Weighing Feed With Front End Loaders
Vern Hofman, Agriculture Engineer, Wayne Boland, Veterinarian, North Dakota State University
Weighing feed is basic to feeding livestock a balanced ration, which is essential to animal performance, animal health, and even optimal response to vaccinations or treatments, resulting in reduced animal health care costs. Knowing the amount of feed livestock are receiving is also necessary in determining feed conversion rates and feed costs.
