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Agricultural service company supplying products to the livestock industry in the Middle East, specializing in animal feeds.
www.adc-ksa.com
Manufactures and distributes a complete range of livestock and poultry feeds, pet food and crop products.
www.agropacific.com
Suppliers of products for the livestock and poultry industries, including feed additives and bypass fats.
www.canadianbio.com
Manufacturer of liquid feed suppliments.
www.cattlemanschoiceloomix.com
Producer of feed fat serving the poultry and livestock markets.
www.cochrancorp.com
Manufacturer of crystallized blend of molasses solids, proteins, fats, vitamins and trace minerals for livestock.
www.crystalyx.com
Supplier of products including butter & fats; whey and whey syrup; cream, yogurt and cheese for a range of food manufacturing and animal feed companies worldwide.
www.dcingredients.co.uk
Specializes in yeast supplements, and new animal feed technology, for the nutritional enhancement of beef cattle, dairy cows, horses, swine, poultry and pet foods.
www.diamondv.com
Specializes in yeast supplements, and new animal feed technology. Also is a feed ingredient supplier.
www.diamondv.com
Manufacture dog, horse and herbal range. Offer forage analysis and supplements.
www.dodsonandhorrellltd.com
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Producer of fish meal and fish oil for feed for a number of different species of animals.
www.ff-of-denmark.com
Parent/holding company with units involved in animal feed, feed yards, agricultural credit, and animal pharmaceuticals distribution. Products are sold to multiple industries.
www.frionaind.com
Offers a large selection of unloading systems including Standard Bin Sweeps, Direct Gear Drive Bin Sweeps, Commercial Sweeps and Power Heads.
www.grainsystems.com
Advance Microbial Biotechnology Home of the All Natural Feed Supplements with Herbal Technology.
www.grotek.com
Developer of natural products for pets, poultry, pigs, cattle and other animals using herbs and minerals.
www.growell.com
Feed and nutrition products for swine, dairy, beef, horses, dogs, cats, and other animals.
www.hubbardfeeds.com
Equipment manufacturing division of Triple "F", Inc., specializes in specialty nutrition, microbiology and extrusion processing through its Pharmtech, Medipharm and Insta-Pro International divisions; a diversified agribusiness company headquarte...
www.insta-pro.com
Hereford, Texas based provider of custom cattle feeding.
www.keelingcattle.com
Manufacturer of milk replacers, additives, fortifiers, electrolytes, boluses and other products for baby animals. Custom spray drying available.
www.merricks.com
Producer of a Host-Specific, Bovine, Equine, and Pet Bacteria which is intended to helps improve production.
www.microbial.com
Provider of high performance feed products and nutritional knowledge for producers of meat, milk and eggs.
www.moormans.com
Develops science-based nutritional supplements for high performance animals.
www.pntlabs.com
Manufacturer of high strength reinforced laminates since 1957. Used in Pond Liners, livestock curtains and for multiple industrial processes.
www.reefindustries.com
Manufacturer of feed rationing mixers for alfalfa mixing and silage mixing.
www.rotomix.com
A third generation, family-owned feedlot located 15 miles east of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
www.silvercreekfeeders.com
Specialized in the production and consulting of livestock and aquaculture feeds and concentrates.
users.skynet.be
Manufacturer of feed for the dairy industry. The Manufacturing division of West Central Cooperative, a central Iowa agricultural cooperative.
www.soyplus.com
Alberta based company providing innovative solutions to dairy/cattle feeders, featuring the Supreme line of cutter-mixer-feeders.
www.supremeinternational.com
A full service commercial feedyard in Central Nebraska offering cattle and feed financing, risk management, transportation, feeder procurement, and backrounding programs.
www.tecattle.com
Yeast-based microbial feed supplements formulated for calves, dairy cattle, beef cattle and other livestock.
www.topgunmicrobials.com
Agricultural company that manufactures livestock feed for dairy cows, beef cattle, and swine; also provide nutrition consulting and on-farm troubleshooting to livestock producers in the Midwest.
www.vitaplusfeed.com
Agricultural company that manufactures livestock feed for dairy cows, beef cattle, and swine; also provide nutrition consulting and on-farm troubleshooting to livestock producers in the Midwest.
www.vitaplusfeed.com
Importer of animal feeding and watering grain and material handling feed.
www.we-intl.com
Manufacturer of organic trace mineral supplements for beef and dairy cattle, swine, poultry, equine and companion animals.
www.zinpro.com
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Guide to Livestock Feed and Nutrition Key Terms
Enhance your livestock feeding knowledge to improve your feeding program
By R.N. Dolgener, Special Education Teacher
Analyze livestock feed and nutrition specific to the animals you keep. Consider the following as you begin to expand your vocabulary and viability within the industry you've chosen:
1. Understand what the box of mineral and nutrient percentages on every bag of feed really mean.
2. Decide whether livestock feed companies or smaller feed mills provide the best feeds, mineral blocks and supplements for your livestock.
