestibility</em>. You can formulate two diets of equal ME and CP values but one will be much cheaper than the other because of differences that would only show up were they both tested for NGCD.</p><p></p><p>So no, you aren't being scammed and no, feed companies are not all crooks.</p><p></p><p>The formulation of compounds, in particular, has another factor to consider and that is how readily the materials will pellet once they are ground, mixed and pressed. High cereal inclusions are renowned for this as they just don't want to pellet worth a damn. A blend or meal may be more optimal for these.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ollie989898, post: 9001124, member: 54866"] There are sizeable variances in loads of raw materials. Were you going to offer to pay more if the materials were actually coming back 2% over in terms of crude protein? I used to regularly sample multiple raw materials and send them off monthly (I had to regularly sample materials and send them for salmonella monitoring purposes so it made sense to have them tested for other things also) to get their crude protein contents back. They would be all over the place. I remember rapemeal, in particular seemed to vary happily around 33-36% for no reason whatsoever. The key difference in any raw material is its [I]digestibility[/I]. You can formulate two diets of equal ME and CP values but one will be much cheaper than the other because of differences that would only show up were they both tested for NGCD. So no, you aren't being scammed and no, feed companies are not all crooks. The formulation of compounds, in particular, has another factor to consider and that is how readily the materials will pellet once they are ground, mixed and pressed. High cereal inclusions are renowned for this as they just don't want to pellet worth a damn. A blend or meal may be more optimal for these. [/QUOTE]
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