Food is a top priority compared to feed and energy. This has
a consequence of adequate food for humans before animal feed and energy. When
food and energy are prioritized over food, there will be various social unrest.
The tortilla riots in Mexico some time ago are an example of how energy is
prioritized over food, namely corn is prioritized for bioethanol. Likewise, if
feed is prioritized so that food supplies will be disrupted. Soybeans, for
example, are a source of food but also a source of feed. The largest soybean
production from the United States and Brazil. In a number of countries soybeans
are a source of food and feed because the oil is extracted into soybean oil and
the meal becomes animal feed, but in Indonesia, soybeans are mainly used for
food. Vegetable oil in Indonesia is mainly from palm oil and coconut oil. Even
in its history, Indonesian coconut oil was destroyed by the American Soybean
Association (ASA) with the negative issue that propagated coconut oil as bad
oil on the international vegetable oil market, so that until now coconut oil
has not revived.
Indonesian animal feed production also mostly relies on
protein sources from soybean and palm oil meal. In fact, because of the great
need, it also imports soybean meal (SBM). The more developed the livestock
industry, the greater the need for feed. Feed in the livestock industry is one
of the key components to its success. Adequacy of feed with good nutrition,
safe and affordable is very important for livestock business. As the largest
palm oil producer in the world, which ranges from 40 million tonnes / year, the
production of palm kernel cake is estimated at more than 6.5 million tonnes /
year, if all of these palm kernel cakes are optimized for the domestic feed
industry, it would be very good. Likewise coconut cake.
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Gliricidia
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Gliricidia leaves are also a source of protein for animal
feed, especially ruminants and fisheries. With a protein content of about 20%,
gliricidia leaves are very potential as a source of this protein. Moreover, the
programs of the feed industry associations are reducing or even eliminating
dependence on transgenic raw materials (GMO) such as soybeans and environmental
factors in the form of sustainability. With the program of
making energy plantationsor biomass plantations which are also increasingly massive for various
industries based on renewable and sustainable materials, the production of
leaves as a side waste is also increasing. The potential for leaf waste, which
is estimated to reach hundreds of thousands of tons, even millions of tons,
will be very potential for animal feed, especially reducing feed derived from
GMO materials. Environmentally productive efforts like this to meet human needs
will further encourage bioeconomics. Halal meat is a very important source of
protein for human food, so animal feed production is an integral part of the
chain.
The growth rate of the feed industry also varies from
country to country. This depends on a number of factors such as a country's
food policy, people's purchasing power, availability of raw materials and so
on. For example: for countries in Europe, about 20 years ago the average
capacity of feed mills in Italy was 11,000 tons / year, while the animal feed
industry in the Netherlands has an average capacity of 45,000 tons / year or
more than 4 times the feed industry in Italy and has also exceeded the European
average capacity today. Currently, the average feed mill in Italy has an
average capacity of 29,000 tonnes / year (still about 3 times that of 20 years
ago), but at the same time feed mills in the Netherlands already have an
average capacity of 140,000 tonnes / year. The majority of animal feed
production in the Netherlands is for pig feed, so it would not be suitable for
conditions in Indonesia. With majority of Islam in Indonesia, the production of
animal feed developed as a top priority is for the halal industry. Based on the
potential for raw materials, the potential for land for animal feed production
and so on, Indonesia should accelerate its halal industry, one of which is by
boosting its animal feed industry. The Netherlands, with its small population
and limited land area, is even very strong in developing its research to
support the feed industry. We also don't want to lose.
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