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In the SFR dairy research facility, we offer the possibility to collect methane emission data in nutritional studies with a Greenfeed. SFR clients can request methane emission measurements as a part of dairy nutrition trials. This year the public private partnership RuMeHealth has started. Goal is to create a better understanding of how different feeding…

For three years now, SFR has had its own innovation budget to initiate its own research. SFR employees can submit an idea. A scientific team will then assess this, possibly request further substantiation and ultimately allocate a budget. Head of R&D at SFR, Francesc Molist, talks about it. Three major long-term themes ‘In the first…

After a year full of seminars, webinars, courses and training, the Educational Services team is already ready for 2024. The product manager of Educational Services, Karin van de Belt, is busy with plans for 2024. The largest project of that year, Feeds & Nutrition 2024, is scheduled for June 3-7, 2024 in Zaandam. In just…

Jan Kamphof just completed his first hundred days as ceo of Schothorst Feed Research (SFR). “I felt very welcome here from day one”, he says: “The 85 people at SFR work closely together to use their knowledge, expertise and experience for the benefit of our clients.” The work atmosphere and good-fellowship at SFR gives the…

We are thrilled to announce that last week we achieved a new milestone in SFR: we published Research Report number 2000. Research Reports include all the work conducted over the years for all our partners: Advanced Feed Package, Collective Research, and Contract Research partners that have been collaborating with SFR. Research Report 2000 involved poultry…

For the first time, Schothorst Feed Research organized a business event, attended by a large number of industry representatives and research partners. The program offered new insights in current issues in animal nutrition, and ample time for networking. It certainly won’t be the last business event organized by SFR! “Animal nutrition is in the centre…

MySFR, SFR’s raw material matrix, calculated the millionth raw material this week. Customers from all over the world use this matrix to calculate current nutrient value calculations for more than 450 raw materials. MySFR has now been around for 7 years and its use has increased considerably in recent years. Nico Kanis, manager of MySFR:…

In mid-September, Jan Fledderus started as a Product Manager and Consultant in Swine at the S&C team at Schothorst Feed Research. After an absence of 15 years, Jan decided to return to SFR. He had been working as a Swine Researcher at SFR from 1998 up to 2008. During this period, SFR became an independent…

In September, Anne Guadagnin has started as a Researcher in the R&D Ruminant Nutrition team at Schothorst Feed Research. Anne is originally from Brazil, where she got a DVM and a master’s degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She also holds a PhD in Animal Sciences from the University of Illinois…