Cattle Feed Mill In Mexico

Cattle Feed Mill In Mexico

The total investment of the project is 2.15 million US dollars, mainly used for the purchase of new equipment, plant decoration, equipment installation and supporting engineering construction, etc. Cattle feed processing equipment accounts for half of the cost. The project investment is all self-raised by the customer company. (The main plant and auxiliary plant of the project have been built. During the construction period, only equipment is installed and debugged, and there is no civil engineering.)

This cattle feed mill in Mexico project is a new project. The workshop covers an area of 33442m2. It is planned to build 2 production lines. After construction, it can produce 120,000 tons of high-grade ruminant feed annually. The project has a labor quota of 60 people, two shifts, 10 hours per shift, 300 working days per year, and 6000 hours per year.

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The composition of the cattle feed mill in Mexico project is shown in the table below.

Engineering compositionEngineering content
Main engineeringMain workshopFive floors above ground, with a construction area of ​​2985.05m2. Two production lines are planned to be built. The main equipment includes mixers, granulators, crushers, etc.
Auxiliary workshopOne floor above ground, with an area of ​​6172.74m2. It is an auxiliary production workshop, which serves as a warehouse for raw materials, auxiliary materials and finished products.
Auxiliary engineeringOffice BuildingLocated in the northwest of the factory, with three floors above ground, the building area is 1243.56m2
LaboratoryLocated at one end of the tool room, with one floor above ground, it mainly conducts basic physical and chemical tests, such as determining material moisture, ash, crude protein, calcium, total phosphorus, salt, starch, etc.
Tool roomOne floor above ground, 468m2
Storage and transportation engineeringRaw materialsExcept for corn, which is stored in silos, the rest of the raw materials are stored in bags and barrels, and the storage location is the raw material warehouse of the auxiliary workshop;
Silo covers an area of ​​2382m2; storage raw materials: corn; set up on the ground, specifications: Ф13 meters * H14 meters, equipped with unloading pits.
Finished productsFinished products are divided into powder and granules. Powder is stored in bags, and granules are stored in bulk finished product warehouses and bags. There are 8 finished product warehouses, set up on the ground, each with a volume of 200m3, Ф4 meters * H16 meters, and the storage location is the finished product warehouse of the auxiliary workshop.
Public engineeringWater supply systemSupplied by the local water supply network
Heating systemA boiler room with an area of ​​162m2 and a new 3t/h gas steam boiler.
Power supply systemPower consumption is about 12.5 million kWh/a, supplied by the local power supply network.

The cattle feed mill in Mexico project has a designed production capacity of 120,000 tons of high-grade ruminant feed, mainly processing concentrated feed. The detailed product plan is shown in the table below.

Product NameOutput (10,000 tons/a)
High-end Ruminant Feed12
Product lineProduct category levelProduct namePercentageProduction Capacity(10,000 tons/a)
Ruminant feedCompound feed (concentrated feed supplement)Beef cattle feed50%6
Meat sheep feed30%3.6
Dairy cow feed10%1.2
Concentrated feedBeef cattle feed5%0.6
Sheep feed5%0.6
Total100%12

The product quality standards of the product compound feed (concentrated feed supplement) of this project shall comply with the relevant indicators of the client company’s “Ruminant Concentrated Feed Supplement” and “Ruminant Concentrated Feed”. The specific product quality indicators are detailed in the table below.

(1) Ruminant Concentrated Feed Supplement

① Product Classification

Product nameApplicable stage
Lamb concentrate supplementary feedLamb period
Lamb concentrate supplementary feedLamb period
Fattening sheep concentrate supplementary feedFattening period
Fattening sheep concentrate supplementary feedFattening period
Sheep concentrate supplementary feedLamb period/fattening period
Beef cattle concentrate supplementary feed Fattening period
Beef cattle concentrate supplementary feedFattening period of beef cattle
Beef cattle concentrate supplementary feedFattening period of beef cattle
Calf concentrate supplementary feedBeef cattle calf period
Calf concentrate supplementary feedBeef cattle calf period
Sheep concentrate supplementary feedLamb period/fattening period
Beef cattle concentrate supplementary feedFattening period

