Analysis of Philippines Feed Industry

More feed mills are needed in the two Philippine island groups of Visayas and Mindanao in order to reduce the cost of meat in these regions, according to the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI)

There are very few feed mills in the Visayas and Mindanao, and this is the reason meat prices there are high, according to Dr Angel Mateo, officer in charge of the Animal Feeds Standards Division (AFSD) of the BAI,

There are 1,730 feed manufacturers in the Philippines, all located in Central Luzon and the NCR, which means feed prices in Visayas and Mindanao are higher due to transport costs.

“There is a need for more feed mills in Region 8 [Eastern Visayas] and the ARMM [Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao],” said Mateo. “ARMM needs more investments for the production of halal feed or those with no pork component like lard.”

Mateo noted that investments in the feed industry are hindered by the lack of land since large areas have been converted for other purposes and not agricultural production.

Feed Pellet Mills

Feed Pellet Grading Sieve

The common feed pellet grading sieves have two types: vibrating feed pellet grading sieve and rotary feed pellet grading sieve. Grading sieve is a necessary equipment for feed pelletizing plants. I will introduce rotary feed pellet grading sieve as the following.

Rotary feed pellet grading sieve is designed to sieve and grade feed pellets or the intermediate products after secondary crushing. It can also be used to clean the raw materials for pelletizing. The grading sieve usually has two or three sieving layers, with good sieving and grading effect. Customers can choose the suitable one according to their need.

Rotary Feed Pellet Grading Sieve

How does the Feed Pellet Rotary Grading Sieve Work? 
The screening effect is important for the quality and output of feed pellets. In order to improve the yield and reduce the power consumption during pelletizing process, some pelletizing plants use the feed pellet mills with large die diameter. Then they crush the large pellets into smaller ones. The crushed pellets should be graded to separate out the fine powder and large pellets, and get the qualified pellets at last. The rotary grading sieve is equipped with two sieve layers. The large pellets on the upper screen will be crushed again; the qualified pellets are in the inter-layer; and the powered or small particle materials under the lower screen will be pelletized again.

Feed Pellets for Ducks

Duck gets more popularity around people due to the features of easy digestion, rich vitamin B, E and niacin content.

Now breeders are more inclined to using feed pellets to raise ducks. Duck feed pellets should consider the ducks' living condition, feed ingredients, nutrition value, production property etc.

Feed Pellets for Ducks

Breeders should fully utilize the local feed ingredients which have nutritional value and low price so as to reduce production cost. The varieties of feed pellets should be as much as possible in order to make nutrition comprehensive. Some people think the more nutritional the feed pellets the better the ducks. Actually it is wrong because all poultry's feed intakes rely on feeds’ energy level. Ducks intake less feed pellets which have high energy level; and when feed have low energy level the feed intakes will increase. Therefore the feed pellets’ protein and energy proportions should be balanced otherwise it causes innutrition or overnutrition and feed pellet waste.