Productive pig and poultry farming: feed control that works
In modern pig and poultry farming, the key to profitability is not only the quality of the feed, but also the accuracy of its actual consumption. Even the best formulation will not deliver the expected result if there is no certainty that the animals are receiving feed in the required volume.
That is exactly why two indicators are critical:
- feed consumption (g/head)
- feed conversion
And also — up-to-the-minute knowledge of the feed remaining in the silos and the consumption dynamics over the course of the day.
The problem of Ukrainian farms:
Traditional control is either visual assessment or manual weighing, which takes time and almost always produces an error. As a result, the manager does not see the real picture: how much feed has been delivered, how much has actually been fed, whether there is overconsumption or shortage.
🔧 The Dutch Opticon-Agri system — accurate 24/7 feed control
Company Steiner-Ukraine offers a modern solution — the Opticon-Agri monitoring system, which turns any of your existing silos into a “smart” weighing silo.
How does it work?
- Installed on the silo supports are load cells, which record its weight with high accuracy.
- The data is transmitted round the clock to a microcomputer.
- The user sees:
- the real volume of feed loaded by the supplier;
- the actual consumption per hour, day, week;
- the remaining feed at any moment — even at 3 a.m.
- The information is available on a computer, tablet or smartphone.
Key advantages:
- ✔ Full control of feed deliveries — suppliers will no longer be able to “under-deliver”.
- ✔ Accurate consumption analytics for pigs or poultry — the basis of correct feed conversion.
- ✔ Feed shortage warning — the system gives a signal when the stock drops critically low.
- ✔ Works with any existing silo — there is no need to buy a new silo.
📌 International experience that speaks for itself
Opticon-Agri is installed on dozens of farms in Europe and the Middle East.
The typical result is increased productivity and reduced feed losses.
After installing load cells, Polish farmers began to receive more feed from their suppliers, because previously they had been systematically short-weighted.
And how much are you being short-changed?