3. Buy organic livestock feed if you're producing for top-end commercial meat sales, and mix your own rations to ensure that they're free of hormones, pesticides and animal by-products.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Find terms and resources specific to livestock feeds nutrient analyses
Use basic livestock feed and nutrition key terms to better understand typical ruminant and monogastric feed evaluations, both as-fed and on a dry matter basis. The most important thing to keep in mind is that the two types of analyses are not interchangeable - it's like comparing apples to oranges. It's most accurate to compare nutrient analyses on a dry matter basis, which takes moisture out of the feed to drill down to basic available nutrients, including energy and nutrients that are a necessity for some species, and are toxic for others.
I recommend: When you request a feed nutrient analysis from livestock feed suppliers, or have your own feed evaluated in a laboratory, use the glossaries from Equi-Analytical Laboratories (horses) or Dairy One (ruminants, especially cattle) to fully understand the analysis. Check out the Purina Mills feedlot product nutrient analysis and apply the terms you've learned.
Apply the cattle feed nutrition terms you've learned to feedlot management
Many small feed milling operations produce cattle feed products locally, and some are specifically for cattle starting and finishing for slaughter at a grade of select or better. If your feedlot manufactures its own cattle nutrition products and supplements, stay abreast of how your feeding program should adjust to the industry with cattle-on-feed reports, and formulate least-cost rations to fatten your cattle and your bottom line.
I recommend: Learn cow feed lot management terms from CattleNetwork. Gain a greater understanding of industry cattle-on-feed reports from the experts at The Dairy Site.com. Formulate your own least-cost ration for wintering and finishing feedlot or pasture stock using the formulas and tips from the University of Missouri Extension.
Analyze livestock feed and nutrition information by specialty
Any breeder or producer can purchase livestock feed oats and other wholesale livestock feed ingredients for custom rations, but if you're feeding non-'mainstream' species or sick animals, you'll need feeds for livestock that meet specific nutritional requirements. Whether raising llamas, ostriches, or Hereford cattle with pinkeye, formulate your feed and supplements to meet your production goals.
I recommend: If you're feeding camelids such as llamas or alpacas on forage, submit a sample of the feed to Holmes Laboratory, and compare your analysis with the company's recommended feed nutrient levels for camelids. Ensure the health of your ratites by comparing the composition of your ostrich and emu feeds to minimum levels the Virginia Cooperative Extension recommends. Search for all other specific feeding needs using the American Feed Industry Association's Feedsearch.com. If you're medicating livestock feed to treat a nutrient deficiency or other total herd animal health concern, use the feed medication calculators maintained by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO).
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- • Buy commercially produced cattle feeds with the AAFCO feeding label to ensure compliance with animal by-product feeding regulations. A feed with questionable origins and ingredients could sideline your profits at best, and at worst could expose your herd to Mad Cow Disease.
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Guide to Livestock Feed and Nutrition
Maintain the health of your animals with quality feeds for livestock
By Jamie McIntosh
As a decision-maker for the animals under your care, you must consider three ways to strengthen your livestock feeding program:
1. Improve your livestock feeding program with supplements.
2. Broaden your customer base by choosing organic livestock feed.
3. Feed your livestock products engineered to promote optimal health at every stage of life.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Enhance your livestock nutrition with supplement blocks
Although cattle and other livestock can receive the majority of their nutrition from forage and grasses, these nutrient sources vary in quality due to seasonal and weather fluctuations. You can improve your livestock's reproductive and overall health by supplementing their regular livestock feed with supplements bound in weatherproof cubes or blocks.
I recommend: Ridley Block Operations produces supplement blocks for cattle, goats, sheep and horses in biodegradable barrels. Kay Dee Feed Company makes highly palatable supplement blocks, ensuring that your livestock will consume enough of the product to meet their nutritional needs.
Find organic livestock feed
Tap into the strong consumer desire for food products with an organic certification. The United States Department of Agriculture administers the National Organic Program, and it mandates that any meat that bears the organic label must come from animals that consumed organic feed.
