Efficient utilization of resources: A catalyst to profit optimization in poultry feeds mills

The recent record increase in poultry farm has eventually results to increase in number of the local poultry feeds mills in Nigeria due to rampage of unemployment among the youths. Poultry production company is no longer have access to low cost grain or energy sources and other nutrient sources which affects the diet and the delivery cost of the feeds. In order to maintain the quality of the outputs, attaining optimum profit in a feeds mill, the feeds producers must focus on using standard feeds composition formula and the companies must be able to identify the feeds that optimized her profit among the several alternatives. A random selection of six local poultry feeds mills was taken in Oyo town and Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State, Nigeria. Their product which includes Grower's mash, Layer's mash, Chick's mash, Broiler's starter, and Broiler's finisher were examined in this study with respect to the ingredients of the feeds. Using linear programming approach, the result obtained from the result of the analysis of the AMPL software reveals that Grower's mash, Layer's mash, Chick's mash, Broiler's starter, and Broiler's finisher should be producing in ratio 22:27:17:19:15 respectively.