Feed cost analysis: two questions every formulator gets asked, answered exactly
“Take two rupees off the bag.” “What would one more point of lysine cost me?” Most programs leave you to work those out by hand, one trial formula at a time. These two tools answer them by rebuilding the whole ration: as many times as it takes, and reporting what actually happened.
Cost Optimize: name the saving, get the way to it
Type the amount you want off the bag and press one button. It works out the smallest change that delivers exactly that, and if it cannot be done, it says so and tells you the most this formula can actually give.
- It starts from an honest premise. The formula on screen is already the cheapest one your limits allow. So a saving can only come from something you let change, and this names exactly what, and by how little.
- Ranked by how far each disturbs the ration. Buy an ingredient cheaper and nothing moves at all. Widen an ingredient or category limit and every nutrient target is still met. Only at the end does it suggest moving the specification, and then it shows a before-and-after on every nutrient.
- Every figure is a real rebuild. Nothing is projected from a rule of thumb, and two savings are never assumed to add up, so the number you are shown is the number you will get.
- Nothing happens until you say so. Every route is a proposal. You apply the one you choose, or none of them.
Press a target: including one it cannot reach.
Scenario Analysis: what one step of any nutrient really costs
Pick a nutrient, choose a step, and see the cost per bag both ways before you commit to anything. It is the number to bring to the argument about a specification.
- The whole ration is rebuilt, twice. The nutrient is held at exactly your value plus one step, then minus one step, and each is solved from scratch. These are outcomes, not gradients.
- The two directions rarely match, and that matters. Tightening can cost far more than loosening saves. A single rate of change would hide that completely – which is precisely where money is left on the table.
- It admits when a step is impossible. If the other limits and ratios cannot accommodate it, you are told that instead of being handed a number that quietly ignored one of them.
- Apply is a separate, deliberate step. Look at as many scenarios as you like: your formula is untouched until you press it.
Press a nutrient: including one whose step cannot be met.
The number is not the answer. Knowing why is
Anything can print a cost. FeedForté shows you what is driving it, what a change would be worth, and where the next saving is hiding.
What each limit costs you
Every limit that is holding the price is costed: this is what that minimum is adding per tonne. The ones worth arguing about rise to the top of the list.
Take a set amount off the bag
Name the saving you want. FeedForté searches for the smallest change that delivers it, ranks the options by how far each disturbs the ration, and tells you plainly when the target cannot be reached. See it work ↓
Move one nutrient, see the cost
Raise or lower any nutrient by one step and see exactly what it does to the cost per bag, in both directions, before you decide. See it work ↓
What an unused ingredient would need to cost
For everything the formula did not pick, the price at which it would start to earn its place, so you know what to negotiate towards.
Diagnosis when it will not solve
Conflicting limits are identified by name, with one-click corrections. Your previous result stays on screen while you fix it.
Compare formulas side by side
Put any number of formulas, current or archived, next to each other on ingredients, cost and nutrient profile, all costed on today’s prices.