October 13, 2017

Cargill's TechBro Flex™ helps poultry producers to do more with production data

Cargill is helping broiler producers to transform their nutritional and production data into valuable insights, which can have an impact on profits.

TechBro Flex™, a new dynamic predictive software tool, allows customers to simulate future feeding and production management strategies to understand their impact on profits. In pilot trials, farmers saw on average 3.5 percent margin improvement by optimising poultry production costs.

"Consumer demands, unstable raw material prices, evolving supply and demand for poultry meat and constant changes in regulation around broiler production have made it difficult for our broiler producers to consistently sustain profits," said Mario Penz, global strategic broiler account director of Cargill Animal Nutrition. "As a result, it is important for producers to combine both their nutritional and production data to optimise their broiler production costs."

Using TechBro Flex, Cargill poultry advisors work with broiler producers to understand their performance goals, design feeding programmes and develop production management strategies to improve their poultry farm operations.

TechBro Flex is built on predictive technology that develops broiler production scenarios based on customers' nutritional and production data and Cargill's proprietary nutritional system, supported by a vast global poultry research. As a result, producers are able to optimise within production constraints, mitigate sudden cost and revenue risks and go beyond nutrition to maximise profit.

"Given the competitive environment, our customers are looking for the best feeding and production management strategy to help them run a successful broiler operation," said Henk Enting, global poultry technology director of Cargill Animal Nutrition. "TechBro Flex allows producers to see the impact of all key production components on their broiler economic performance and to receive expert advice on the best strategic scenario to implement."

TechBro Flex is available globally and is already being piloted with several customers worldwide.
 

- Cargill