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Sophisticated computer feed formulation programs have made precision nutrition a realistic goal. Such programs can assess nu-merous parameters, including nutritive quality of feed and feed ingredients and economic factors. Growing concerns about the environ-mental impact of animal production may lead to the addition of environmental factors such as nitrogen and phosphorus pollution as parameters in feed formulation schemes in the future. Because it provides a precise ratio of amino acids andminimizes nitrogen excretion, the ideal protein concept can play an integral role in precision nutrition, particularly as non-traditional protein-containing ingredients become increasingly available