Should you start producing your own poultry feed?

Feed plays a crucial role in modern poultry production – not only for poultry health and performance, but also for the overall profitability of the farm.

For many poultry producers, feed represents the single largest operating cost, and at the same time it is an area where even small adjustments can have a significant impact on production results and the bottom line.

Nevertheless, many producers still rely on purchased compound feed from external suppliers. This often leads to challenges such as price fluctuations, limited insight into raw material quality and reduced flexibility when it comes to adapting feed formulations to the actual requirements of the poultry.

The challenge of purchasing ready-made poultry feed

When feed is purchased externally, a large part of the control is handed over to the supplier. Prices are influenced by market conditions, transport costs and global raw material availability – factors that are largely outside the farmer’s control. At the same time, standardized feed formulations may not be optimally adapted to your specific production, whether you produce broilers, layers or breeding stock.

A lack of flexibility can result in:

• Lower feed efficiency
• Inconsistent quality from delivery to delivery
• Limited utilization of home-grown grain and raw materials
• Difficulty adjusting feeding strategies quickly when production conditions change

At a time when demands for efficiency, traceability, animal welfare and documentation continue to increase, many poultry producers find that externally supplied feed no longer supports a long-term, competitive operation.

Produce your own feed with a SKIOLD feed mill

By investing in a feed mill from SKIOLD, you gain full control of the entire feed production process – from raw materials to finished feed. SKIOLD supplies complete, turnkey solutions for on-farm feed production, tailored to each individual farm and its production objectives.

The solution can include:

• Raw material intake, cleaning and storage
• Accurate dosing of ingredients
• Efficient grinding to achieve the correct feed structure
• Uniform mixing and finished feed

All processes are managed through automated and user-friendly control systems, ensuring high operational reliability, consistent feed quality and full traceability. This allows you to formulate feed based on your own raw materials, your poultry and your production goals – and to adjust recipes continuously as requirements change.

SKIOLD feed mills are modular in design and can be adapted to both small and large poultry operations. At the same time, the plants are designed for future expansion, making your investment scalable as production grows.

Poultry feed milling plant in Sweden

A clear example of the benefits of on-farm feed production can be found at Rösäng Lantbruk in Sweden, a large-scale broiler producer that has integrated feed production directly into its operation. The plant produces approximately 12,000 tonnes of poultry feed per year, supplying several million poultry across the farm’s own facilities and neighboring poultry farms.

The feed mill is designed to handle the entire process – from raw material intake and cleaning to grinding, dosing, mixing and finished feed. The installation allows the production of multiple feed types, adapted to poultry age and production stage, while ensuring consistent quality and full traceability through FlexMix Pro, a digital control and batch management system.

The result has been lower feed costs, improved utilization of home-grown raw materials and greater day-to-day production flexibility – benefits that are difficult to achieve with purchased compound feed.

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The tangible benefits of producing your own poultry feed

On-farm feed production with a SKIOLD solution offers several advantages that go far beyond feed price alone:

Financial benefits and improved resource utilization

• Lower feed cost per produced unit
• Better utilization of home-grown grain and raw materials
• Reduced dependency on price fluctuations of compound feed
• Fast return on investment in the feed mill

Control, quality and poultry health

• Full control over feed composition and nutritional content
• Consistent quality – batch after batch
• Freshly produced feed supporting optimal growth and performance
• Improved feed efficiency and overall poultry health

Flexibility and future-proof production

• Rapid adjustment of feed recipes when production conditions change
• Ability to respond to changes in raw material prices and market conditions
• A solution that can be scaled and expanded as required

With SKIOLD feed mills, you gain a reliable, proven solution based on decades of experience in feed technology and poultry production.

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