Little doubt remains on the importance of CVB-data. The combination of the model’s matrix values and the option to accurately calculate nutritional values, ensured that this model became an industry standard over the years. Unfortunately, the CVB-data is no longer available electronically.
When ownership of CVB changed, the implementation of CVB-data in formulation software was no longer guaranteed. However, since the BFA just recently started to finance CVB, BFA members felt a greater urgency to get something done. At that point Peter De Letter, product manager at Adifo, realized something had to be done to resolve this stalemate.
Adifo contacted several competitive colleagues (Koerhuis, Actemium, Rovecom) with whom they agreed to collaboratively create a uniform interface/reading module for CVB-data in their own software. Additionally, Agroconnect, an organization that provides data exchange standards, agreed to take the role of coordinator between the feed formulation software companies, Q-Ray (CVB-database administrator) and CVB upon themselves.
Adifo hopes this situation will be resolved quickly and with a positive outcome for those involved.