Strategies for a quality livestock feed area: organizing a quality European protein production cycle

by Gian Luca Bagnara

The livestock industry in the Forlì-Cesena Province produces over 300 million euros of output in value terms. Production areas (poultry, eggs, cattle and pigs) are organizing themselves into strongly integrated systems in order to reduce market risks and capture greater product ranges of value added. To complete the process of integration and specialization with targeted market positioning, it is also necessary to specialize the feed component. This component has an estimated value of approximately 150 million euros per year, using mainly imported raw materials.
 
Original title: Strategies for a quality livestock feed area: organizing a quality European protein production cycle