I recommend: Coyote Creek Farm offers organic feeds in bulk or 50 pound bags in its attempt to encourage organic grain farming efforts and reduce its carbon footprint. McGreary Organics, Inc. makes 50 pound bags of organic cattle, poultry, sheep, pig, goat and turkey feed to order each week in its Pennsylvania facility.
Find cattle feeds that meet the needs of your animals at every life stage
There isn't a single feed product on the market that can meet all of the nutritional needs of your cattle. Livestock feed and nutrition suppliers must provide different cattle feed products formulated for calves, bulls and heifers. Additionally, dairy cows, beef cattle and pregnant cows have different needs.
I recommend: Purina Mills, LLC offers a 4-square feeding program to ensure your cattle's best health and performance at every life stage. Kalmbach Feeds manufactures over 20 different feed blends to improve the performance of your livestock, including premium feeds for show animals.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- • Many livestock feed companies retain veterinarians and food science experts on their customer support teams. The job of these professionals is to keep you abreast of feeding trends and scientific developments, so you can make an informed decision about your livestock feed purchase. Ask for a consultation with one of these experts when you contact your supplier.
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Guide to Pricing and Costs of Livestock Feed and Nutrition
Provide livestock nutrition with your budget in mind
By R.N. Dolgener, Special Education Teacher
Research optimal livestock feed and nutrition, and keep your costs manageable with budget-minded feeding options:
1. Spend the most with livestock feed companies that distribute pre-mixed sweet and pelleted feeds and additives for specialty operations.
2. Keep your costs down with custom-mixed livestock feeds for large feeding operations and limited grazing.
3. Minimize feeding expenses with extended grazing and silage-based livestock feeding programs for optimal return on investment.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Find traditional livestock feed suppliers that carry ready-made feeds and supplements
Buying traditional supplements and grain-based feeds for livestock can absorb more than 70% of your livestock operation's budget. That figure is rising as the world economy focuses more on alternative, plant-based fuels, and grain prices continue to increase as production focus shifts to the biofuels industry. If you require pre-mixed feeds for your operation, buy in bulk - or from wholesale suppliers - whenever possible. Always compare feed nutrients on a dry-matter basis to know what you're getting. You may be able to buy a locally milled feed that is comparable to a higher-priced national brand in a nutrient comparison.
I recommend: Find wholesale livestock feed suppliers that carry the complete line of Purina Mills livestock products, and use the company's feeding cost calculator as you plan your feeding program. The Cornell University Cooperative Extension Feed Cost Calculator is dairy-specific, but yields cost per-head, per-day based on dry matter nutrient values listed on the feed bag.
Customize your livestock feeds to control nutrient content and cost
Many large, commercial livestock feeding operations include feed mills and fodder factories to produce custom-mixed livestock feed. The operation will buy livestock feed oats, corn, millet, beet pulp, peanut hulls and other fillers and minerals. Keep in mind that custom feeds can be the least expensive, or the most expensive, animal feeding option depending on the ingredients used.
I recommend: Use the least-cost feed formulation tools available with Feedsoft feed formulation software. Keep up with feed ingredient prices by subscribing to Feedstuffs agribusiness news. If you're in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S., use the buying power of Wenger's Feed Mill to purchase raw ingredients for your feed milling operation, or have Wenger's mill custom feed for you based on your desired nutrient content. Get free feed formulation software from Winfeed.
Rely on a range-feeding program, or use cattle feed products to supplement silage feeding
Commercial cattle feed nutrition is always improving, but producers face a sharp increase in consumer demand for naturally-fed food animals. Improve forage options with hay and silage supplements, and extended grazing practices can keep feeding costs down to between $1 and $1.50 per head, per day in your cattle operation. Improve silage palatability and safety - and extend the life of your silage - with inoculants to eliminate spoilage microbes such as bacilli, enterobacteria, clostridia, yeasts and molds. The inoculants add 1 to 10 cents per head, per day to your silage feeding costs.
I recommend: Use the cost calculator from Crystalyx Brand Supplements to determine your cost per-head, per-day for forage-feeding supplementation. Maximize the cost-effectiveness of your silage with the help of inoculants to increase digestibility at QualitySilage.com.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- • Regularly inspect your livestock and cattle feeds for evidence of mold. Corn used in livestock feeds sometimes carries aflatoxin mold, which can seriously sicken and kill your stock. If you find mold when you buy the feed, return the feed to the dealer. You may be eligible for a refund, or at the very least, you will let the dealer know their feed is moldy.
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