Australians invest in farm-mixed feed

Substantial investments in on-farm feed manufacturing by three large pork producers in Australia have been reported at the Agromek-Livestock show in Denmark by Danish equipment group Skiold.
By the end of the year, it will have delivered installations to the enterprises in Queensland and South Australia for the fully automatic preparation of up to 20 metric tons/hour of diets in a pelleted form.
The customers range in size from 4,000 to 17,000 sows and they operate on multiple sites that involve transporting the feeds in their own vehicles some distance from the central mill-mixing plant. They have, therefore, chosen to add pelleting after the Disc mill and mixer to avoid the separation of particles during transportation.
The installations include barcode identification of raw materials and internet connection for the controls to allow remote access from the producer’s office and the possibility of long-distance support from the supplier’s technical team in Denmark.