② Guaranteed value of feed product composition analysis %

Product CodeNutritional Index
Crude Protein ≧Crude Fiber≦Crude Ash≦Calcium≧Total PhosphorusSodium ChlorideLysine≧
HS5181812110.6~2.00.350.3~1.80.5
9811812110.6~2.00.350.3~1.80.5
HS5281514120.5~2.00.350.5~2.00.4
9821513120.4~2.00.350.4~1.80.4
9811330150.4~3.00.30.1~2.00.5
9801330150.4~3.00.30.1~2.00.5
HC5281513120.4~2.00.350.4~1.80.4
7121514120.5~2.00.350.5~2.00.4
HC5181812110.6~ 1.80.30.3~1.50.5
7111812110.6~ 1.80.350.3~1.50.5
7131328140.5~2.80.30.2~1.80.4
7101330140.4~2.50.30.2~2.00.4

(2) Ruminant concentrated feed

① Product classification

Product nameApplicable stageProduct code
Beef cattle concentrated feedFattening period of cattleHC30
Beef cattle concentrated feedFattening of cattleRN30
Meat sheep concentrated feed Fattening periodHS30
Sheep concentrated feedFattening periodRY30
Beef cattle concentrated feedCattle fattening periodLN30
Sheep concentrated feedFattening periodLY30

② Guaranteed value of feed product composition analysis %

Product codeNutritional indicators
Crude protein ≧Crude fiber≦Crude ash≦Calcium≧Total phosphorusSodium chlorideLysine≧
HC303425201.2~5.00.61.0~4.50.85
RN303425201.2~5.00.61.0~4.50.85
HS3 03120201.2~5.00.51.1~5.00.5
RY303120201.2~5.0 0.51.2~5.00.5
LN303425201.2~5.00.61.0~4.60.85

(1) Raw material consumption

The designed production capacity of this cattle feed mill in Mexico project is 120,000 tons of high-grade ruminant feed. The raw material consumption is shown in the table below.

No.NameQTY (t/a)Packing methodStorage locationTransportation method
1Corn13900BulkSiloAutomobile
2Soybean meal5480BaggedRaw material warehouseAutomobile
3Cottonseed meal 46%1130BaggedAutomobile
4Rapeseed meal1000BaggedAutomobile
5Dried corn whole alcohol grains11580BaggedAutomobile
6Corn husk16224BaggedAutomobile
7Bran14092BaggedAutomobile
8Soybean skin17842BaggedAutomobile
9Pea skin9622BaggedAutomobile
10Rice bran meal10004BaggedAutomobile
11Puffed soybean128BaggedAutomobile
12Molasses2652BarreledAutomobile
13Stone powder4771BaggedAutomobile
14Sodium chloride (for feed)1593BaggedAutomobile
15Fish meal3000BaggedAutomobile
16Wheat middlings3000BagsAutomobile
17Soybean oil500BarrelsAutomobile
18Calcium hydrogen phosphate200BagsAutomobile
19Lysine37.54BaggedAutomobile
20Methionine39BaggedAutomobile
21Urea (expanded)2107BaggedAutomobile
22Encapsulated ammonium chloride38BaggedAutomobile
230.5% compound premixed feed for cattle924BaggedAutomobile
241% compound premixed feed for sheep Premixed feed96BaggedAutomobile
25Phipro Fresh38BaggedAutomobile
26Mold inhibitor (propionic acid type)19BarreledAutomobile

(2) The main reagent consumption of the laboratory is shown in the table below.

The main reagents used in the laboratory of this cattle feed mill in Mexico project are as follows:

No.NameQTY
1Sodium hydroxide500g/a
2Sulfuric acid500mL/a
3Potassium sulfate500g/a
4Copper sulfate pentahydrate500g/a
5Hydrochloric acid500mL/a
6Urea500g/a
7Anhydrous ethanol500mL/a
8Sucrose500g/a
9Ammonia500g/a
10Acetone500mL/a
11Ammonium sulfate500g/a

Process flow description of this cattle feed mill in Mexico project:

1. Raw material entry and unloading

Raw material reception is divided into main raw material reception and auxiliary raw material reception. Main raw material reception refers to grains, and auxiliary raw material reception refers to other raw materials except grains.

