With An Open Field Comes A Transparent, Unbound, and Systematic Strategy



Animal nutrition and health are evolving faster than ever. Nutrition, health, product development, and customer expectations are shifting in ways that demand sharper thinking and stronger technical alignment. Open Field was created to meet that need - to advance the animal nutrition and health industry by delivering transparent expertise, strategic insight, and solutions that improve expectations and present status.

Open Field is a fractional technical service and sales consulting company serving the animal nutrition and health industry. We are your second brain and thrive by anticipating tomorrow’s achievements.

Open Field delivers the growth between innovation and application, offering credibility and service through expertise in Animal Science with nutrition, research, statistics, product development, and leadership experience.

  • Practical Knowledge: Industry-relevant expertise in livestock physiology and business operations

  • Trusted Experience: PhD-level animal science background that nutritionists and producers can rely on

  • Commercial Vision: Ability to effectively communicate and commercialize products and nutritional strategies


Who We Serve

Our work supports feed additive companies, feed manufacturers, nutrition teams, R&D teams, and technical sales groups who need deeper insight and stronger alignment between science and commercial outcomes. We bring a systems‑thinking approach to growing companies focused on profitable growth. Our focus is on you and can help support the following businesses most effectively:

  • Innovative Science-Forward Companies

  • Strong, Growing R&D into Commercialization

  • Technical, Science-Driven Products

  • Market Value Showcase and Validation


What We Do

Open Field provides expert-level knowledge and field support to guide nutritional and sales effectiveness with customer confidence and certainty. The categories of service are multifaceted and interactive:

  • Technical Service & Sales: turn scientific innovation into commercial adoption

  • Research Management & Data Analysis: maximize the value of every research investment

  • Product Development & Commercialization: navigate the entire product lifecycle

  • Education & Training: strengthen scientific understanding, improve communication, and support commercial success

  • Formulation & Nutrition Strategy: optimize formulations for performance and profitability


Open Field Philosophy

We believe tomorrow’s achievements belong to the businesses that anticipate them. Open Field exists to help companies see what’s coming — and prepare for it with science‑driven strategy and practical, field‑validated solutions. Our manifesto is making animal science trusted and relied upon by educating and training the industry to be truly science-backed.


Meeting Expectations

Clients can expect clarity, transparency, and actionable intelligence. We translate complex science into decisions that strengthen animal performance, sharpen product strategy, and improve profitability.

Let’s reimagine animal science together.

Jeff Kaufman

Jeff Kaufman is a scientist, nutritionist, and leader who guides, educates, and supports science-backed and technical feed, nutrition, and health companies in the animal science industry. His experiences range from ruminant nutrition and immunology to commercializing functional feed additives and supplements. Jeff studied dairy nutritional physiology, immunology, and statistics during his MS and PhD at the University of Tennessee. His research focused on nutritional strategies, focused on protein and amino acid metabolism and gut health interventions, for dairy cows experiencing heat stress.

https://www.openfieldconsultant.com
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