Producing animal feed can sound like an easy task, but for professionals in nutrition and feed formulation, it's a lot more complicated than it looks. When you're producing animal feed, what are some of the key aspects that need to be kept in mind to ensure you're getting the right formulation or calculation with superior quality management? Implementing technology solutions ensure your customers are getting the right feed to meet their needs. Here's a quick look at what you should consider as you work through the animal feed production process.
Developing Feed Formulation or Rationing Calculations
Every ag student who has ever taken an animal science course knows the basics of feed formulation using a Pearson square. However, the reality of feed formulation requires significantly more thought than balancing a simple formula. Shifting input prices combined with the demand for higher production on less feed requires a scientific and exacting approach to developing feed formulas.
Strategic feed software tools can help you quickly develop the right formulation, allowing you to quickly adapt to changes in the market. When you use feed software such as our BESTMIX series of software you can rest assured that you have a much higher degree of accuracy without a related increase in overhead costs and loss of profitability for your business.
Ensuring Higher Quality Management
Animal feed recalls are more than just a pain, they can create a significant loss for your business. As consumers hear about the recall, they will often switch to a different brand of feed that is perceived as being safer for their livestock or poultry. This change often doesn't end with the current recall, but can impact your company far into the future. Unfortunately, when testing is time-consuming and costly, it can fall to the side as your company plows forward. When these actions force you into a recall situation, your company loses part of its market share and takes a strong hit to its credibility and brand loyalty.
But what if you could get more comprehensive information from each sample while still reducing the cost and labor of testing? Our BESTMIX LIMS for feed provides you with a more thorough data set for each sample while integrated systems allow that data to be moved directly into your core applications while retaining both flexibility and consistency. This allows you to determine when you're potentially dealing with a quality control issue, rather than waiting for a customer to open a sack of feed and discover a bag full of mold.
The cost of getting a bad reputation over feed that does not meet its nutritional formulation or poor quality management can be devastating to your company. If you unintentionally use feed ingredients that have experienced a massive price shift, you may be losing profit for your company. Having solid nutritional software provides you with the options you need to avoid these situations, drastically improving your company's profitability while reducing overhead costs for testing and improving overall reliability of outcomes.
By having a good grasp on the areas where feed production can be improved, you can quickly implement the right approach to ensure high quality products. But what if your current system isn't up to handling the level of accuracy and quality that your customers demand? Adifo Software is here to help you get started down the path to innovative feed production software. Please feel free to contact us today with any questions or for more information on our cutting-edge software products for your business.