Small-Scale Cattle Feed Pellet Manufacturing Plant Cost

In recent years, with the rapid growth of the cattle industry, traditional feeds have become inadequate to meet feed requirements. Farmers are looking for alternative feed products that are easily accessible, easy to store, nutritious for the animals and less costly. Increasingly, investors are seeing pellet feed as a profitable option.

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Why Investors Choose to Set Up Cattle Feed Pellet Production Plants?

Pellet feed is healthier and more nutritious than traditional feed. Cattle feed pellets are a compound feed made from a variety of ingredients such as cereals, oil crops and legume seeds, grasses, dried beet pulp and additives such as vitamins, minerals, chemical preservatives and other essential trace ingredients through a cattle feed pellet mill. The formulation of the cattle feed pellets is based on the type of cattle. Cattle feed pellets are high in energy and rich in protein, vitamins and minerals. Therefore, with different composition and nutrient content, different cattle feed pellets are suitable for different types of cattle, such as bulls, cows, heifers and buffaloes. The pelleting of feed can be well digested and improves the quality of the cattle.

Alternatively, you can make separate recipes for chickens, pigs, cows, fish or other animals and mix them to make pellets so that you have feed pellets for all your poultry and livestock.

how to start your own production line with best business plan

If you are interested in owning your own feed pellet mill or see a great opportunity to start a business in the animal feed pellet production line, ABC Machinery can help you with business planning, plant design, equipment selection, installation, commissioning, etc. We are definitely a reliable partner for the animal feed pellet production industry.

How Profitable is Cattle Feed Production Business?

Starting a cattle feed production business can be very profitable. The investment cost to start a small-scale cattle feed plant is approximately $20,000 to $30,000 and the annual production capacity of a small cattle feed plant can be around 2,000 tonnes. At a profit of US$50 per tonne, the profit would be around $100,000 per year. A small cattle feed mill is a type of production and processing plant that resembles a home workshop type. The space required is not large, only a crusher, a mixer, a feed pellet mill, and a packaging machine need to be purchased. Then you can buy some processing raw materials for production and processing.(Read More: Small-Scale Cattle Feed Pellet Plant Setup Cost

  • Firstly, how much does it cost to open a small-scale cattle feed mill?

Compared to the investment cost of a million large feed mills, the threshold for starting a small feed mill is still very low, with a general investment cost of around $20,000-30,000. Of course, this cost is only an estimate, the specific cost depends on the actual situation. If you have an ample budget, you can choose to invest in a large cattle feed processing plant for your farm, which generates higher profits.

  • Secondly, the annual profit of a small cattle feed mill

Generally speaking, the annual profit of a small feed mill is directly linked to its annual production capacity, which means that the higher the annual production, the higher the annual profit. Usually the annual output of a small feed mill can be about 2000 tons. At a profit of $50 per tonne, the annual profit would be around $100,000.

  • Third, what equipment should you buy to start a small-scale cattle feed mill?

Comparison
 flat die pellet mill Simple structure adjustable pressure small energy consumption suitable for small family type workshop
ring die pellet mill High output beautiful granule forming high density suitable for large-scale operation of enterprises

Small-scale animal feed mills are generally similar to home workshop type production and processing plants, you can directly buy small cattle feed pellet production lines, and then buy some processing raw materials, such as fish meal, corn, soybeans, whey powder, rapeseed meal, etc. 

Small-Scale Animal Feed Pellet Plants Working Video


In short, if you want to have a cattle feed pellet line for home use, a cost-effective animal feed pellet mill is the best choice for you !

 

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