Feedmill Solutions
Big Dutchman Feed Mill solutions: Take control of your greatest input costs – feed.
Feed is often the single most expensive variable in pig and poultry farming. With cereal quality and price per ton fluctuating greatly, many farmers are opting to grow and mix their own feed.
The greatest input cost to any pig, egg or poultry production farm is a feed which is why Big Dutchman Southern Africa is so passionate about the Big Dutchman Feed Mill solutions. A feed mill provides farmers with the opportunity to work with a tailored feed mix based on the most animal-effective and cost-effective ingredients available. In addition, feed mills provide greater farm security in terms of bio-hazard management, ingredient quality management and feed availability management.
Big Dutchman technology such as Big Farm Net empowers you with feed-level data from your Big Dutchman feed mill so that you can always ensure the availability of quality feed for your animals. With experience in Southern African countries since 1966 and global experience since 1938 Big Dutchman Feed Mills takes the best global feed mill technology and adapts it to support Southern African farmers taking climate, labor, feed ingredients and local infrastructure into account.
Benefits
The opportunity to create farm-specific feed mixes for increased animal productivity
Reduced input costs
A controlled and stable feed channel
Reduced transport costs
Intimate knowledge of ingredient quality and quantity
The opportunity to sell excess feed to other farms
Holistic farm management where animal waste can be used to fertilise feed
Step 1: Cleaning Home Grown Crops
Pigs and poultry are highly sensitive, making efficient crop cleaning vital. Big Dutchman offers two advanced drum cleaners designed to effectively remove stones, sand, and large debris from your harvest.
Step 2: Milling the crop into feed
Even ingredient distribution is key to feed quality. Big Dutchman Hammer Mills are built for durability, allowing farmers to easily adjust between fine or structured feed while integrated dust filters maintain optimal hygiene.
Step 3: Mixing the feed
Achieving a precise mix of cereals, minerals, and vitamins is crucial for animal productivity. Big Dutchman horizontal and vertical Dry Mixers offer flexible, low-wear installations that deliver short mixing times and high accuracy.
Step 4: Storing the feed
Safely storing your feed in a highly sanitary and hygienic environment is critical for animal health. Big Dutchman provides a versatile range of indoor and outdoor silos tailored to the specific needs of your farm.
In addition to the various standard equipment farmers need to make and store home grown feed, Big Dutchman also has a variety of specialist equipment that enables farmers to tailor their feed mills to their specific requirements.
These include:
A variety of specialist filters | Hoppers for the storage of specific ingredients such as dry minerals
Pelleting equipment for the pelleting of finished feed
Recent Projects
George, Eastern Cape Feedmill
This Big Dutchman client is a very successful layer farmer in George in the Eastern Cape. Big Dutchman recently commissioned this feedmill and were involved in the quoting, layout, specifications and commisisoning with our colleagues from Germany. The client primarily uses this feedmill to produce feed for his own farm of 600 000 Layer Hens and […]
Winterton Feedmill
Big Dutchman recently completed a feed mill project for a client in Winterton KZN to facilitate better feed costs for his pullet rearing farm. Big Dutchman completed the design, layout, installation and commissioning for the farmers feed mill which will facilitate feed for both farms in Winterton and Mooiriver. The feed mill is running successfully […]