The raw material corn of the cattle feed mill in Mexico project is transported into the factory area by car in bulk and then unloaded into the corn raw material silo for storage. Corn is fed into the cleaning grid by manual feeding, and the bucket elevator transports the material to the cylindrical primary cleaning screen and the iron remover. The large impurities in the material are screened out by the cylindrical primary cleaning screen and the iron remover removes the iron impurities in the material, and then enters the silo for temporary storage.

Other raw and auxiliary materials are transported into the factory area by car in bags or barrels, and are weighed by the truck scale, and then directly transported to the raw material warehouse of the auxiliary workshop in bags or barrels for storage. Therefore, the raw and auxiliary material entry and unloading process only considers the dust of bulk corn unloading.

2. Raw material cleaning and feeding process

During production, the pellets are fed into the pellet feeding hopper by a scraper conveyor, and the bucket elevator transports the materials to the cylindrical primary cleaning screen, where the large impurities in the materials are screened out by the cleaning screen and the iron impurities in the materials are removed by the iron remover, and then enter the crushing bin for standby use.

The materials that do not need to be crushed are fed and lifted by the bucket elevator to the primary cleaning screen to clean out the large impurities in the materials, and the iron impurities in the materials are removed by the iron remover, and then enter the rotary distributor to be distributed to the batching bin for standby use.

The type of raw material feeding is instructed by the central control room and displayed on the LED display screen at the feeding port, and the feeding amount is monitored by the upper level device.

When the upper level device alarms, the feeding is stopped. In each bin, the remaining amount of material in the batching bin will be simulated and displayed on the computer display screen. When there is insufficient material in the bin, the lower level device alarms, and the central control worker issues a feeding instruction to the feeding personnel and tells them what kind of material to put in.

3. Crushing Section

The granular materials entering the crushing bin are fed into the crusher evenly through the impeller feeder. The central control worker monitors the current of the crusher. When the lower material level alarm of the crushing bin sounds, it means that the materials in the bin are about to run out. The central control worker issues instructions to the feeding place.

The type of materials and the amount of materials to be put in are controlled by the central control room. Under the joint action of the fan, pulse bag dust collector and sedimentation chamber, the materials are conveyed to the bucket elevator by the material sealing screw under the action of negative pressure.

The bucket elevator conveys the materials to the rotary distributor and distributes them to the batching bin for use. The elevator and material transportation are all carried out in a closed manner.

4. Batching and mixing section

The materials entering the batching bin are batched by computer control and transported to the batching bucket by the batching auger. In this cattle feed mill in Mexico, the amount of each material is determined according to the size of the formula. After the batching is completed, the pneumatic weighing door opens and the material is placed in the mixer; the small material (core material) is batched manually or by a micro-batch device, and then enters the mixer after the batching is instructed.

The type and weight of the small material to be put in can only be completed after the central control room gives an instruction. After the small material is put in, the mixing time countdown begins. After the mixing time is 60S-90S, the uniformity requirement of the mixture is reached, CV≤5%.

The mixed finished powder enters the buffer hopper after the mixer opens the door, enters the permanent magnetic drum through the scraper conveyor to remove iron impurities, and then enters the granulation section. The material that needs to be granulated enters the granulation bin, and the feeding amount is monitored by the upper level device.

The lower level device alarms and the feeding starts; the upper level device alarms and the feeding stops. The material that does not need to be granulated enters the finished product bin for packaging. If the material needs to be returned to the machine, it will be returned to the batching bin for standby. Bucket elevator and material transportation are all closed.

