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A lower FCR indicates that a given flock needs less feed to gain more body weight and, thus, is more feed efficient. This is important to the poultry industry as feed costs continue to drive up production costs. An efficient FCR has an economic advantage for producers because that means they are getting the most energy, digestibility, and weight gain from lower quantities of feed, saving on total diet costs.<\/p>\n<p>Several factors such as genetics, management, age, production system, and feed quality cause FCR variation of current commercial broiler strains. Therefore, using the most practical management methods, the poultry industry selects specific strains to produce more meat with less feed. Indeed, feeding strategies are part of the management focused on getting optimal feed efficiency of animals and profitability of operations which in fact are determined by the cost of feed. Thus, to meet the demands of increasing poultry meat products, the feeding strategies must be paired with the selection of high-quality ingredients as mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insta-pro.com\/en\/blog\/nutritionandtechnologies\/broiler-integrators-integrators\/\">previously.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, poultry integrators will control the quality of the main ingredients used in broiler diets when investing in the proper processing technology on the farm. Feeding high-quality ingredients, such as ExPress\u00ae soy meal, focuses on improving the FCR altogether and results in the ability to raise one <a href=\"http:\/\/digital.insta-pro.com\/BroilerTrialWhitePaper\">additional flock per year<\/a>\u00a0in poultry operations. With the proven superior\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insta-pro.com\/en\/blog\/nutritionandtechnologies\/make-a-difference-choosing-proper-soymeal-for-animal-feeding\/\">nutritional value<\/a>\u00a0of ExPress\u00ae soy meal and the advantages of highly-gelatinized\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insta-pro.com\/en\/blog\/nutritionandtechnologies\/evaluating-ingredients-part-7-extruded-corn\/\">high-shear dry extruded corn<\/a> (Hi-Gel\u2122 Corn), there is a window of opportunities to improve FCR in broilers with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insta-pro.com\/en\/blog\/nutritionandtechnologies\/increase-revenue-profit\/\">6% less feed<\/a>\u00a0in the growing phase, with a peak decrease of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1056617121000544\">9 points in broilers<\/a>\u00a0fed extruded ingredients compared to the control.<\/p>\n<p>A decrease of 9 FCR points equates to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1056617121000544\">2.5% decrease<\/a>\u00a0in feed costs during this phase. It is aligned with those broilers attaining market weight 4.8 days faster with 330 g more BW with respect to flocks fed a common diet based on soybean meal and ground corn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The poultry industry measures feed conversion ratio (FCR) \u2013 the relationship between kg of feed consumed compared to kg of body weight gain \u2013 as a performance indicator for the flock.\u00a0 The FCR by itself is just a number. Sometimes it can be confusing to interpret because a lower FCR indicates a better conversion coefficient. 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