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| I know this is an old post, but we do get a couple of inquiries a year from people interested in starting their own feed business. Our recommendation is to start with the end in mind...for example, where, what, and for how much will you sell your animal feed? Take a look at what is selling in your area. Visit local feed stores, or take a look at their websites to determine what is the most popular products are. Here in our part of Texas, the most popular livestock feed products for large to medium sized animals is 20% pasture cubes sold in 50 lb bags that contains processed grain byproducts, cottonseed meal, vitamins, minerals, etc. After creating your feed, then how will you package and sell it? Here's an example of a simple, high-speed bagging system for packaging alfalfa pellets: https://www.tinsleycompany.com/automated-feed-bagging-system-for-50l... and then a lower rate bagging system using a mechanical gross weigh bagger: https://www.tinsleycompany.com/bagging-deer-corn-and-other-grains-in... After packaging and selling your feed product for a while, you would enhance your systems to make things more automated to reduce labor costs and then expand your distribution area.
Edited by tecbaggerguy 4/26/2022 16:34
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starting a feed business
