Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 3 Minimum, maximum and mean percentage (%) values of feed ingredients for the CSD multi stage LP model in starter, grower and finisher broiler diets

From: Time series livestock diet optimization: cost-effective broiler feed substitution using the commodity price spread approach

	Corn	SBM	DDGS	Soy oil	Meth	Lys	Lime	DCP
Starter
Min	57.1	31.9	4.3	2.5	0.2	0.022	0.9	1.8
Max	58.2	32.1	5.5	2.6	0.2	0.023	0.9	1.8
Mean	57.4	31.9	5.1	2.6	0.2	0.023	0.9	1.8
Grower
Min	59.4	27.6	1.2	2.4	0.1	0.028	1.2	1.7
Max	64.7	28.6	6.8	3.2	0.2	0.03	1.2	1.8
Mean	61	27.9	5	3	0.2	0.029	1.2	1.7
Finisher
Min	62.2	23.4	0	2.5	0.1	0.034	1.1	1.6
Max	69.7	24.8	7.9	3.6	0.1	0.036	1.2	1.7
Mean	64.6	23.8	5.4	3.2	0.1	0.036	1.2	1.6

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