Sharing her fascination for livestock innovations, Phibro’s Leah Dorman, DVM, writes about how insects may provide an alternate, sustainable protein source in livestock diets especially where soy is not easily grown.
Source: Explore Animal Health, March 23, 2024. Link.
INSIGHTS: Dorman is referencing controlled and mass-scaled production of insects for protein. Hobby farmers, gardeners and free-range poultry producers already know the value of having chickens eating insects when out of the coop but cannot quantify their contribution to a production diet.