A History of Feed Calculation

This section presents the German perspective on the development of animal nutrition and feed calculation. This section is not chronologically complete, but will be expanded from time to time. If you have any comments, please get in touch. We are grateful for any information about the calculation methods or the tools used (such as slide rules, computers, etc.).

Time sequence

1803-1873
Justus von Liebig, founder of agricultural chemistry

1864
Henneberg / Stohmann establish the so-called Weende Analysis in Göttingen (the Institute was situated in Weende, thus the name)