5. Granulation section

The material entering the granulation bin is fed to the conditioner after the feeding auger is turned on in the central control room. After starting the machine, the material is conditioned in the conditioner and the steam entering the conditioner before entering the cattle feed pellet machine for pelleting. The temperature of the steam is relatively high, and the temperature of the material is increased to a certain extent when it contacts the material.

The material after the temperature is increased is easier to form when it is extruded through the pelleting room mold, and after high-temperature sterilization, the feed pellets have a low bacterial rate, and the animals will not get sick and are easy to digest.

Steam will cool down after contacting the powder, and has a moistening effect on the surface of the material. In the process of making feed pellets with the pellet feed processing machine, the output is increased and the pellets are full and beautiful. The steam required for the granulation process is supplied by the newly built steam boiler.

6. cooling section

Cooling: The material coming out of the cattle feed pellet mill is cooled by a fan to reduce the temperature and humidity. During the pelleting process, high-temperature and high-humidity steam is introduced and the material is squeezed to generate a lot of heat, so that the moisture content of the pellet feed reaches 16%~18% and the temperature is as high as 75℃~85℃ when it just comes out of the cattle feed mill pellet machine.

Under such conditions, the pellet feed is easy to deform and break, and it will also produce adhesion and mildew during storage, so it needs to be cooled. The bucket elevator and material transportation are all closed.

7. Screening section

Screening: After the pellets are cooled, the unqualified materials are re-pelletized after screening by the grading screen, and the qualified pellets are sent to the finished product warehouse for packaging or to the bulk finished product warehouse for loading and delivery by bulk trucks.

8. packaging section

Packaging: The materials entering the finished product warehouse enter the three-way after the gate is opened in the central control room. The materials that need to be screened are screened by the vibrating screen and then sent to the packaging scale for packaging. The materials that do not need to be screened are directly sent to the packaging scale for packaging. The dust removal of the packaging scale is jointly acted by the pulse bag dust collector and the fan.

The specific cattle feed mill equipment of this cattle feed plant project is shown in the table below:

No.Equipment NameModelCapacityQTY
Raw Material Section
1Manual Feeding HopperP_TGSSP25-18/3
2Pulse Drum Dust CollectorLNGM18/3
3Centrifugal Fan4-72-3.6A-2-3kW/3
4Scraper conveyorTGSP2555m3/h2
5Bucket elevatorTDTG40/29_T_C85m3/h3
6Drum primary screenTCQY10040–60t/h1
7Permanent magnetic drumTCXT2535–50t/h2
8Pulse drum dust collectorBLMB4/2
9Cone powder primary sieveSCQZ90×80×11025–30t/h1
10Screw conveyorLSUW32×3217 5–190m3/h1
11Iron removerRCYG100/1
12Pulse cloth dust collectorBLMY8/1
13Centrifugal fan9-19-3.5A-2-1.5kW/1
Crushing section
1Crushing feed hopperP_TWLY20x44/25×44/2
2Impeller feederTWLY25×309–22t/h2
3Hammer mill feed grinderSFSP132×365.5~8.5t/h2
4Pulse drum dust collectorLNGM30/2
5Centrifugal fanSFJ96-3.2C-7.5kW/2
6Crushing and settling bucketP_TLSGf32_H1120-L4800/2
7Screw conveyorLSGF3258 –60m3/h2
8Bucket elevatorTDTG36/22_T_C602
9Pulse drum dust collectorBLMB4/2
Batching section
1Batching bin//26
2Feeding auger//26
3Pulse cloth drum dust collectorBLMB4/1
Mixing section
1Cattle feed mixerSLHS730001
2Scraper conveyorTGSP35_C200m3/h1
3Bucket elevatorTDTG50/30 _T_C137m3/h1
4Iron removerRCYG1001
5Screw conveyorLSUW3288–95m3/h2
6Paddle molasses mixerST HJ50×27530-35t/h1
7Distributor feed hopperP_FJLD300/1
8Hammer millSFSP56×404~6t/h1
9Pulse cloth drum Dust collector BLMB12/1
10Centrifugal fanSFJ40-3.3C-4kW/1
11Crushing sedimentation bucketP_TLSGf32_H1120-L2200/1
Pelletizing section
1Pelletizing binTotal bin capacity: 85.6 cubic meters/4
2Feeding augerLSUW20×20/4
3Pelletizing feeding hopperMUWL600/2
4Paddle conditionerMUTZ600JCJ×2 20t/h2
5PelletizerSZLH535×1904–25t/h2
6Pellet discharge hopperSZLH535×190/2
7Flap counter-current coolerSLNF24×2410~15t/h2
8Pellet crumblerMUSL24×165/1
9cyclone dust collectorSKLX55-1600_A/2
10centrifugal fanSFJ308-3.6C-30kW/2
11Bucket elevatorTDTG36/2260m3/h2
12Combined rotary screenFJHD100×2Livestock and poultry pellets greater than 172
Finished product packaging system
1Finished product warehouseVolume 200 cubic/8
2Packaging buffer hopperPSC-Ⅲ/2
3Packaging bag conveyorPDSS3500TS/1< /td>
4Pulse cloth dust collectorBLMY8/1
5Centrifugal fan4-72-4A-2-5.5kW/1
6Scraper conveyorTGSP2590m3/h1

