16 Jan 2012In a bid to cut costs in the midst of record high grain prices, chicken producer Astral Foods said on Friday that for the first time ever, the company would start using bread wheat as chicken feed in the Western Cape.
Astral chief executive Chris Schutte said the option was taken to curb transport costs.
The company pays R280 a ton to transport yellow maize from Gauteng to the Western Cape. It would save about 75 percent in transport costs by switching to wheat, he said.
http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/high-maize-prices-force-astral-to-swop-to-wheat-for-chicken-feed-1.1213113
