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An Introduction to Least-Cost Feed Formulation Software

Published: October 25, 2006
Summary
Purpose The following article is a primer on least-cost formulation. While explaining the fundamentals of least-cost formulation, the author also goes over more advanced features such as shadow prices, price maps and nutrient factoring. This is a must-read for those who want a concise introduction to least-cost formulation. In the not so distant past, feed manufacturers used to balance ...
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Morrison Tay
23 de junio de 2018
it for reducing cost of production
sayed abdel basit poultry specialist
27 de diciembre de 2018

I would like to try the program. Can I?

Elsayed Mickdam
24 de enero de 2019

What is the best software and how can I get it?

Rogelio Beltran
20 de abril de 2019

Elsayed Mickdam, It depends on what you need from the software, and how you are going to use it and what species you need to formulate for:

a. Personal use vs Profesional (Consultant) vs Feed Plant use

b. Ruminants (Ration balancing on dry matter basis) vs Non ruminants (Complete feed formulation on as feed basis).

You will need to try the demo version and choose the one you feel comfortable with.

For complete feed formulation:
WinFeed, SysnovaFeed(Free), FeedAcces (Free, online) FeedLive, AFOS. There are other software mainly used at feed plant level like Brill, Alix, Bestmix, WinMix.

For dairy cattle:
NDS, AMTS,Spartan 3, FeedExpert, DinaMilk

I personally like AFOS for feed formulation because is not too expensive and have a good funcionalities. WinFeed is also a good one to start but you will need to enter nutritional requirements and feed composition information.

The one mentioned in the original article (Feedsoft), was very good but is not available anymore.

There are a lot more I just mention a few of them

Adnan albayaty
5 de junio de 2020
Rogelio Beltran how i get the best soft ware
Rogelio Beltran
25 de junio de 2020
Adnan albayaty , Please contact me in gmail at rogebelra@
Ilouoni ngampourou Exoce
6 de mayo de 2021
Rogelio BeltranI am exoce and I am a breeder I have just discovered the world of formulation software like sysnova and winfeed and for the use I have no problem the worries I have where I can say the question I ask myself is to know about the nutritional values ??of foods because everything I find on the net is different from each other so if I can get help from you regarding a table of nutrients with their composition it will be very useful thank you for your time I hope to hear from you
Arunangshu Das Gupta
20 de febrero de 2019
Fish feed formulations
DR ABUBAKAR GENE
21 de abril de 2019
Interested in poultry least-cost Feedformulation software
Rogelio Beltran
2 de mayo de 2019
DR ABUBAKAR GENE , Try WinFeed 2.8 (http://www.winfeed.com) wich is not expensive, AFOS (http://animalfeedsoftware.com/index.php) has 3 different versions, in general is not expensive, SysnovaFeed ( https://www.sysnova.com/SysnovaFeed), is free. Contact me if you need more help.
Hussein Hawileh
22 de abril de 2019
Thanks for your explanation. I am a familiar in poultry ration formulation. as you said we need to know more about the animal requirement mainly minerals, mineral ratio such as ca:p and Na: Cl, and DEB,.... and of-course the chicken species Thanks again for your information which it is very valuable especially the software.
K. Indira
Gutta Engineers Pvt. Ltd.
22 de abril de 2019
Let me know the least cost formulation software for aquaculture.
Rogelio Beltran
2 de mayo de 2019
K. Indira , you can use any software available commercially. Depending what you need that software can be very simple or more complete. Try WinFeed 2.8 (http://www.winfeed.com) wich is not expensive, AFOS (http://animalfeedsoftware.com/index.php) has 3 different versions, in general is not expensive, SysnovaFeed ( https://www.sysnova.com/SysnovaFeed), is free. There are a lot more.
braveson
19 de mayo de 2020
thank you
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