Feedstuffs

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Feed or feedstuffs are processed or unprocessed products fed to livestock and pets. Agroscope boasts a wide range of knowledge and competencies in this field:

  • The aim of forage conservation is to produce and preserve optimum-quality feed of high nutritional value at the most cost-efficient price possible.
  • The division for Feed Analysis has a vast and modern analytical infrastructure in the domains of chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology and molecular biology.
  • The Swiss Online Feed Database contains information across animal species on over 600 straight feedstuffs and roughages available in Switzerland.
  • Feed recommendations for ruminants and pigs are retrievable a chapter at a time in the online version of the ‘Green Book’ and ‘Yellow Book’, respectively.
  • Agroscope’s calculation programs enable the calculation of the nutritional value of roughage for ruminants and the creation of rations for pigs.
  • On behalf of the Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG, Agroscope inspects the manufacture and trade of livestock feed and pet food, and licenses new substances intended for both.
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Swiss Feed Database

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The Swiss Online Feed Database contains information across animal species on over 600 straight feedstuffs and roughages available in Switzerland.