FEFAC asked its members via a questionnaire which are the environmental, animal health and animal welfare challenges where advanced animal feeding strategies can play a role of importance. Livestock in general, and the corresponding animal feed production, comes with an inevitable share of GHG emissions that contribute to climate change. The cultivation of feed crops on recently deforested land accounts for additional GHG emissions. The need for resources can drive resource depletion when they are not of a renewable or circular nature.

Optimising hygiene at farm level is a prerequisite to animal health, where feed manufacturers must also ensure to put the right mechanisms in place to avoid any deterioration. To enhance the level of animal health, it is beneficial to improve the animal’s gut health, providing a strengthened basis for resistance to pathogens. The welfare of an animal can be impacted via contaminations in the feed, such as mycotoxins.