How To Formulate Improved Livestock Feeds

Feed Smarter. Reduce Costs. Improve Animal Performance.

Feed is the single largest expense in livestock production, often accounting for 60–80% of total production costs. This practical guide teaches livestock farmers how to formulate balanced rations using locally available ingredients while maintaining animal health, growth, reproduction, and productivity.

Whether you raise cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, rabbits, or horses, this manual provides the feeding norms, nutrient requirements, and worked examples needed to formulate feed with confidence.

What You'll Learn

✅ Feed formulation for cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, rabbits, and horses

✅ Feeding requirements for different growth and production stages

✅ Practical ration calculations and worked examples

✅ Feed ingredient substitution strategies when prices increase

✅ Poultry, pig, rabbit, and ruminant feeding norms

✅ Minerals, vitamins, amino acids, and premix guidance

✅ Cost-reduction techniques for profitable livestock production

✅ Nigerian feed regulations and compliance considerations

Ideal For

• Livestock farmers
• Poultry farmers
• Pig farmers
• Feed mill operators
• Agricultural students
• Extension officers
• Agribusiness entrepreneurs

Format

Digital Ebook (PDF)

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Purchase today and gain access to practical livestock feed formulation methods that can help reduce feed costs and improve farm profitability.

Written by Michael F. Owolabi — agricultural economist, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria, and former Managing Director of the Kwara State Agricultural Development Project (a World Bank-assisted programme). Three decades in Nigeria's agricultural sector behind every page.