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Over the subsequent 12 months, the Council implemented a series of poultry feeding trials to demonstrate how U.S. sorghum performs as an alternative energy source that can reduce overall formulation cost \u2013 the first step toward \nopening the market to regular sales.<\/p>\nWhile sorghum use in animal feeds is common in many markets in which the Council operates, it has been seldom used in Kenya due to the industry\u2019s lack of familiarity with the product. The Council\u2019s sorghum trials set out to demonstrate to the commercial feed industry in Kenya the quality, benefits, and performance of U.S. sorghum when included in poultry diets.<\/p>\nThe poultry trials were conducted in partnership with Unga Farm Care, one of the largest commercial feed manufacturers in East Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya. Two separate trials, one broiler (meat) and one layer (egg), were conducted, showcasing U.S. sorghum\u2019s performance as a replacement for local white corn.<\/p>\nAs part of the trial, 3,200 layers and 5,000 broilers were placed on a poultry farm 60 miles outside of Nairobi in February 2021. The birds were monitored daily for 51 weeks to track performance. The corn and the sorghum diet trial birds had similar growth, live weights, health and egg production, effectively demonstrating that sorghum can serve as an alternative energy source in both broiler and layer feed rations without compromising performance, which had been a concern of the industry.<\/p>\nKenya\u2019s feed industry is largely dependent on local white corn, which is the most commonly used energy source in poultry feed rations. Due to inconsistency in supply and quality, the Kenyan feed industry often must turn to its neighboring countries, namely Tanzania and Uganda, for corn imports. Feed costs in Kenya have been on the rise in recent years, largely due to the high cost of feed ingredients led by white corn, which can account for up to 80 percent of the cost of production. The Council\u2019s feeding trials have resulted in the Kenyan industry making inquiries about how to procure U.S. sorghum.<\/p>\nThe Council estimates that Kenya could easily import 500,000 to 800,000 metric tons (MT) (19,684,000-31,494,400 bushels) of U.S. sorghum annually with an export value of $200-300 million when the local corn crop is out of the market.<\/p>\n","has_padding":false,"graphic_bg":false,"text_last":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grains.org\/2022-annual-report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panels\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grains.org\/2022-annual-report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panels"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grains.org\/2022-annual-report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/panels"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grains.org\/2022-annual-report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grains.org\/2022-annual-report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"commodities","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grains.org\/2022-annual-report\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/commodities?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}