Status and Trend
of Using Rice by Products in
Anurojana Punyawan,
DVM
Feed Technology Ofiice , CP Group Company Ltd
The
total amount of animal feeds production will increase from 10.0 M metric tons
in 2004 to 11.6 M metric tons. Rice, broken rice and rice bran can be used in animal
feed depend on their economic values, nutrient compositions, and animal
requirements.
Rice
is very limit used in animal feed because it has the same nutrients as corn but
has one to two times higher in price. Broken rice and rice bran are commonly
used in some animal feeds due to their price and the animal requirements.
The
trend of using rice by products depends mainly on rice market and swine and
chicken productions. Based on our statistic information in the past ten years,
it can be concluded that the trend of rice by products usage will keep
increasing if the rice market is growing.