In the article, Makkar puts nutritious animal feed as the centre component to many important aspects of livestock farming, such as feed & food safety, food security, animal & human health, animal welfare, climate change and economic sustainability. Animal nutritionists worldwide are identified as being at the cross-roads where almost all sectors and services of livestock farming meet. The article shows similarities with the FEFAC Vision on Animal Nutrition, which also calls for more attention for the solutions animal nutrition science can deliver to a sustainable livestock sector.