Cargill - Beyond the Feed Formula: Advancing Precision Nutrition in Aquaculture

Abstract

Aquaculture nutrition is shifting from asking which feed delivers the required performance to asking which nutritional strategy best suits a particular fish population, at its stage of development, under the conditions of its farm. Writing for Cargill Animal Nutrition & Health, Synne Marte Andersen and Ketil Christensen explain that nutritional needs change as fish grow, and that water temperature, seasonal variation and farm management also shape feed intake and nutrient use. Through its bluViu™ Nutrition platform, Cargill lets farmers compare strategies before committing resources on the farm. Strategies are weighed across growth, bFCR, feed cost and carbon emissions, and revisited as conditions change. The authors argue that competitive advantage will increasingly come from integrated solutions that connect science, expertise and data across the value chain, not from feed formulation alone.