Feed Mixer – Additional Advantage for High-Quality Livestock Finishing

The productivity of livestock finishing largely depends on the properly selected feed mixture for daily rations. However, today it is impossible to be 100% certain about the quality of purchased feed. Moreover, rising prices for such products force farmers to consider making their own feed mixture.

A feed mixer will come to the rescue, gradually gaining popularity among livestock farmers. With such equipment, you can not only prepare feed with the required component ratio (according to the recipe), but also achieve uniformity of the mixture.

Uniform Mixing: Benefit or Harm?

To achieve balanced nutrition for animals, the feed mixture must include protein-vitamin additives, premixes, minerals. This is especially important in cold seasons, when natural vitamin reserves are depleted and animals absorb feed less efficiently.

Uniform mixing helps distribute beneficial ingredients evenly throughout the mass, both in consistency and composition. As a result, animals receive a full set of beneficial substances.

Thus:

• Livestock finishing occurs much faster and more effectively;
• Their digestive tract and other internal organs function better;
• Animals receive complete protein nutrition;
• Immunity and resistance to various diseases increase;
• Productivity from livestock farming (milk, fat, eggs, meat) increases.

Moreover, uniform mixing is crucial for the pelleting process.

Is it difficult to operate a feed mixer?

Operating the equipment is not difficult. For example, a horizontal-type mixer can be operated by a single operator. Modern equipment significantly speeds up the working process while reducing the need for a large workforce. Such an installation can work independently or as part of a complete pelleting line.

Steps to start the feed mixer:

1. Load the required amount of mixture into the hopper with precise dosages of additives, premixes, etc.
2. Connect the unit to 380 V power.
3. Press the start button.

It takes only a few minutes to obtain a properly mixed raw material, ready for use as feed or for further processing in a pelletizer.

How to choose a horizontal feed mixer?

First and foremost, focus on the equipment’s reliability. Quality equipment must operate without any interruptions, even throughout the entire day. Additionally, daily loads should not cause heating of ingredients during mixing, as otherwise all beneficial substances will simply disappear.

Other factors to consider when choosing a mixer:

1. High productivity — more than 1 ton per hour.
2. Uniformity of mixing — up to 95-96%, even when ingredient ratios are 1:100 (premixes, vitamins, minerals).
3. Mixing speed — no longer than 6-7 minutes.
4. Mixing quality — high, even when the hopper is nearly full. Additionally, there should be no residue on the hopper walls.

Feed Mixer — an excellent assistant for farmers, helping to minimize unused raw materials and increase livestock productivity.