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As seen in Feedstuffs, February 2, 2009 page 15
ADM expands feed research
By JACQUI FATKA
In November 2008, Archer Daniels Midland’s (ADM) Alliance Nutrition division opened its doors to a new animal nutrition research center in Mendon, Ill., northeast of Quincy, to focus on developing new feed ingredients.
David Holzagraefe, vice president of research of ADM Alliance Nutrition, said primary areas of research will be the evaluation of grain-based co-products for use in ruminant and non-ruminant feed and pet food products and feeding programs.
Feed manufacturing technologies will also be developed and evaluated within the feed technology pilot plant in Quincy, Ill.
“These research areas will document the nutrient value of the respective co-products so their ingredient value is identified for ADM Alliance Nutrition and our customers and their related commercial applications.” Holzgraefe said.
Expansions
Holzgraefe said the facility is on 450 acres with room to expand.
“This will provide us with the capabilities to adapt our research to meet the animal research needs as they exist today and in the future.” He said.
The animal nutrition research unit at Mendon has been modified and expanded over the past two years. Art’s Way Scientific designed, manufactured and installed nine new modular buildings at the research center site.
Eight animal buildings are attached to a central feed storage corridor. A laboratory building is attached to the end of the research unit and serves as the entry area for researchers, Art’s Way said.
The main feed storage building is 1,394 sq. ft. To the left of the center corridor are four animal rooms that support lamb and swine nutrition studies. To the right are four animal units that support cattle and poultry nutrition study purposes.
Art’s Way was also responsible for relocating an existing swine nutrition research building that has been included with the new research facility.
The facility features a GrowSafe system for monitoring individual feed intake and growth performance of beef cattle, with 12 pens allowing for 10 animals per pen. Chick growth units (two rooms, with four units per room) provide the opportunity to measure growth performance. A total of 24 metabolism crates aid in measuring nutrient utilization.
Individual housing consisting of four rooms with 26 pens per room offers ruminant and non-ruminant growth studies for lambs, pigs and calves. The facility also features room for housing cannulated animals for in situ studies and digesta fluid for in vitro studies.
It has commodity storage bays and a feed mixing unit for co-product storage and evaluations. A lab on site allows for sample preparation of processing.
“The animal nutrition research facility complements the feed technology research unit so that grain processing and feed manufacturing technologies are developed in concert with animal nutrition development initiatives for appropriate commercial applications,” Holzgraefe said.
The feed technology pilot plant in Quincy was remodeled and updated in 2004 to accommodate the animal nutrition research needs of ADM and ADM Alliance Nutrition.
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