Tie every feed batch to its formula, raw material lots and the dealers who received it.

Feed is made to a formula for a species and a growth stage, such as broiler starter, layer mash, dairy cattle pellet or fish grower. A formula can only perform as well as the grain and meal that go into the mixer. Maize moisture, soya protein and fish meal quality shift from one truck to the next, so the mill adjusts the mix each time. The record must follow.

Animal feed manufacturer software keeps that chain in one place. Intake tests, silo and bin stock, mixer batches, pellet runs and bagged lots are linked. Any product line can be followed from the weighbridge to a dealer’s warehouse. No step rests on memory.

Trucks arrive at the weighbridge with maize, soya meal, bran, rice polish, limestone or fish meal. A sample goes to the lab for moisture, protein and a check for foreign matter, and the load is accepted, price-adjusted or sent back. Accepted material is tipped into a bin or silo, and the bin level is recorded against the supplier lot.

The production planner picks formulas for the day against dealer orders. Operators weigh the major ingredients, add the premix and run the mixer, then feed the mash to the conditioner and pellet press where the product needs it. Cooled pellets are screened, bagged and stamped with a batch code. A retained sample is shelved. Dispatch loads dealer orders from the stacks, and the accounts team follows credit and returns. Day ends with stock counted.