May 4, 2009
UK''s Wynnstay completes first phase of investment at feed mill
UK livestock feed supplier, Wynnstay, has recently completed the first phase of a GBP0.5 million investment project at its ruminant feed mill at Llansantffraid in Powys.
The project to upgrade the mill facilities at Llansantffraid has been ongoing for months and includes the installation of a new computer and software system which control the mill''s blending, batch-weighing and product dispatch facilities.
The new system provides added flexibility to milling operations as well as improved levels of productivity. As a result, total capacity at the mill has increased by more than 20 percent taking daily throughput up from 650 tonnes per day to in excess of 800 tonnes.
The improvements will provide an advantage over many older mills and farmers can order bespoke feeds that are produced to the finest tolerances, according to
Gareth Davies, Wynnstay''s head of agriculture.
The whole mill process now operates much more quickly and offers the same levels of complete traceability, and the time in between placing an order to taking delivery will be shortened, Davies said.
The next phase of the investment plan is to install a fully automated routing system which will further increase the mill''s efficiency and throughput levels. Automated pellet pressing facilities will then be installed to increase the throughput of compound feeds at the mill.
Wynnstay has two main divisions- Agriculture and Retail. The agriculture division supplies products to both livestock and arable farms, with the company''s feed activities including the manufacture of compound and blended products from its three main plants at Llansantffraid, Carmarthen and Rhosfawr.