BASIC GUIDE

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FEED MILL
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TABLE OF CONTENT
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1. INTRODUCTION

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Types of feed produced in a feed mill

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List of livestock the feed mill service

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2. BASIC ASSETS AND MACHINE NEEDED

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Machines needed
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3. A COMPLETE POULTRY FEEDMILL

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Poultry feedmill flow chart

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Poultry feed formulation

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4. A COMPLETE FISH FEEDMILL

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Fish feedmill flow chart
Fish feed formulation

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Estimate cost for a 300kg/hr sinking fish
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Estimate cost for a 100kg/hr floating fish
feedmill

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5. KEYS TO SUCCESS
6. CONTACTS TO SOURCE ITEMS
 icsINTRODUCTION

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Feed milling has proven to be a very lucrative business

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in the world at large. Animal feeds are a major input of

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both intensive and semi-intensive animal husbandry

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including aquaculture.

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Major customers for feed mills in are mainly medium

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and small-scale poultry farmers, fish farmers, goat and

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sheep farmers, etc.

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The high demand for Chicken meat, egg and other

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poultry products, fish and fattened cows, etc. has led to

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an increase in animal farms start-up in many parts of
the country and this definitely has led to an increase in
demand for feeds.

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Hence starting and running a feed mill has become a

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very lucrative and most necessary venture for the
animal meat industry in and current trends of

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increased local production is definitely a good
indication of its relevance.

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Types of feed produced in a feedmill

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Mash: These feeds comes in crumbs and are eaten
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especially at the starter stage.

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Pellets: These feeds are eating by birds, fishes, pig,

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goats and all other livestock animals.

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List of livestock animals that use feeds

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Fishes

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Poultry birds

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Snail

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Pigs

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Dogs
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Cows

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etc

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BASIC ASSETS AND MACHINES NEEDED

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1. Space size needed:

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Space needed for the actual milling machine area is

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15ftx15ft (for startup, small scale feed mill)

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But note that, for LARGE SCALE commercial feed mill, the

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following will also be needed

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Milling machine areas

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ingredients

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Different stores for macro-ingredients and micro-

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Warehouse

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Cloakroom (changing room)

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Security post

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Vehicle parking lot
Bathroom and toilet c
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2. Pelleting machine:

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Pelleting machine makes pellets feed for ALL livestock
animals.

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But note.... for FISH FEED, the feed produced by a
pelleting machine SINKS IN WATER.

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This machine comes in different SPEED CAPACITIES
(measured in kg/hr) and it produces different sizes of
feed 2mm, 3mm,4mm,6mm,8mm
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3. Extruder machine:

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Extruder machine is mainly designed for making
FLOATING FISH FEED. The technology used in

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extruder machine, is what makes feed float on

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This machine comes in different SPEED
CAPACITIES (measured in kg/hr) and it produces

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different sizes of feed

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2mm, 3mm,4mm, 5mm, 6mm

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4. Poultry mill machine:

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Poultry mill machine is what is used to make

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starter mash type of feed for birds and for smaller

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livestock that are not big enough to pick pellet

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These poultry mill consists of a MIXER section and

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a CRUSHER section, ALL-IN-ONE.

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This machine comes in different SPEED

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CAPACITIES (measured in kg/hr)

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5. Crusher / Pulverizer machine:

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This machine crushes your feed ingredients into

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the finest powder.

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Material to be put inside an extruder machine,

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need to be finely grinded, first. Same also applies

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for material to be put inside a pelleting machine,

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particularly if you are making smaller size pellets

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like 2mm, 3mm, 4mm.

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This machine comes in different SPEED

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CAPACITIES (measured in kg/hr)

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6. Mixer machine:

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Carrying out manual Mixing of feed materials for

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commercial purpose can be very tidious. That is

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why a mixer machine is designed for this purpose.

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With this machine, material that are crushed my

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the crusher machine is evenly mixed to make sure

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your livestock gets all the nutrient in meal.

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This machine comes in different SPEED

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CAPACITIES (measured in kg/batch)

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7. Dryer machine:
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feeds, all moisture content of the feed needs to be
removed. This is done by drying, using a feedmill
dryer machine.
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This machine comes in different SPEED
CAPACITIES (measured in kg/batch)
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8. Others:

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Electricity: A 3phase (380v) power source need

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to be in place, for a commercial feed mill.

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Generator: When there is no power supply, a
diesel generator needs to be in place to run all
machines in the feedmill.

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Digital scale: Quantity of feed produced, and
quantity of feed to be sold per bag, need to be
measured accurately with a scale.

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Bag sealing machine: After feed is put in bag,

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the bag will be sealed, using a bag sealing
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A COMPLETE POULTRY FEEDMILL

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A. If you want to produce ONLY mesh poultry feed:
All you need is

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Your space/ feedmill house

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Poultry mill machine

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Feed mill ingredients

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Your alternative power source

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Bag sealer

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dried feed ingredients feed ready for sale
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B. If you want to produce ONLY pellet poultry feed:
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Your space/ feedmill house

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Pelleting machine

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Dryer machine

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Scale and Bag sealer

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crusher
pelleting machine

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dried feed ingredients

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feed ready for sale
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C. If you want to produce BOTH mash and pellet poultry feed:
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combine both A and B above
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POULTRY FEED FORMULATION

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Poultry feed formulation varies based on 2

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Age/size if birds

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Purpose of rearing (broiler or layer)

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I specialize mainly on fish. So to get indepth

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detailed poultry feed formulation, i will direct
to an expert in poultry feed.

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He has given the detail poultry
formulation in the article below
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THE POULTRY FEED
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A. If you want to produce ONLY SINKING FISH feed:

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Mixer machine

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PELLETING MACHINE
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Your alternative power source

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B. If you want to produce ONLY FLOATING FISH feed:

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C. If you want to produce BOTH SINKING AND FLOATING
FISH feed:

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All you need is
Include both an EXTRUDER and a PELLETING

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machine in the line.

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CATFISH FEED FORMULATION

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A. Sinking fish feed formulation:

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B. Floating fish feed formulation:

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SAMPLE ESTIMATE COST

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Sample estimate cost for commercial 300kg/hr SINKING

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fish feed production line

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Sample estimate cost for commercial 100kg/hr FLOATING
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KEYS TO SUCCESS

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The keys to success in feed mill business are

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1. Quality Machinery

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2. Ingredients

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3. Proper storage.
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4. Initial Financial stability for purchase of

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feed ingredients and other micro ingredient.

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5. Low operating cost.

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6. Aggressive online and offline marketing

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CONTACTS TO GET ITEMS

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FEED INGREDIENTS: ALFA, 08135496369

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abattior, agege, lagos

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FEED MILL MACHINES: DOVE AQUATICS,
iyana ipaja, lagos. 08161760710

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