The cattle feed mill in Mexico project project site is an idle factory area. Some workshops of the company have been built. The main completed contents include a main plant, an auxiliary workshop (warehouse), four silos, an office building, and a tool room.

In addition, a new boiler room needs to be built, and a laboratory is set up at one end of the tool room (mainly for basic physical and chemical tests, such as determining material moisture, ash, crude protein, calcium, total phosphorus, salt, starch, etc.), and two workshops and a research and development center are reserved.

Analysis of rationality of plane layout:

  • ① Arrange each production process according to the process flow, and each production process, raw material area, and finished product area are compactly connected, and the material transportation distance is short, which is convenient for energy saving and consumption reduction, and improves production efficiency.
  • ② The general solid waste temporary storage area and the hazardous waste temporary storage area are close to the pollution-producing link, which is convenient for the collection and treatment of various general solid wastes and hazardous wastes.

In summary, the general plane layout of the cattle feed mill in Mexico project project basically achieves clear functional zoning, short process pipelines, smooth logistics, compact and reasonable layout, and land saving, so the plane layout in the workshop is very reasonable.

(1) Water supply

The water supply and drainage situation of the fully automatic cattle feed plant project is analyzed as follows:

① Determination of water used for soft water preparation

This cattle feed mill in Mexico project project will build a new 3t/h gas boiler, which will work 20 hours a day and require 60t/d of soft water to be replenished every day. Soft water is prepared by ion exchange resin, and the water yield is 75%. Therefore, the boiler water of the project needs to be supplemented with 80m³/d (24,000m³/a) of fresh water and 20m³/d (6,000m³/a) of concentrated water produced by soft water preparation.

② Domestic water

The project has an additional labor quota of 60 people, and the domestic water consumption is 80L/day/person. After calculation, the water consumption is 4.8m3/d, and the annual working days are 300 days, totaling 1440m3/a.

(2) Drainage

① Preparation of concentrated water from soft water

Ion exchange resin is used to prepare soft water. The water yield is 75%. The amount of concentrated water produced by the project boiler soft water is 20m³/d (6000 m³/a). After pretreatment in the sewage pool, it is discharged into the local sewage treatment plant through the municipal sewage pipe.

② Domestic sewage

The domestic sewage discharge coefficient is 80%. After calculation, the amount of domestic sewage produced is 1152m3/a (3.84m3/d). After treatment in the septic tank, it is discharged into the local sewage treatment plant through the municipal sewage pipe.

(3) Power supply

The power supply of the cattle feed mill in Mexico project project is supplied by the local power supply network, which can meet the production and living electricity of the proposed project. The annual electricity consumption of the project is 12.5 million kwh.

