Reduce and remove - soya alternatives suit the environment and margins

摘要

Soya use in sheep rations is small in comparison with amounts included in dairy, pig and poultry diets.Nonetheless, there is growing pressure on sheep producers to remove soya from sheep rations, in a bid to reduce the carbon footprint of lamb production and mitigate climate change."Sheep producers feed very little soya to their flocks," says independent sheep consultant Kate Phillips."Most of it is in ewe rations, fed for just six weeks prior to lambing, and in lamb creep feeds."So why is there pressure on farmers to reduce and remove soya from sheep rations, and where is it coming from?