FEED MIXING BASICS By Dan Loy, PhD, Iowa State University
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t has been said that there are four rations in the feedlot. The first is the one that is formulated by the nutritionist. The second is the one that actually goes into the feed mixer. The third ration is the one that is delivered to the feed bunk. And the final ration is the one the steer actually consumes. Our goal should be for the ration the animal consumes to be as close to the one that is formulated as possible. Software that integrates with the scale head provides a measure for comparing and improving the precision of the formulated ration with what is loaded into the mixer.
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