Building a cattle feed production line in Mexico has significant advantages and potential. The main reasons include the rapid development of Mexico’s animal husbandry, the growth of feed demand, policy support and abundant raw material resources. The following is a detailed description of this decision:

1. Background of the Mexican livestock industry

  • Livestock industry scale: Mexico is one of the major livestock countries in Latin America, with a large cattle industry and an important position in the region in terms of beef and dairy production.
  • Beef and dairy product exports: Mexico is an important exporter of beef and dairy products in the world, with major export markets including the United States, Japan and other Latin American countries.
  • High demand for feed: With the large-scale development of the livestock industry, the demand for high-quality and nutritionally balanced cattle feed continues to increase.

2. Growth in feed demand

  • Trend of large-scale farming: Mexico’s livestock industry is transforming from traditional free-range farming to large-scale and intensive farming, which has driven the demand for industrial feed.
  • Improving production efficiency: High-quality cattle feed can increase the weight gain rate, milk production and overall health of cattle, thereby improving breeding efficiency.
  • Diversified feed demand: Cattle at different growth stages (such as calves, fattening cattle, and dairy cows) require different types of feed, which provides feed production companies with diversified market opportunities.

3. Policy support

  • Agriculture and animal husbandry support policies: The Mexican government supports the development of agriculture and animal husbandry through a number of policies, including subsidies, low-interest loans and technical support.
  • Food safety and quality standards: Mexico has strict standards for the safety and quality of feed, which provides market access advantages for formal feed manufacturers.
  • Environmental protection policies: The government encourages the development of sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry, promotes the use of environmentally friendly feed, and reduces the negative impact of the breeding industry on the environment.

4. Abundant raw material resources

  • Local raw material supply: Mexico is a major agricultural country, and its main crops include corn, sorghum, wheat and soybeans, which are the main raw materials for cattle feed.
  • Utilization of agricultural by-products: By-products produced by Mexican agriculture (such as corn stalks, sugarcane bagasse, soybean meal, etc.) can be used as feed raw materials to reduce production costs.
  • Imported raw material supplement: Mexico borders the United States and can easily import raw materials such as soybeans and corn from the United States to ensure the stability of the supply chain.

5. Technology and production feasibility

  • Mature feed production technology: The production technology of cattle feed is very mature, including raw material crushing, mixing, granulation and other processes, which can efficiently produce high-quality feed.
  • Localized production advantages: Building a cattle feed mill in Mexico project can reduce transportation costs and better meet local market needs.
  • Customized formula: According to the needs of different farms and cattle growth stages, customized feed formulas are provided to improve market competitiveness.

6. Economic benefits

  • Large market demand: With the rapid development of Mexico’s animal husbandry, the market demand for cattle feed will continue to grow.
  • High profit margin: The cost of local raw materials is low, while the price of high-quality feed is high, especially in large-scale farms, where the profit margin is large.
  • Export potential: Mexican cattle feed can not only meet local demand, but also be exported to other Latin American countries.

7. Development suggestions

  • Market research: Before investing, it is necessary to conduct a detailed research on the cattle feed market in Mexico to understand demand, competition and policy support.
  • Cooperation model: Cooperate with local farms, livestock farms or agricultural cooperatives to ensure raw material supply and sales channels.
  • Technology introduction: Improve production efficiency and product quality by introducing advanced foreign technology.
  • Brand building: Improve the market competitiveness of products through certification (such as food safety certification) and brand promotion.
  • Environmentally friendly production: Adopt environmentally friendly production processes to reduce the impact on the environment and comply with government policies and market demand.

Building a cattle feed mill in Mexico project has very good prospects, especially driven by the large-scale development of animal husbandry, policy support and abundant raw material resources, the market demand will continue to grow.

By taking advantage of Mexico’s agricultural resources, policy support and technological advantages, the cattle feed plant is expected to become an investment project with both economic and social benefits. However, investors need to fully consider challenges such as market competition, initial investment and user acceptance, and formulate a reasonable business plan to ensure the successful operation of the project.

If you are also interested in building a cattle feed mill in Mexico, feel free to contact RICHI MACHINERY for information such as plant construction plans, equipment quotations, full plant layout, project operation videos, etc.!

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