Feed mills for pig feed

Produce your own pig feed – gain full control over feed, price, and quality

🐖 Feed for pigs

When you produce your own pig feed, you can tailor the nutritional content precisely to piglets, finishing pigs, and sows. This results in better feed utilization, higher growth rates, and more stable production results. On this page, you can read about the advantages of producing your own feed, which raw materials can be used, and how to ensure consistent quality and feed hygiene throughout production.

🌾What are the advantages of producing your own feed for pigs?

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Producing your own feed gives you flexibility and financial control over your entire feed supply. When you produce your own pig feed, you can use your own raw materials and ensure that the feed is fresh and tailored to the specific needs of your animals. This means that you have greater control over both nutritional content and quality, which can improve feed utilization and give better results in the barn.

🌾Why should I produce my own feed for pigs?

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By producing your own feed, you gain full control over the raw materials, nutritional balance, and feed quality. This direct control means you can reduce transport costs, lessen your dependence on external suppliers, and tailor the feed entirely to your production goals. Many producers also experience significant savings on feed costs because they optimize the composition and produce locally.

🌾What equipment do I need to produce pig feed?

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A complete feed mill for pig feed typically includes intake, cleaning, grinding, dosing, mixing, and transport equipment, and can be expanded with pelleting, control software, and automation depending on your needs. Skiold supplies modular solutions that can be adapted to everything from small farm facilities to large fully automated installations.

🌾What raw materials can I use in my own pig feed?

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In your own feed production, you can use the most common raw materials such as barley, wheat, corn, soybeans, and rapeseed. This means that you can use your own crops and supplement them with purchased protein or vitamin mixtures. This opens up a more sustainable and local feeding strategy, where you yourself determine both the content and quality of the feed.

🌾How do I ensure the correct nutritional balance and quality in pig feed?

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Proper nutritional balance and high feed quality require precise control of the degree of grinding, mixing, and feed hygiene. A modern feed mill system can be integrated with control software that ensures consistent production and traceability throughout the process. The system is designed to maintain high accuracy so you can produce feed that meets your production goals.

🌾Is it economically viable to produce your own pig feed?

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Yes, producing your own feed is typically a cost-effective solution. Experience from producers shows that savings on feed costs are often in the range of 10–30% per ton of feed, depending on the size of the farm and the equipment used. The investment in a feed mill usually pays for itself within a few years, because you reduce your purchase of ready-made feed and can optimize the utilization of raw materials.

🌾Can I use the same feed mill system for different types of feed compositions?

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Yes, modern feed mills are designed to produce many different mixtures in a single installation, which means that you can produce feed for piglets, finishing pigs, and sows with the same system. This provides great flexibility in production and makes it easy to adapt the feed to the different production phases.

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