Roslin Nutrition has had the ability to manufacture trial feed for over 20 years. During this period, we have perfected a process whereby we can accurately produce feed to a very high standard of homogeneity achieving CV’s of between 5-7%.
Small batch sizes of 200, 600 and 1100kg are the most common quantities of trial feed manufactured.
Grab samples are taken from each 20kg bag, these are placed in a small mixer and mixed for 3 minutes. Sub samples are taken from the composite mix, some are retained within the feed mill and others will be sent for test product recovery and proximate analysis.
Feed for studies is enclosed in 2ply brown paper bags, each bag is individually weighed (20kg), this weight is written on the bag.
Each bag of feed is identified with a coloured label which refers to the treatment number, this enables the staff on farm to easily place the correct treated feed at the appropriate pen.
We also offer a feed manufacturing service to companies who wish to undertake product recovery and stability testing of a product. We can collect samples of feed at multiple locations throughout the manufacturing process.
We can produce feed through the pellet press at different temperatures within a range from 60oC to 80oC. Samples of feed, pre and post, pelleting are taken to allow analysis of the effect of temperature on active ingredients included in the complete feed.
"We have worked with Roslin Nutrition on a number of projects over the past years and found them to be a flexible, experienced and commercially relevant site. Work we have commissioned with Roslin Nutrition has been used to help register our products, investigate novel products as well as generate data on current products for support in the marketplace. We look forward to continuing work with them into the future"
