Resources

Feed Technology

  • Building a Mill to Make the Products You Need

    In this article, we will determine the steps needed to produce the required products and develop a block flow of how the processes and steps are connected. The products made include mash feed, pelleted feed, textured feed, processed whole grains (rolled), premixes and bulk or bagged shipment. Using this information, the mill must be able to use grinding, flaking (for textured products), batching, mixing, pelleting, texturing and premixing systems.

  • Feed Mill Design: Receiving Systems

    The article will focus on ingredient receiving and suggestions for receiving system equipment. Ingredients may be received in several ways, including bulk, bag, tote and liquids. Non-liquid ingredients are unloaded through dump systems, bag and tote off-loading to a warehouse location, while liquids are received in bulk shipments or small totes.

  • Feed Ops: Choosing Batching and Mixing Systems

    This article is the first of a two-part series on the batching and mixing system for this feed mill. The series will include information on sizing the equipment and identifying the processing times needed to batch and mix those poultry and swine formulas.

  • Feed Ops: Ingredient preparation

    Before being used in feed formulas, the dry ingredients need to be of similar particle size and distribution to blend and stay properly distributed in the formulation when mixed or further processed such as pelleting.

  • Feed Pelleting Reference Guide

    Everything you need to know about feed pelleting in a convenient, downloadable guide, from sources you trust. The free Feed Pelleting Reference Guide is from WATT Global Media and K-State University, as individual, topical PDF files within each of the six sections of the guide.