There are hundreds of farms that supply us. How should I get this feed information?

There are hundreds of farms that supply us. How should I get this feed information?

In these cases, you should sample your suppliers to determine what their sourcing practices are for soy in feed. The specific number to be sampled should be agreed between 3Keel and your company to be practical within the timeframe of the questionnaire, and the feasibility of collecting the information (if not known).

Steps for Calculating your Sample:

Please Note: This process should only be used after a discussion with a 3keel team member to make sure this is the appropriate method for your supply chain, please do reach out if any questions. Please contact us at support.3keel@mondra.com to ask a question or raise a concern.

Please watch Video 7 for a walkthrough of this process. 

For those who do not know their weighted Feed Conversion Ration (FCR), this tab will this calculate based on a sample of your suppliers.

Instructions
Step 1: Complete the rows highlighted in blue, ensuring that % supply chain included in sampling’ is between 0%-100%.
Step 2: Insert supplier responses below, including responses from any supplier who states that they do not use soy, stating 0% as the soy content of feed.
Step 3: Complete the screening and policy questions on the online reporting portal and attach the form when prompted.

Guidance:

Step 1: Include additional information, including how to choose suppliers - pick a sampling technique
  1. Option 1: Square root of total number of suppliers E.g. You have 64 suppliers therefore providing 8 as the sample.
  2. Option 2: Use a maximum of 50 suppliers as the sample.
Step 2: Supplier Name
Step 3: % of your total supply chain the supplier makes up
Step 4: Feed Conversion Ration: How Many tonnes of feed are used to produce 1 tonne of animal product?
Step 5: Look at the content of your feed. Options:
  1. Soy Meal High Pro Content
  2. Soy Meal Low Pro Content
  3. Soy Crude Oil Content
  4. Soy Protein Concentrate Content
  5. Soy Hull Content
  6. Soy Lecithin Content
  7. Glycerol Content
  8. Crude Palm Oil
  9. Crude Palm Kernel Oil
  10. Palm Kernel Expeller/Palm Kernel Meal/Palm Kernel Cake
  11. Other Palm/Palm Kernel Fractions & Derivatives
Step 6: Name of Feed Company
Step 7: Which company is the importer of the soy?
Step 8: Soy Country of origin – drop down list E.g. Brazil
Step 9: Which sub-national region does the soy come from? E.g. Mato Grosso
Step 10: Soy certifications and the scheme name. If not certified, select ‘not certified’
Step 11: Palm certifications.

The sheet will then calculate your weighted FCR.