Animal feed

Animal feed

Of or relating to the food products given to farmed animals.

Industry: Agriculture

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extruders

Agriculture; Animal feed

Essentially a long barrel with a screw auger inside which is designed to subject feed mixtures to high heat and steam pressure. Allows feed to be made with many different characteristics.

fahrenheit (F)

Agriculture; Animal feed

The temperature scale in which water freezes at 32 degrees F and boils at 212 degrees F under normal atmospheric conditions.

fan pitch

Agriculture; Animal feed

The angle of the fan blades measured one-third of the fan radius in from the tip.

farm-made feed

Agriculture; Animal feed

Feeds consisting of one or more artificial and/or natural feedstuffs, produced for the exclusive use of a particular farming activity, not for commercial sale or profit.

fat sprayer

Agriculture; Animal feed

Equipment that applies liquid fat and/or flavors to the outer surface of feed. Types include vacuum infusion, high speed mixing, nozzles/rotating reels and curtain/spinning discs.

fed cattle

Agriculture; Animal feed

Steers and heifers that have been fed concentrates, usually for 90-120 days in a feedlot.

feed

Agriculture; Animal feed

Edible material that provides nourishment in the form of energy and for building tissues. Contributes to the normal physiological function and metabolic homeostasis of an organism, by the oral ...